I help clients secure valuable patent protection for their pharmaceutical and biotechnological innovations.
Mohanad Mossalam is an Associate and Registered Patent Attorney in Foley Hoag's Intellectual Property Department. He specializes in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications in biotechnology, biochemistry, materials science, biomedicine, and pharmaceuticals.
Mohanad’s expertise extends beyond patent applications. He assists in providing non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions, as well as conducting due diligence for investments and acquisitions. Additionally, he is involved in drafting agreements related to intellectual property rights, licensing agreements, and the monetization of royalty streams, ensuring thorough investigation of the scientific technology underlying inventions.
With a strong background in molecular cell biology and extensive research experience in genome editing and small molecule drug discovery, Mohanad brings valuable industry experience to his clients. Before joining Foley Hoag, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, focusing on developing therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease and studying mitochondrial involvement in neurodegeneration.
Mohanad earned his Ph.D. from the University of Utah under the mentorship of Dr. Carol Lim. His doctoral research centered on the function of p53 localization within cells for breast cancer therapeutics, as well as investigating Bcr-Abl in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, and the roles of adiponectin and vitamin E in cardiovascular disease.
