Khushboo Baxi

Head, Pharma & Life Sciences Practice, Nishith Desai

Khushboo Baxi heads the Pharma and Life Sciences practice at Nishith Desai Associates (www.nishithdesai.com). She is also a part of the Food & Beverages, Litigation & Alternate Dispute Resolution, and General Commercial Laws Practice Groups. Nishith Desai Associates is a multi-skilled, research-based international law firm, with offices in Mumbai, Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Singapore, New Delhi and Munich.

Khushboo has been with the firm for over 9 years and her practice particularly focuses on pharma and life sciences laws, food and beverage related laws, intellectual property laws, litigation and dispute resolution and employment related issues. Khushboo has been advising clients on legal and regulatory framework surrounding the pharmaceutical sector and has also assisted several multinational companies in their entry/investment into the Indian pharma segment. She has also provided strategic advice on and represented clients in a number of litigation and arbitration matters, both domestic and international, in the pharma, commercial laws and employment laws space.

She has authored several articles and research papers in the areas of pharma and life sciences, specifically, with respect to clinical trials, promotion and advertisement of drugs, medical devices and data protection in the pharmaceutical and healthcare space.