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Smart & Biggar is Canada’s largest and highest ranked intellectual property firm. Our reputation and strength is a measure of the quality of our people, and we are proud to have the broadest and deepest bench for IP in Canada. With over 100 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents, we offer legal expertise and technological knowledge across a wide range of industries and scientific and engineering disciplines, with leaders in every field.

Services

Today’s fast-paced innovation economy demands a higher level of expertise and attention to detail when it comes to IP. Our highly skilled team of lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents advise clients on a wide variety of strategic business, brand and technology matters leveraging their deep expertise in intellectual property to help them succeed with IP.

Industries

Across all industries, intellectual property is at the heart of innovation and is key to accelerating business value and growth. Developing a clear IP strategy and knowing how to tap and leverage IP to align with business goals can unlock competitive advantages and make the difference between industry leaders and followers.

Insights

At the forefront of IP in Canada, and actively involved as leaders in industry committees and associations, we stay up-to-date and proactively report on the latest developments in intellectual property law in Canada and around the world. Breaking IP news, changes in the law, important new decisions, and information on key IP issues are provided here through our IP publications and resources.

Careers

Many of the world's most commercially important innovators and most prominent brands trust Smart & Biggar to protect and enforce their IP and to provide them with strategic IP counsel. We have developed a reputation as a firm of talented lawyers and patent and trademark agents with integrity, business savvy and tremendous acumen. That’s why we look for the brightest people with combined talent and strengths in law, business, science and technology.

Who we are

Smart & Biggar is widely recognized as Canada’s leading firm for intellectual property, and with over 100 lawyers, patent agents and trademark agents in five offices, we are also Canada’s largest firm focused purely on IP and related specialty areas.

Rx IP - Market Access / Pricing

Patented Medicine Prices Review Board releases August 2018 NEWSletter

August 27, 2018

The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) released the August 2018 issue of its NEWSletter which includes an update on the PMPRB’s Guideline Reform, including recent meetings held by the Steering Committee and the Technical Working Group.

Related Publications & Articles

Update on biosimilars in Canada – March 2024

Authored byUrszula Wojtyra
March 25, 2024
In this article, we provide a further update on developments regarding biosimilars in Canada (approvals, pending submissions, litigation, regulatory, and market access).
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Minister of Health proposes legislation for first phase of national universal pharmacare

Authored byRyan Wong
March 27, 2024
On February 29, 2024, the Minister of Health announced the introduction of Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare (Pharmacare Act).
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PMPRB releases 2022 Annual Report and March 2024 NEWSletter

Authored byMalcolm Harvey
March 27, 2024
On February 16, 2024, the Minister of Health tabled the 2022 Annual Report of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB).
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