George has extensive experience in securing patents for life science innovators, from drafting and preparing patent applications to prosecution and managing patent portfolios. As legal counsel for the nutraceutical company Neural Essence, he advised the leadership team on governance and business transactions, monitoring compliance with the Foreign Corruption Practice Act and European GDPR and developing strategies for brand protection through the prosecution of patent and trademark applications. He has served a wide range of clients in the international biomedical space, managing patent applications related to biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biologics, small molecules, identity protection, and food additives, among other technologies.
George also has represented clients in trademark litigation and registered trademarks and copyrights, managing the portfolios of such leading pharmaceutical companies as Ganymed and BioNTech. His other services for life science clients include facilitating licensing/commercial and tech-transfer agreements between universities and start-ups, monitoring compliance with Medicare, and advising on such FDA considerations as Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) and the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA).
George is well-versed in the legal needs of scientific innovators, having simultaneously earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. He also holds an M.S. in Microbiology and Immunology from Stanford University and a B.A. in Molecular & Cellular Biology from the University of California at Berkeley.
