Marc helps clients realize their plans, whether that means representing them in intellectual property litigation, helping them navigate regulatory complexities, or advising them in commercial and licensing relationships.
Marc’s extensive experience includes advising and advocating for pharmaceutical manufacturers at all stages of product cycle and patent litigation, from providing initial assessments of the competitive landscape to completion of trial and appeal. Some of the products with which Marc has assisted are therapeutic equivalents to the following medicines: Eliquis (apixaban), Generess Fe (norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol and ferrous fumarate), Kerydin (tavaborole), Letairis (ambrisentan), Oxtellar XR (oxcarbazepine), Adderall XR (mixed amphetamine salts), Trintellix (vortioxetine), Lo Loestrin Fe (norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol, ethinyl estradiol and ferrous fumarate), Yaz (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol), Saphris (asenapine), Seroquel XR (quetiapine fumarate) and Hepsera (adefovir dipivoxil). Marc also has significant experience helping clients navigate complex regulatory environments, including working to develop Shared Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) programs and helping clients obtain approval for their Abbreviated New Drug Applications so they can commercialize their products. Marc also has substantial experience representing clients in Inter Partes Review proceedings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), particularly with regard to patents listed in the Orange Book.
Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Marc practiced at a large, Chicago-based intellectual property firm. He also spent time as a research associate in Northwestern University’s Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, studying tau-positive inclusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and motor neuron disease-associated dementia. Additionally, he previously worked as an associate in Federal Signal Corporation’s legal department and taught in the University of Michigan’s Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology.