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The Newsletter of the Licensing Executives Society Britain and Ireland Issue 129 November 2009 A Better Way to Understand the Activity, Toxicity and IP The challenge of accurately predicting which in-licensing drug candidates will successfully progress all the way through Phase III and on to market is significant. Complex factors including efficacy, ADMET1, IP position, cost effectiveness, potential value, competition and fit with the corporate portfolio have to be evaluated and business critical decisions made, usually very quickly. One of the best ways to evaluate the likely activity and the scale of the ADMET, safety and IP risks is to look for information about molecules that share similar activities and properties (such compounds are known as bioisosteres). Unfortunately this is considerably more difficult in practice than it should be. Dr Steve Gardner, Cresset-BMD Ltd Please click to access the full article. President’s Diary - October 2009 Nigel Jones, President of LES B&I Please click to access the President's Diary. Compulsory Licence Provisions in revised Community Regulation Last month saw the publication of a revised Council Regulation on the Community patent following discussions in the Working Party on Intellectual Property (Patents). Under Article21(1) of the Regulation, four years or later after a patent application is filed or three years or later after a patent is granted, a person can apply for a compulsory licence if the patent proprietor has not exploited the patent on reasonable terms or made effective and serious preparations to do so, unless they have a legitimate reason for their inaction. The grant of a compulsory licence must be in the public interest. Sophia Dean, Charles Russell To view the full article please click. Introducing the new Chair of the Brands Committee – Roman Cholij As the new chairman of the brands committee, I feel very excited about being part of and chair of an extremely talented team of individuals who contribute To read more about Roman Cholij and his plans for the future of the Brands Committee, please click here. Christopher Bartlett – the new Chair of the Education Committee Over the past 20 years I have held various roles with BTG, BT, QinetiQ, ITI and others, covering the whole spectrum in IAM and licensing from the birth of an invention to the generation of commercial licence revenue. Previously I worked in international hightech sales & marketing, and before that as a development engineer with Pilkington Group where I first became a patentee. Today I am a Member of Council of LES Britain & Ireland, and I am also on the committee of LES in Scotland, so I like to think I have a fairly rounded perspective of the intellectual property environment in all its multifarious guises, mutatis mutandis and including sui generis !! To learn more about Chris Bartlett and his plans for the LES B&I Education Committee, please click here. LES International Foundation Graduate Student business Plan Competition In 2004, The LES Foundation, with support from The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc., hosted its first Graduate Student Business Plan Competition. The event grew quickly in both size and popularity among students in the U.S. and Canada and in 2008, thanks to a partnership with The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), it “went global” welcoming student participants from around the globe. Linda Chao, LES Foundation Board Member Please click for further information Please click to catch up with the latest News from the Regions The LESI Young Members Congress is a task force of LESI created to meet the networking & professional needs of young executives under the age of 40, interested in the business of Intellectual Property, including licensing, sale, valuation and investment. If you would like further details please contact Stephanie Silverstein, ssilverstein@les.org. Upcoming events in 2009 and 2010. Your LES B&I membership for 2009 expires on 31st December 2009. Membership renewals for 2010 will be sent out at the end on November. To benefit from a reduced membership rate of £140.00, please complete and return the form before 15th January 2010. Moving Company/ Changing Address? LES Administrative Office, Please also remember to change your contact details in the membership directory on the LESI website (www.lesi.org). As a service to our members the editor will print any change of company and location in newsXchange™. Please contact Mary Elson, elson.mary@btinternet.com
Enquiries should be addressed to Jennifer Kirkcaldy at the LES Administrative Office: Tel: +44 (0) 1355 244966 Fax: +44 (0) 1355 249959 Email: les@northernnetworking.co.uk The membership application form may also be found on the LES B&I website: www.les-bi.org
newsXchange™ Editor: Mary Elson newsXchange™ is circulated as a service to members of the Society. Editorial contributions are welcome and should be addressed in the first instance to the Editor. Unless otherwise agreed, acceptance of any submission for publication in newsXchange is on the understanding that the author also consents to publication in the same or edited form on the Society’s website at www.les-bi.org. NewsXchange and the newsXchange™ logo are trade marks of the Licensing Executives Society (Britain & Ireland) Ltd. |
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