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Thursday, 19 November 2026

Rewiring the Legal Protection of Drug Discovery: AI, Data and Innovation

A morning seminar at the City of London office of law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper on how the legal protection of drug discovery is adapting to AI- and data-driven R&D. The focus is practical: intellectual property strategy for companies whose pipelines increasingly depend on computational methods, hosted by a firm with a substantial life sciences practice. It runs 09:30–13:00, leaving the afternoon free for partnering meetings elsewhere in the week. Attendance is arranged by emailing the organiser; the firm's own events page had not yet listed the session when checked.

  • Science & innovation
  • Biotech & pharma
  • Policy & regulation
Wood Street in the City, with the Portland-stone block at 125 Wood Street on the right nearing completion in 2014.
Wood Street in the City; 125 Wood Street is the stone block on the right, photographed as it neared completion in 2014.
Photo creditRobert Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sources & verification
  • Source: lifesciencesweek.london/events/all/ - Directory description/host/location review: Official calendar (fresh): Thursday 19 November, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm, 'Penningtons Manches Cooper, EC2V 7AW', registration by email to rich.morley@penningtonslaw.com. Existing schedule, price and admission fields are unchanged; this is not a full event re-verification.
  • Source: contact by email
  • Source: lifesciencesweek.london/events/all/ - Official calendar confirms Thu 19 Nov, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm at "Penningtons Manches Cooper, EC2V 7AW", registration by email to rich.morley@penningtonslaw.com. DRIFT vs 23 Aug seed: title gained "the Legal Protection of" (was "Rewiring Drug Discovery: AI, Data and Innovation") and end time is 13:00, not 13:30.
  • Source: www.penningtonslaw.com/office/london-head-office/ - Organiser's site confirms the London head office address 125 Wood Street, London EC2V 7AW, matching the calendar venue postcode.
  • Source: www.penningtonslaw.com/insight-hub/events/ - The firm's own events listing currently runs only to early October 2026 and does not yet list this event; the official LLSW calendar remains the confirming source. Re-check before release.
  • We check dates, venues, access and links against organiser sources. Details can change; the organiser’s page is definitive.

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