About the Authors

• Author: T. Nessim Abu-Zahra/Simon Carvalho/David Edwards
• Pages: 341-342

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About the Authors

T.NessimAbu-Zahrais a graduate of Queen’s University (BSc, ) and

the University of Toronto (MSc,  and JD, ). He was admitted to

the bar of Ontario in .

Nessimbegan his career with an intellectual property boutique rm in

Ottawa, where his work included pharmaceutical patent litigation and other

intellectual property matters.

Nessimjoined the Department of Justice (Health Canada Legal Services)

in October , where his practice involves advising Health Canada o-

cials and other government decision-makers on the drug approval processes

under the Food and Drugs Act and Food and Drug Regulations, and the asso-

ciated intellectual property regimes, namely, the Patented Medicines (Notice of

Compliance) Regulations, the Certicate of Supplementary Protection regime,

the data protection portions of the Food and Drug Regulations, and the Pat-

ented Medicine Prices Review Board.

Nessimis also a registered patent agent and from August  to Sep-

tember  was on a secondment as a Member of the Patent Appeal Board

(PAB), where his responsibilities included rendering recommendations on

rejected patent applications for Commissioner’s Decisions under thePatent

Rules, as well as assistance for other areas of thePatent Actfor which the PAB

has responsibility, such as cases of abuse of patent rights and regulation of

patent agents.