Luisa Bigornia
Vice President, Intellectual Property
Dr. Bigornia joined BioMarin in February 2003 and currently serves as the Vice President of Intellectual Property (IP). She is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of an IP department, management of all company IP matters, the development and implementation of patent strategy for all company programs, and the provision of IP-related support to other departments within the company. Prior to joining BioMarin, Dr. Bigornia worked as Patent Counsel/Acting Director of IP for Hyseq Pharmaceutical (now Nuvelo) in Sunnyvale CA, and as a Patent Associate for Howrey, Simon, Arnold and White LLP in Menlo Park, CA. Dr. Bigornia received a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law and is a member of the California State Bar Association. She is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to her legal career, Dr. Bigornia received her doctoral degree in pharmacology from the University of Manitoba in Canada and completed postdoctoral fellowships with the American Heart Association at the Albany Medical College in Albany, NY and with the National Institute of Health at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Bigornia has co-authored scientific publications in the areas of pharmacology and molecular virology.