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George W. Cox, Ph.D. represents public and private entities, including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and other life science companies on general business matters involving entity formation, corporate governance, new product development, licensing, and intellectual property. Before attending law school, Dr. Cox had almost twenty years of biomedical research experience in the areas of pharmacology, immunology, cell biology, and molecular biology. After receiving his Ph.D. in pharmacology, he obtained advanced training in immunology and molecular biology as a Biotechnology Training Program postdoctoral fellow in the Biological Response Modifiers Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He was promoted to Senior Staff Fellow at the NCI, and continued his biomedical research on macrophage immunobiology and cytokine gene expression and function. Dr. Cox was also an assistant professor of pharmacology and molecular and cell biology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine. Dr. Cox has significant experience teaching medical and graduate students, and has trained and mentored M.S., Ph.D., and M.D. level professionals. He has served on many academic and professional committees, including the Scientific Advisory Council of the American Type Culture Collection and the Membership and Constitution and Bylaws Committees of the Society for Leukocyte Biology. He has also served as an ad hoc reviewer for several research grant organizations and biomedical journals including the National Institutes of Health, Blood, Cancer Research, Cellular Immunology, Cytokine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, and The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. He was an Associate Editor and Section Editor for The Journal of Immunology for more than four years. Dr. Cox has received several awards for his scientific research, and has been a guest lecturer at research conferences, pharmaceutical companies, and academic institutions. He has more than 70 publications including book chapters, abstracts, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Representative scientific publications include the following: Coauthor, LPS stimulation of TNF-receptor deficient macrophages: a differential role for TNF-alpha autocrine signaling in the induction of cytokine and nitric oxide production, Immunobiology, 2000. Coauthor,Immunocytochemical localization of latent transforming growth factor-â1 activation by stimulated macrophages, Journal of Cell Physiology, 1999. Coauthor,Nitric oxide and thiol redox regulation of Janus kinase activity,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S.A., 1998. Coauthor, An increase in intracellular cyclic AMP modulates nitric oxide production in IFN-ã-treated macrophages, The Journal of Immunology, 1997. Coauthor,Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel mouse macrophage gene that encodes a nuclear protein comprising polyglutamine repeats and interspersing histidines, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1996. Coauthor, Interleukin 12 primes macrophages for nitric oxide production in vivo and restores depressed nitric oxide production by macrophages from tumor-bearing mice: Implications for the antitumor activity of interleukin 12 and/or interleukin 2, Cancer Research, 1996. Coauthor, A hypoxia-responsive element mediates a novel pathway of activation of the inducible nitric oxide synthase promoter, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1996. During law school, Dr. Cox worked as a technical specialist and student attorney at the intellectual property law firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., where he was involved in patent prosecution and litigation of biotechnology and pharmaceutical inventions. He was also a student attorney in the Civil Practice Clinic at the Washington College of Law, for which he received the Dean’s Award for Professional Responsibility. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities Business Counseling, Contracts & Transactions Corporate Governance & Disputes International Business Transactions Licensing Mergers & Acquisitions Intellectual Property & Technology Counseling Licensing Patents & Trademarks Prosecution Life Sciences, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Bar Admissions/Court Admissions:District of Columbia Maryland New Jersey United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Education:American University, Washington College of Law, J.D. 2006. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Ph.D. (Pharmacology) 1987. Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A. (Chemistry and Zoology) 1982. Affiliations, Associations and Special Achievements: American Association for the Advancement of Science American Bar Association American Intellectual Property Law Association American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc.: Client Selection Committee Society for Leukocyte Biology The American Association of Immunologists The Bar Association of Frederick County, Maryland Publications:Arnold & Cox, "The Blurry Outer Boundaries of Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction," BioNews (June/July 2007). Speaking Engagements:Invited Speaker, "Best Steps for the Chemical Entrepreneur," National Meeting, American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA (April 08, 2008). Invited Speaker,Patent Licensing After MedImmune v. Genentech, Eastern Region Meeting, The Association of University Technology Managers, Washington, D.C. (June 06, 2007). |
