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Teresa A. Reguly

Associate

	Direct: 416.865.7316 Office: Toronto Fax: 416.865.7380 Email: treguly@torys.com

	Teresa has a PhD and is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice.

Practice

Teresa Reguly's practice focuses on advising clients with regulated products in the food, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Teresa advises on intellectual property and regulatory issues, in particular, patent and regulatory matters in the chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical fields, and has experience with drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications, and advising on validity, patentability and infringement of intellectual property rights. She has also been involved in drafting and negotiating IP licensing, research and development, co-promotion, marketing and confidentiality agreements for her clients, and provides guidance in Food and Drug Act compliance, establishment licensing, product licensing, packaging and labeling, drug pricing and formulary listings.

Teresa is a registered patent agent in Canada. In September 2009, she was awarded for having achieved the highest overall mark in Canada on the 2008 patent agent exams.

Recognitions

Chambers & Partners' Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, the Client's Guide 2011—Associate to watch in intellectual property

Transactions

Teresa has recently been involved in representing

consumer products, pharmaceutical, medical device and cosmetic companies in reviews of their product classification product labelling, advertising materials and websites to ensure compliance with applicable laws
several major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the development of patent prosecution strategies and regulatory support
pharmaceutical companies in listing and maintaining patents on the Health Canada Patent Register
drug and medical device companies in drafting, evaluating and negotiating intellectual property-related agreements
food companies in reviewing product labelling and advertising for Canadian compliance
pharmaceutical, medical device, natural health product and cosmetic manufacturers in thier submissions to and interactions with Health Canada with respect to marketing approval for their products
companies in evaluating and responding to requests involving Access to Information law in Canada
North American manufacturers in product recalls, corrective actions, voluntary and involuntary product withdrawals
international companies in preparing standard agreements for their Canadian operations relating to licensing, advertising and distribution of their products
companies in reviewing standard operating procedures for Canadian operations of international companies regarding licensing, packaging, labelling, promoting and advertising of regulated products
Canadian companies to audit compliance with applicable privacy laws

Professional Involvement

Before joining Torys, Teresa was a research associate at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute in Toronto.

Selected Publications and Presentations

Canada Consumer Product Safety Act Aims to Strengthen Product Safety Laws
Westlaw Journal: Products Liability, vol 22, issue 5 | June 2011

Ontario Companies Doing Business with Hospitals May Become Subject to Access-to-Information Requests
Westlaw Journal: Medical Devices, vol. 18, issue 8 | June 2011
Also published in Electronic Healthcare Law Review, vol. 1, no. 1

Canada Amends Regulations on Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting
Food and Drug Regulatory Bulletin | March 11, 2011

Ontario Government Seeks Appeal of Pharmacies’ Successful Challenge on Private Label Restrictions
Food and Drug Regulatory Bulletin | February 24, 2011

Patents and Patent Litigation
Lecturer, University of Waterloo, School of Pharmacy | June 14, 2010

Drafting Rights, Obligations, Exclusion and Limitation Clauses Workshop
Co-leader, Federated Press's Essentials of Commercial Contracts Course | May 27, 2010

Canada's Approach to Functional Foods
Update magazine, Issue 2 | March/April 2010
With permission from FDLI
Reprinted in Health Law in Canada, Nov. 2011, vol. 32, no. 2

Introduction to Patents
Lecturer, York University, Schulich School of Business | March 23, 2010

Introduction to Intellectual Property and Regulatory Issues for Drug Products in Canada
Lecturer, University of Waterloo, School of Pharmacy (Health Sciences) | March 22, 2010 and March 28, 2011

CIPO's New Draft Guidelines Could Result in Higher Disclosure Standards for Canadian Patents
Intellectual Property Bulletin | November 25, 2009

Canada Proposes Amendments to Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting
Reproduced with permission of the publisher from Health Law in Canada, vol. 30, no. 1 | October 2009

Biosimilars in Canada: New Draft Guidelines from Health Canada
Update magazine, Issue 4 | July/August 2009
With permission from FDLI
Cited in Canadian Pharmacists Journal

8th Edition Drug Patent and Legal Forum
Speaker, St. Andrews Club & Conference Centre, Toronto | May 28 - 29 2009

Data Protection for "Innovative Drugs" – Guidance Now Final
Torys Food and Drug Regulatory Bulletin | April 2, 2009
Republished in Health Law in Canada, vol. 29, no. 3, May 2009

Direct to Physician Advertising: Addressing Legal and Compliance Issues in Direct to Physician Advertising, Grants and Sponsorships to Improve Adherence Rates
Presenter, 4th Annual Patient Adherence & Compliance Techniques, Toronto | November 7, 2008

Follow-on Biologics in Canada: A Look at the New Draft Guidelines
This article originally appeared in Update, issue 3. Reprinted with permission of the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) ©2008 | May/June 2008

Selected Media Highlights

March 21, 2011: Chambers Global 2011 names six of Torys' lawyers as among Canada's top intellectual property lawyers and litigators

July 24, 2009: Teresa Reguly to receive award for achieving the highest overall mark in Canada on the 2008 Patent Agent Examinations

Memberships

Toronto Intellectual Property Group
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

Practice Areas and Industry Groups

Consumer Products Regulatory Food and Drug Regulatory Intellectual Property Life Sciences Patents Pharmaceuticals Privacy

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2007

Education

Registered Patent Agent, (highest overall exam mark in Canada), 2008
Canadian Patent Office

JD, 2006
University of Toronto

PhD (Molecular and Medical Genetics), 2003
University of Toronto

BSc (Molecular and Medical Genetics, With High Distinction), 1998
University of Toronto