Lexpert Magazine has named nine Davies partners among Canada’s top lawyers in its new 2021 Special Edition: Health Sciences.

From biotech firms to medical device manufacturers, and private equity investors to pharmaceutical giants, we’ve worked with all industry players to help navigate the daunting business challenges that arise where innovation and regulation intersect, including on the following recent transactions:

• Knight Therapeutics Inc., a pan-America specialty pharmaceutical company, in its acquisition from Novartis of the exclusive rights to manufacture, market and sell Exelon in Canada and Latin America. Exelon will be the first product commercialized by Knight in its entire territory following its transformative acquisition of Biotoscana Investments S.A., a Luxembourg company listed on the Brazilian stock exchange.
• Equinoxe Virtual Clinic Corp., a leading Canadian virtual care platform, in the sale of all of its issued and outstanding shares to Right-Health Inc., a subsidiary of TELUS Corporation and the owner and operator of the Akira virtual care platform
• Paladin Labs Inc., an Endo company, in its exclusive licence arrangement with Boston-based Radius Health, Inc. to commercialize TYMLOS and abaloparatide-TD in Canada
• Management shareholders of Canadian Orthodontic Partners, the largest orthodontics-focused specialty dental support organization in Canada, in the strategic growth investment by Pamlico Capital

The following partners were recognized in this year’s guide:

• Aaron J. Atkinson
• Richard Cherney
• Elliot A. Greenstone
• Jean-Philippe Groleau
• Brian Kujavsky
• Hillel W. Rosen
• Sébastien Roy
• Cameron M. Rusaw
• Justin D. Vineberg

The Lexpert Special Edition: Health Sciences profiles the top-ranked Lexpert lawyers practising in this industry.