UIPS innovation, entrepreneurship and career series webinar under MHRD Institution’s Innovation Council

Chandigarh: University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) organized an international webinar on “Patents and Product Portfolio: Why to predict future when you can create it?” under the IEC Series of MHRD Institution’s Innovation Council of the UIPS on 14th August, by one of their well-placed alumnus, Aman Trehan, Vice President & Head-Global Intellectual Property & Product Strategy, Odin Pharmaceuticals, United States. 

Professor Indu Pal Kaur, Chairperson UIPS & President IIC of UIPS, welcomed the audience and introduced the Chief Guest and the Speaker. 

Dr Anil Wali, Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, inaugurated the webinar. He strongly reiterated that though academia are knowldege factory creating values, but it is equally important to monetize the knowledge.  He sensitized on the need to create startups. 

Dr Trehan in his talk highlighted the importance of patents and portfolio strategy in creating future. Product pipeline and intellectual property being the backbone of any pharma company, role expansion of an IP pharma professional by thinking out of the box can add a great value to it. He further apprised of, that developing patent portfolios strategically can help a company unlock value from its intellectual property and, for this a combination of technical, legal, regulatory and patent knowledge is indispensable.

All the faculty members of UIPS joined the session. More than 250 participants from Panjab University and other National and International Institutes attended the webinar. 

Dr Aman Trehan is a seasoned pharmaceutical professional with around 15 years of experience in Intellectual Property, product pipeline and strategy and has a strong background in patents, product portfolio management and business development opportunities. He has received many awards and recognition including Hatch Waxman impact case of the year award by Legal Media Group at New York, Gold Patent Awards for Wockhardt and Zydus.  Recently, he received “Top 50 IP Leaders award 2020”.