Education

• Master’s candidate in Intellectual Property and Innovation at the Academy of the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI).
• MBA in Strategic Innovation Management from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-RJ).
• Postgraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Industrial Technologies from Farmanguinhos – FIOCRUZ.
• Degree in Pharmacy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Professional experience

• Patent specialist practicing since 2012.

Curriculum Lattes

• Vinícius Loureiro Casciano

Publications

• CASCIANO, Vinícius; RAYOL, Alice. Patent Protection for Biotech Companies in Brazil, 2024. In here.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro; MURTA FILHO, Antonio; GONCALVES, Danielle. The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Brazil – Intellectual Property, 2022.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro. Fast-track examination for patents in Brazil: INPI launches unified Patent Prosecution Highway programme. IAM Media, Nov. 20, 2019. In here.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro. Biotech patenting by domestic applicants – do we need a Brazilian depositary institution? IAM Media, Sept. 25, 2019. In here.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro. CAS collaborates with INPI to help battle patent backlog. IAM Media, May 1, 2019. In here.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro. INPI prioritises examination of AIDS, cancer, neglected and rare disease-related inventions. IAM Media, Mar. 27, 2019. In here.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro. Public consultation on biotech patent examination guidelines. IAM Media, Feb. 20, 2019. In here.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro; CALLIARI, Maria Alice. Can Brazil beat the patent backlog? World Intellectual Property Review, p. 91, Nov. 3, 2017. In here.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius; BARROSO, Wanise Borges Gouvea. Propriedade Industrial: oportunidades e barreiras para a produção de medicamentos genéricos no Brasil. Revista de Gestão em Sistemas de Saúde (RGSS), vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 140-160, Jan./Jun. 2013. In here.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro; MENDONÇA, S. C. Entraves Regulatórios na Estruturação da Cadeia Produtiva de Biofármacos no Brasil. Revista IPD-Farma, São Paulo, p. 10, Aug. 2013. Abstract of a paper presented at the 7th ENIFARMED – National Meeting on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals and Medicines.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro; LOYOLA, Maria Andrea. Generic Drugs in Brazil: Implementation, Evolution and Perspectives. Session 7 – Regulation of Generics in Brazil. Paper presented at Innovation from the South – Production, Invention and Appropriation of Pharmaceutical Knowledge in Brazil and India. Rio de Janeiro, 2012.
• CASCIANO, Vinícius Loureiro. Patentes e genéricos: barreiras e oportunidades para o acesso a medicamentos no mercado brasileiro. Postgraduate monograph in Pharmaceutical Industrial Technologies, Farmanguinhos – Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, 2011. In here.

Affiliations

• Regional Pharmacy Council (CRF-RJ).

Recognitions

• IAM 1000 (2019-2026).

Languages

• Portuguese
• English
• Italian (working knowledge)