Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation announced the appointment of Patrick Doody as Vice President, General Counsel, and Member of Board of Directors. Mr. Doody joins Nymox from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, where he was a partner in the Intellectual Property Group, and currently is Senior Counsel. Mr. Doody is a well-respected patent attorney with significant knowledge and experience in post-grant proceedings, patent infringement litigation, patent prosecution, licensing, opinions, and counseling.

Mr. Doody has represented Nymox and its predecessor company in intellectual property matters for over 30 years, securing hundreds of issued patents for Nymox throughout the world. Mr. Doody is a former patent examiner, former in-house counsel for Union Carbide Corporation, former partner at Tier 1, AMLAW 100 firms, and also is an adjunct professor of patent law at the George Washington University School of Law. Mr. Doody obtained his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and his law degree from the Scalia School of Law (formerly George Mason School of Law), has served in a number of leadership positions in various intellectual property associations, is ranked Band 2 by Chambers for Intellectual Property, and AV ranked by Martindale Hubbell.

Much of Mr. Doodys legal career has involved counseling biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and chemical companies on all aspects of intellectual property law.