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Legal Visions, Healing Touch: Shaping the Future of Healthcare
The first Law Update of 2024 is here, and our first focus of the year spotlights Healthcare and Lifesciences, a sector that is undergoing significant growth and development across the MENA region.
Our focus provides an insight into some of the most important regulatory updates across the region, such as the UAE’s groundbreaking law on the use of human genome, Kuwait’s resolution on nuclear and radioactive materials, the new regulations for healthcare services in Qatar, Egypt’s healthcare regulatory framework, and the impact of the Saudi Civil Transactions Law on the healthcare and life sciences sector … and there is so much more!
Beyond the healthcare pages our lawyers share with you multi-sector insights where you will discover articles on Dubai’s DIFC regulatory framework for startups, Bahrain’s commercial agencies law, and we also shed light on Kuwaiti civil code and the advantages of setting up a joint stock company in Saudi Arabia.
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A complete spectrum of legal services across jurisdictions in the Middle East & North Africa.
Biography
Hala El Sbay is a Patent Portfolio Manager in the Innovation & Patents practice in Egypt.
Hala manages patent prosecution and procurement, as well as opposition, appeals and post grant/rejection proceedings in front of the Egypt Patent Office and other administrative bodies in Egypt. She assists in managing and handling all actions related to the assigned patent portfolios, handling patent prosecution and filing and examination of patent applications in the Arab countries. Hala prepares and files patent applications, formality documents, and responses to office actions, publications and payment of official fees, processing, docketing and reporting notifications from patent offices.
Recent Experience
- Managing the patent portfolio of multi-national organizations in the healthcare and life sciences sector
- Handling the patent prosecution including patent filing and examination of patent applications in the Arab countries
- Managing, preparing, and/or filing patent applications, formality documents, responses to office actions, publications and payment of official fees, processing, docketing and reporting notifications from patent offices
- Managing admin work such as docketing and reviewing the invoices with respect to the assigned patent portfolio(s)
- Conducting regular meetings and seminars to clients for ensuring client satisfaction and engagement, applying best management practices and high quality standards to ensure client satisfaction and retention
Language(s)
- English
- Arabic
Education
2009 – Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry – Tanta University
2010 – Diploma in Analytical Biochemistry – Al Menoufia University
2019 – Masters degree in Biochemistry – Ain Shams University
2021- Masters degree in Intellectual Property Law – Helwan University
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