At Kegler Brown, our Healthcare + Pharma sector team serves as outside general counsel to businesses throughout the industry supply chain.
This includes pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device fabricators, distributors and logistics providers, health practices and practitioners, research organizations, inventors, marketers, and the myriad other businesses that work together to deliver quality healthcare in the U.S.
Key Areas of Focus
- Mergers + Acquisitions: In an industry that thrives on integration and consolidation, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing agreements, and other strategic partnerships, we help clients navigate the complexities of business combinations and post-closing integration, ensuring compliance with antitrust laws and other federal regulations.
- Contracts + Transactions: Drafting and negotiating contracts with suppliers, distributors, and service providers is critical to the success of healthcare businesses. We work with clients on their critical purchase agreements, service contracts, SaaS contracts, and partnership agreements.
- Intellectual Property: Protecting innovation through patents, trademarks, and copyrights is essential to the success of any health industry business, including safeguarding drug formulations, medical devices, and proprietary research.
- Employment Law: The sector is incredibly labor-intensive, requiring experienced employment lawyers to manage issues related to wage and hour disputes, employee benefits, workplace safety, organized labor, and compliance with anti-discrimination laws.
- Real Estate: Our real estate team helps companies secure locations for hospitals, clinics, and research facilities, negotiating leases, handling zoning issues, and managing property disputes.
- Litigation + Dispute Resolution: Addressing disputes through litigation, arbitration, or mediation is often necessary, especially in the employment context. Common issues include patent infringements, product liability claims, violations of non-competition agreements, and regulatory challenges.
- Privacy + Data Responsibility: We work with doctors, dentists, medical offices, ambulatory centers, FQHCs, and other covered HIPAA entities in creating privacy frameworks, protecting patient information, and complying with state, federal, and international regulations.
