The Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association announced it has appointed Ms Jane Halton AO PSM as its inaugural Independent Chair. Halton will bring a wealth of experience to the role, as former head of the Department of Health (2002-2014), and Department of Finance (2014-2016).
Halton has also held the positions of Chair of the Board of the World Health Organisation, President of the World Health Assembly and Chair of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Health Committee. More recently, Halton was appointed as a Commissioner on the National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board.
Naomi Pearce
CEO, Executive Lawyer (AU, NZ), Patent & Trade Mark Attorney (AU, NZ)
Naomi is the founder of Pearce IP, and is one of Australia’s leading IP practitioners. Naomi is a market leading, strategic, commercially astute, patent lawyer, patent attorney and trade mark attorney, with over 25 years’ experience, and a background in molecular biology/biochemistry. Ranked in virtually every notable legal directory, highly regarded by peers and clients, with a background in molecular biology, Naomi is renown for her successful and elegant IP/legal strategies.
Among other awards, Naomi is ranked in Chambers, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300, is a MIP “Patent Star”, and is recognised as a WIPR Leader for patents and trade marks. Naomi is the 2023 Lawyers Weekly “IP Partner of the Year”, the 2022 Lexology client choice award recipient for Life Sciences, the 2022 Asia Pacific Women in Business Law “Patent Lawyer of the Year” and the 2021 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law SME “Partner of the Year”. Naomi is the founder of Pearce IP, which commenced in 2017 and won 2021 “IP Team of the Year” at the Australian Law Awards.