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Nicholas handles work in the fields of medicinal chemistry and drug design, synthetic organic chemistry, formulation, new medical indications, radiopharmaceuticals, advanced drug delivery, biopharmaceuticals, biosensors, drug delivery devices, coatings, agrochemicals, and chemical processes for the mining industry.  He also advises on Supplementary Protection Certificates for medicinal products and plant protection products.

Nicholas works with a number of domestic and overseas clients. He has worked for many years with companies in the Takeda Pharmaceutical Group, both in Japan and in Europe. He is a regular visitor to Japan, where he also works with a number of other pharmaceutical and chemical clients, including companies in the Sumitomo Group.  He works with the Portuguese pharmaceutical company BIAL – Portela & Ca. SA., the Swedish biosensor manufacturer Attana AB and the Norwegian pharmaceutical company BerGenBio ASA.  In the US, he works with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and the radiopharmaceuticals producer Curium (Mallinckrodt Nuclear Medicine), as well as a number of companies in the Koch Industries Group.  He also works closely with UCL Business Ltd (the technology transfer business of University College London).

Prior to entering the patents profession, he gained experience in pharmaceutical research and development, particularly formulation technology and analytical research, with companies in the Glaxo Group.

Education & background

Nicholas is a qualified pharmacist with substantial expertise across all areas of pharmaceutical research and development. He has Bachelor of Pharmacy (First Class Honours) and PhD degrees from the University of Nottingham.  He was the recipient of numerous university and industry awards throughout his first degree, both for academic excellence and original research.  His PhD research was in the field of gene therapy.

Nicholas joined Withers & Rogers in 1999, qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney in 2003 and became a Partner in 2006.

On a personal note...

Nicholas enjoys music, classical and medieval literature, walking, wine, whisky and the Japanese language.