Sofía Águila

Patent Specialist and Regulatory

saguila@carey.cl
+56 2 2928 2766



Patent and Regulatory Specialist of Carey's Intellectual Property and Information Technology Group. Her practice focuses on the substantive prosecution of invention patents in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cosmetics, and food industries. She also conducts prior-art searches, prepares patentability opinions, develops patent protection strategies, freedom to operate (FTO) searches, and drafts patent applications.

She also has experience in the processing and amendment of health registrations for pharmaceutical and biotechnology products, cosmetics, disinfectants, and medical devices, as well as in quality assurance and control, supply chain, and project management.


REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Leading international companies on the prosecution of their industrial property assets.
  • National clients on the preparation and processing of their industrial property assets, such as universities, research centers and local companies.
  • International companies on obtaining sanitary registrations of pharmaceutical/cosmetics/disinfectants products from the national health authority; modifications and transfers of their products.
  • International free sale companies on obtaining authorization for importing food products and supplements.

EDUCATION

  • Pharmacist Universidad de Chile (graduated with maximum distinction) (2011).
  • Master in Biomedicine, Universitat de Barcelona, Becas Chile, CONICYT (2019).
  • Degree in Regulatory Affairs of Medicines, Cosmetics and Medical Devices, Universidad de Chile (ranked third in her class) (2012).
  • Intellectual Property Course, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2013).
  • Advanced Course on Patents, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2014).
  • Advanced Course on Patent Information Search, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2015).

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish.
  • English.

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