Healthcare+

Healthcare+
We provide cutting-edge advice for healthcare innovators, particularly in EPO oppositions, strategic prosecution, and in UK, UPC and pan-European patent and SPC litigation

Healthcare IP Experts

Our multi-disciplinary team includes life scientists, engineers and regulatory experts.

At Carpmaels & Ransford, healthcare companies will find our patent attorneys and SPC experts working directly with our dispute resolution and transaction specialists. We are forerunners in providing a fully integrated, end-to-end service for pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech innovators

Our attorneys have robust technical and commercial knowledge, combining experience from academic research, and insights from working at industry-leading companies.

Our Expertise

Our expertise in therapeutics and diagnostics, spanning our Chemistry and Biotech groups, is widely regarded as the best in Europe. We advise some of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical companies on their most important projects, working across the entire lifecycle of IP work. We excel in strategic prosecution on marketed products, and EPO opposition defence and enforcement work for originators against generic competition. The Chemistry group also has a strong reputation for consumer product work. 

Our Engineering and Tech groups have unrivalled experience in handling strategically important medical device work, including drafting, prosecution, EPO opposition, defence and litigation. The group represents a huge range of medical technology, ranging from surgical devices to medical lasers, from contact lenses to drug delivery systems.   

Our Dispute Resolution and Transaction groups are recognised in the market for handling highly complex, technical cases across the healthcare domain, with expertise in pharma and biotech litigation, including SPCs, as well as regulatory approval and pan-European medical device disputes. 

Recommended for its ‘strong industry knowledge’, Carpmaels & Ransford is well-known for its ability to advise healthcare and life sciences clients in EPO oppositions, strategic prosecutions, and patent and SPC litigation.
Legal 500, 2025
Carpmaels consistently provide the very highest level of support on complex and sophisticated matters. They are experts in their fields with a team of highly engaged, talented attorneys.
Chambers & Partners, 2025
IP boutique Carpmaels & Ransford is among the elite firms in Europe for patent and SPC protection. It has European patent attorneys for fields such as chemistry, life sciences, engineering, and ICT. The firm is also recommended for trade mark protection and IP disputes.
Managing IP, 2025