Integrated Solid-Form & IP Strategy

Connect the science.
Support the decision.

Build the scientific evidence behind your solid-form and IP decisions. DEP coordinates computational specialists and laboratories to investigate relevant forms, interpret the results, and organize the findings for your team and patent counsel.

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When it fits

Solid-form choices have development and IP implications.

Use this offering when you need an integrated view of form options, when existing evidence leaves important questions open, or when scientific work needs to support a conversation with patent counsel. It can inform early selection or a later review triggered by a formulation, stability or process concern.

Inputs and outputs

Evidence connected to your objective.

What you bring

Your molecule and the development decision.
Existing solid-state reports, analytical data and experimental history.
Known constraints and IP questions you want counsel to address.

Confidential data and sample needs are agreed during scoping.

What you may receive

Prioritized form options and rationale.
A focused experimental and characterization plan.
Characterization evidence and interpretation of the findings.
A scientific evidence summary connecting predicted and observed forms, documenting limitations, and identifying next steps for your team and counsel’s review.

Outputs depend on the agreed scope and available evidence.

DEP coordinates the work

Bring the relevant expertise together.

Connecting solid-form evidence and IP decisions

Explore possibilities

Computational predictions help focus the experimental questions.

Investigate in the lab

Targeted screening explores relevant forms and conditions.

Characterize the evidence

Appropriate methods, including solid-state NMR where relevant, help distinguish forms.

Inform counsel’s review

Qualified external patent counsel evaluates legal options and filing strategy.

An illustrative workflow, tailored to the program. Findings can guide further investigation; predictions do not establish experimental outcomes or patentability.

DEP connects specialist findings, identifies gaps that could affect the decision, and recommends focused follow-up where warranted. Qualified laboratories generate experimental evidence. Qualified external patent counsel handles legal opinions, protection advice and filings under an appropriate engagement.

Predictions guide questions for experimental evaluation. Evidence may support a next step or reveal the need for further work. Patentability, protection and freedom to operate require counsel’s assessment and cannot be guaranteed.

For a narrower technical question, explore a Clarity Sprint. For ongoing coordination across a program, explore Development Leadership.

Development context

Connect solid-form findings to the wider program.

DEP can coordinate appropriate CMC expertise to consider the implications for formulation, manufacturing and regulatory planning within scope.

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Solid-form findings

FormulationProduct performance

ManufacturingProcess considerations

Regulatory planningSupporting evidence

DEP connects the findings with the relevant CMC expertise.

Sample deliverable

Examples of what you could receive.

Illustrative outline only—not an actual client document or result. Content and depth depend on the agreed scope and available evidence.

Scientific evidence summary for counsel

Decision it supports: What scientific evidence is available to support the IP discussion?

Scientific findings: A concise account of relevant solid-form findings and their limitations.
Questions for counsel: Scientific issues and unresolved questions organized for appropriately engaged patent counsel.
Coordinated next steps: Proposed scientific follow-up and coordination with counsel’s separate legal assessment.

How you can use it: Helps the scientific team and external patent counsel work from a common evidence base. Legal opinions and filings remain with counsel.

Explore the approach and expertise

See how the work connects.

Scientific solid-form support can stand alone. Qualified external patent counsel addresses legal questions through an appropriate engagement.

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Relevant expertise

Robert Wenslow →Elisabeth Healey →

Profiles describe relevant experience. The people involved, their availability, and their roles are confirmed for each engagement.

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Discuss your solid-form and IP objectives.

Tell us the decision you need to make and the evidence you have. We’ll discuss your needs and define the scope together before work begins.