Adrian Looney
About Adrian Looney
Adrian Looney is a Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Vertex Phamaceutical's Assistant world headquarters in Boston. He leads a team of patent attorneys and professional staffers who provide IP support for the cystic fibrosis (CF) franchise with 4 commercial products. The areas of therapeutic focus are CF, Pain, Kidney Diseases, Sickle Cell Disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), and Type I Diabetes. Prior to joining Vertex Adrian worked as an IP leader at Pfizer in New York City. Previous to Pfizer Adrian was a patent agent and associate at two New York based intellectual property law firms where his practice focused on the procurement of patents, client consulting, due diligence and litigation for Universities, biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical clients. Adrian is a registered patent attorney with the US Patent and Trademark Office and is a member of the State Bar of New York. Adrian received his J.D. degree from New York Law School, a M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University and a honors B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from University College Cork, Ireland.