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Managing disputes in the life sciences

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Life sciences company decision-makers can effectively manage disputes using appropriate dispute resolution techniques without resorting to expensive, complex, and uncertain litigation.

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  1. Ryan Abbott is at the School of Law at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA, and JAMS Mediation, Arbitration and ADR Services, London, UK.,

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  2. Jeremy Lack is at LawTech, Geneva, Switzerland, a member of the Independent Standards Commission of the International Mediation Institute (IMI) and arbitrator/mediator on the panels of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), American Arbitration Association/International Center for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR), Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), International Trademark Association (INTA), Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM), Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) and other international ADR providers.,

    Jeremy Lack

  3. David Perkins is a JAMS neutral and an arbitrator/mediator on the panels of WIPO; AAA/ICDR; HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre); SIAC (Singapore International Arbitration Centre) and other international arbitration providers.,

    David Perkins

  4. LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration),

    David Perkins

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The authors are all panelists on the World Intellectual Property Organization's List of Mediators and Arbitrators, in addition to other national and international dispute resolution services providers, specializing in intellectual property and technology-based disputes.

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Abbott, R., Lack, J. & Perkins, D. Managing disputes in the life sciences. Nat Biotechnol 36, 697–700 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4197

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