David A. Gay, Ph.D.

David A. Gay, Ph.D. focuses his practice on pharmaceutical and biotechnology intellectual property law. With more than 25 years of experiences in the life sciences arena, David advises established and emerging biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies on the strategic design, acquisition, and management of intellectual property rights, with particular emphasis on the integration of business objectives and competitive technologies.

David has experience in evaluating patent portfolios and conducting due diligence investigations for venture capital, private, and public financing as well as for mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology areas. Much of David’s practice encompasses patent portfolio management, U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, post-grant proceedings, freedom-to-operate investigations, due diligence analyses, and validity and infringement analyses.