Biography

Dr. Milind Antani leads Pharma and Healthcare Practice at the multi-skilled, research-based international law firm, Nishith Desai Associates with offices in Mumbai- Nariman Point, Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Singapore, New Delhi and Mumbai - BKC, Munich, and New York. He is also a partner in charge of Social Sector Practice.He represents clients in matters including mergers and acquisitions, investments, regulatory and transactional matters, intellectual property prosecution and litigation, joint ventures and new companies. Practiced as an ENT surgeon in Gujarat for 14 years prior to joining Nishith Desai Associates. His practice areas include Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Social Sector, Intellectual Property and Medical Devices. He been nominated as one of the world's leading practitioners in ‘Who's Who Legal’ for Life Sciences 2014 in the ‘Regulatory’ section as the only lawyer from India. He has been conferred with the same distinction in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Dr. Antani has authored and co-authored many articles, publications related to the pharma industry including a book on CRAMS. Have been invited by national and international forums to speak at conferences, seminars and webinars on the subjects of pharma, biotech, IP, clinical trials , healthcare . Is a visiting faculty at NMIMS, IIPS, Bombay College of Pharmacy, SIES College, PG dept of Biotechnology. Attended Executive Education program "Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms-India " by HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL. Member of the Committee of Tele-medicine Society of India. Had been very active Rotarian in RI District 3060 from 1995 to 2004, Jaycee member. Have been conducting soft skills work shops on various topics and have developed dedicated modules and has been GK Quiz Master.

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Research Interest

Pharma and Health Care, regulatory and transactional matters, intellectual property prosecution and litigation