The problems with patenting antibodies

“When it comes to protecting biopharmaceutical inventions, particularly antibody inventions, there is definitely not a one-size-fits-all approach,” remarks Kathy Coulter, senior IP counsel at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) in San Francisco.

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