Dr. Milind Antani heads the Pharma and Life Sciences Practice at Nishith Desai Associates and represents clients in matters including corporate mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and transactional matters, intellectual property prosecution and litigation, joint ventures and formation of new companies. Dr. Antani practiced as an ENT surgeon in Gujarat for 14 years prior to joining Nishith Desai Associates. He received a Doctorate from Baroda Medical College, Gujarat and a Bachelor of Law from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat. His practice areas include Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Intellectual Property and Medical Devices. Dr. Antani has authored and co-authored many articles, publications related to the pharma industry including a book on Legal and Tax Framework: Indian Pharmaceutical Industry, published by CCH, 2008. He has been invited by national and international forums to speak at various conferences, seminars and webminars on the subjects of pharma, biotech, IP, clinical trials etc. Dr Antani has been a visiting faculty at NMIMS, IIPS, Bombay College of Pharmacy, SIES College, PG dept of Biotechnology. Dr Antani is also the member of FICCI, National Pharmaceutical Committee and FICCI-Gujarat Health care committee and the Committee of Telemedicine Society of India.