Mr. Boshar is vice president of legal affairs and chief patent counsel at Dynogen. He has 20 years of experience counseling biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the patent and licensing areas. Mr. Boshar founded the legal department at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in 1995, and served the company as its director of legal affairs/chief patent counsel and later as its associate general counsel/chief patent counsel. Most recently, Mr. Boshar served as vice president of legal affairs for Vitivity, Inc., a subsidiary of Millennium. Prior to joining Millennium, Mr. Boshar was the chief patent counsel and director of intellectual property for Repligen Corporation. Mr. Boshar was formerly an attorney with the law firm of Hale and Dorr, LLP, (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP) where his practice focused on patent prosecution, patent litigation, and licensing matters. Mr. Boshar received his law degree (J.D.) from Northeastern University School of Law and his bachelor’s degree in biology, magna cum laude, from Tufts University. Prior to receiving his law degree, he was a research scientist for both Genetics Institute, Inc. (now Wyeth Pharmaceuticals) and the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. |