Practice Areas: Overview | High Tech | Life Sciences | E-Commerce

Life Sciences Practice

The Prinz Law Office’s long association and experience in working with the world-renowned Bay Area life sciences community uniquely positions the firm as leader in the industry.

The Prinz Law Office has worked with both early stage and publicly traded, biotech and medical device companies, advising them on issues ranging from the negotiation of a complex milestone structure for the payment of royalties in a university license agreement and the negotiation of agreements to purchase a biotech product to the drafting of a complex agreement to purchase the rights in a patent portfolio and the drafting of a collaboration agreement to define the parties’ rights in a jointly owned patent. The firm also has experience in handling complex negotiations with pharmaceutical companies in Asia and in Europe. The breadth of The Prinz Law Office’s experience solidly establishes our expertise in the field.

Firm founder Kristie Prinz worked exclusively in the life sciences industry while employed in the biotech group of the prestigious intellectual property law firm of Pennie & Edmonds, LLP, so as Head of the Life Sciences Practice Group, she brings a high level of expertise to all life sciences licensing and agreement transactions. She completed the prestigious Global Bioexecutive Program at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business in 2005, and is active in local life sciences organizations, serving as the Director of Life Sciences/Biotechnology for the Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. In addition, she participates on the Life Sciences and Entrepreneur Venture Catalyst Program planning committees for the Women’s Technology Cluster in San Francisco. She is also involved with Bay Bio and the Licensing Executives Society.

Life Science Practice Head Kristie Prinz is a regular media contributor on biotech and intellectual property issues.  She is the author of the firm's California Biotech Law Blog and has made regular media appearances regarding biotech, intellectual property, and entrepreneurism issues on CNN Radio, American Public Media, Dow Jones, and Sky Radio.

Representative life sciences clients of The Prinz Law Office include Stratagent Life Sciences, Inc., IRIDEX Corporation, and Ascend Medical Physics, Inc. In addition, prior to establishing The Prinz Law Office, firm founder Kristie Prinz represented Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., Celgene Corporation, Corixa Corporation, CSL Limited, Genesoft, Inc., Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, Novacea, Inc., Oxford Glycosciences, Plc., Pherin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Scios, Inc., and Vaxgen, Inc.

The firm’s life sciences experience includes negotiating and drafting the following transactions:

• Biotech and Medical Device Transactions
• Exclusive and Nonexclusive Patent License Agreements
• Collaboration Agreements
• Sponsored Research Agreements
• Asset Purchase Agreements
• Purchase and Supply Agreements
• Manufacturing Agreements
• Development Agreements
• Outsourcing and Services Agreements
• Nondisclosure Agreements
• Severance Agreements

For more information about the firm's Life Sciences Practice, please click here to view our Practice Head's complete attorney biography and please click here to see a list of some of our representative clients.  To be added to our biotech newsletter subscriber list, please submit your request by email and write "Subscribe Biotech Newsletter" in the subject line. 

Please click here to read about the California Biotech Law Blog.  To read about our Practice Head's recent media appearances, please click here.

To find out how The Prinz Law Office's Life Sciences Practice can assist you, please contact us today.