Foley Hoag LLP

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In a noteworthy expansion of its intellectual property practice, Foley Hoag LLP announced that Alan W. Steele, an accomplished patent attorney and former practicing physician, faculty member and medical researcher at Harvard Medical School with several patents to his name, has joined the Boston office as Counsel.  He was previously a patent attorney with Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., of Boston.

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The law firm Foley Hoag LLP announced two strategic hires to its well-known Government Strategies practice, adding Connie Garner, Policy Director for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) and Stacey Sachs, Health Committee Counsel from the Senate HELP Committee  Connie and Stacey have combined three decades of experience working in Congress and the Executive Branch on health care, education and disability policy and both served on the HELP Committee under two committee chairs, the late Senator Edward Kennedy and current Chairman Tom Harkin.

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The law firm Foley Hoag LLP announced a new arrival in the life sciences practice, Eileen Smith Ewing, a prominent life sciences lawyer specializing in licensing and strategic alliances.  Ms. Ewing joins as a partner and will co-chair the Life Sciences Practice.

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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates its client Predictive Biosciences, Inc. on the closing of a $25 million Series C preferred stock financing.

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Foley Hoag lawyers and practice areas retain a number of top rankings in Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has ranked Foley Hoag lawyers and practice areas in its 2010 guide.  A total of 26 lawyers are ranked in the following practice areas for Massachusetts:  Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankrupcty/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Environment, Health Care, Hedge & Mutual Funds, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment.  The International Arbitration practice is ranked nationally.

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Eight lawyers from Foley Hoag’s Government Strategies practice have launched the Healthcare Law and Policy Blog, a timely resource focusing on regulatory issues, Medicare coverage and reimbursement, healthcare compliance and investigations, legislative representation, physician practice issues and health information, privacy and security in the healthcare and life sciences industries.

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Foley Hoag’s client Global Bio-Chem Technology (GBT) secured an important victory yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the patent litigation matter on appeal from the International Trade Commission (ITC).

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Foley Hoag congratulates Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. for its recent transaction with Epocal, Inc., an Ottawa-based developer of diagnostic products. Epocal is commercializing a cost-effective blood analysis platform, epoc®, a point-of-care analysis system providing wireless bedside blood gas and electrolyte measurement testing solutions.  Inverness will promote the use of the epoc® platform through its global sales force for a five-year period.  The deal was announced on January 5, 2010.

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Foley Hoag LLP has launched an updated version of www.emergingenterprisecenter.com, its Web site designed to serve the Emerging Enterprise Center (EEC), the destination opened in Waltham in 2006.

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Adding to its leading team of life sciences regulatory attorneys and policy specialists, Foley Hoag LLP announced that Jayson Slotnik, a former director of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements at the Biotechnology Industry Organization, has joined the firm’s Government Strategies practice in Washington, DC.

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Foley Hoag congratulates Colin Zick, a partner in the Boston office, on his recent nomination to North American Regional Vice Chair of the Health Care Industries Practice Group of Lex Mundi, a global network of independent law firms.  He will serve in the role for a four-year term, 2009-2013.

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In its annual directory, Chambers USA: The Client’s Guide, Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has again ranked Foley Hoag’s leading practice areas in Massachusetts.

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The law firm Foley Hoag LLP unveils the Foley Hoag Newsroom today at BIO 2009.  The enhanced newsroom, found at foleyhoagnewsroom.com, offers timely industry insights in digital and print format from lawyers at the firm focused on the life sciences industry.

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Bolstering a team of experienced life sciences specialists in the Government Strategies practice, law firm Foley Hoag LLP announced the arrival of Lindsey Toohey as Health Policy Specialist.  Ms. Toohey was formerly Senior Health Policy Advisor to Senator Kent Conrad, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget.

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Speaking to in-house counsel, compliance and marketing executives from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, lawyers from Foley Hoag LLP recently offered a primer on Massachusetts’ recently-enacted Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct Rules, commonly known as the “Gift Ban Statute.”

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Foley Hoag lawyers successfully represented 16 medical device distributors in obtaining the dismissal of whistleblower claims brought under the False Claims Act before the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.

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Foley Hoag LLP announced that Thomas Barker, the former acting General Counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a legislative veteran who has worked on health care policy issues on both sides of the aisle, has joined the firm as a partner in its Healthcare and Life Sciences practices.

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Anticipating the rollout of the nearly $800 billion Stimulus Package making its way through Congress, several practices at Foley Hoag LLP have formed an interdisciplinary team to assist clients seeking advice on securing funding for capital projects and growth initiatives. Those practices include Energy Technology & Renewables, Environment, Government Strategies, Infrastructure & Privatization and Life Sciences practices.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has traveled to Washington recently, lobbying for federal funding for areas such as transportation and infrastructure, life sciences initiatives and clean technology/environmental initiatives. All areas are expected to be active in 2009 and will provide much of the region’s growth and activity.

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Cynthia Lewiton Jackson, former Global Director of Career Development at Bain & Company, has joined the law firm Foley Hoag LLP as its first Director of Professional Development. In this role, Ms. Jackson will be responsible for developing and implementing a firmwide career development program for its lawyers and staff.

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Foley Hoag LLP is pleased to announce four promotions to Partner, effective January 1.