Vinay C. Trivedi-Parmar, Ph.D.

Dr. Vinay Trivedi-Parmar is a technical specialist on the firm’s patent prosecution team with a practice specializing in the pharmaceutical arts. Vinay has extensive experience in intellectual property matters and has assisted clients ranging from startups to global pharmaceutical companies in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications and in the provision of patentability and freedom-to-operate analyses. In particular, he has worked on and developed patent portfolios covering novel chemical entities (including small molecules, peptides, and modified nucleic acids), prodrugs, polymorphs, drug formulations, dosage forms, methods of treatment, synthetic methods, etc.

Trained as a medicinal chemist, Vinay has research experience spanning the various stages of the drug discovery process, including organic synthesis, lead optimization, and biological assaying. Prior to joining the firm, Vinay received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Yale University in the lab of Dr. William Jorgensen.

• Trivedi-Parmar, V.; Jorgensen W. L. “Advances and Insights for Small Molecule Inhibition of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor.” J. Med. Chem. 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00589

• Trivedi-Parmar, V.; Robertson, M. J.; Cisneros, J. A.; Krimmer, S. G.; Jorgensen, W. L. “Optimization of Pyrazoles as Phenol Surrogates to Yield Potent Inhibitors of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor.” ChemMedChem 2018, 13, 1092–1097.

• American Chemical Society, 2018 - Present

• Skidmore College, Charlotte W. Fahey Prize, 2012
• National Science Foundation REU Fellowship, 2011