Corner office podcast: Pfizer patent chief on vaccine IP and the waiver

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Corner office podcast: Pfizer patent chief on vaccine IP and the waiver

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In Managing IP’s first corner office podcast, Bryan Zielinski talks about his company’s IP challenges and opportunities, AI, and more

In an exclusive Managing IP podcast, Pfizer chief patent counsel Bryan Zielinski talks about his company’s patent operations and delves into the proposed COVID intellectual property waiver being discussed at the World Trade Organization.

He also discusses the important technologies that his company is working on and how his teams ensure they get sufficient patent protection, and even talks about the role artificial intelligence might play in future therapeutic discovery.

This is the first in a new podcast series brought to you by Managing IP. Click below to listen. 

 


 

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