Biotechnology and Life Sciences

Biotechnology involves the use of cellular and biomolecular processes to develop products and technologies that improve health and well-being. Manufacturing processes, healthcare, energy, and agriculture have seen major improvements through biotechnology.

The attorneys at PWB regularly handle matters involving biotechnology inventions, including:

• Biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, and therapies
• Disease detection tools and methods
• Improved enzymes, yeasts, and other microbes used in the manufacturing process
• Streamlined chemical manufacturing processes
• Crops with improved disease and pest resistance, herbicide, drought, and salt tolerance, reduced allergens, and improved yields and nutrition
• Biofuels

We have extensive knowledge and experience in the following life science disciplines, which are at the core of biotechnology:

• Biology
• Biochemistry
• Cancer biology
• Cell biology
• Ecology
• Enzymology
• Genetics
• Genomics
• Microbiology
• Molecular biology
• Physiology
• Plant and animal science
• Proteomics
• Virology