Understand
Explore your science, your development objectives and the decision you need to make.
BIOTECHNOLOGY · INNOVATION · IP STRATEGY
Bring clarity
to your next
breakthrough.
Independent scientific and strategic advice for the decisions that shape your innovation.
Discuss your projectAnne Savoye, PhDScientific depth. A practical understanding of intellectual property.
Scientific & competitive intelligence
R&D project structuring
IP strategy & governance
Based in Belgium. An international perspective.
PhD
Life & Health SciencesCell, molecular and structural biology
IP
European & Belgian qualificationsQualified patent attorney
10+
Years in intellectual propertyLife sciences, biotech and pharmaceuticals
CLARITY AT THE DECISION POINT
Complex science.
A clear direction.
A promising idea brings scientific, organisational and intellectual property questions. IP Matters helps you understand how they connect — and decide what to do next.
01R&D project structuring
Give your research a workable framework.
Clarify a research initiative, organise its scientific questions and connect the work to your development objectives. Build a shared view of priorities and the decisions ahead.
- Scientific project analysis and structuring
- Coordination of research and innovation initiatives
02Scientific & competitive intelligence
See the evidence and the wider landscape.
Turn scientific literature and competitive information into a focused view of your field. Understand the evidence behind a development opportunity and the questions that still need answers.
- Scientific literature and landscape analysis
- Competitive intelligence and critical synthesis
03IP strategy & governance
Connect intellectual property to your research.
Bring an intellectual property perspective to innovation and collaborative R&D. Align strategic questions with scientific development and prepare clearer discussions with partners and specialist advisers.
- IP strategy within research and development projects
- Governance of collaborative research and partnerships
04Synthesis & decision support
Make complex findings useful to the people deciding.
Bring the essential facts together in clear analytical notes, presentations and structured documents. Help scientific, business and external stakeholders work from the same understanding.
- Analytical briefs and decision-support materials
- Scientific communication across functions and partners
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
Start with the science.
Keep the decision in sight.
Direct collaboration with Anne, with the scope shaped around your question and the way your team works.
Analyse
Examine the scientific and competitive evidence, including the relevant IP context.
Structure
Organise findings, priorities and open questions into a coherent, usable view.
Move forward
Translate that understanding into practical recommendations and clear next steps.
THE PERSON BEHIND IP MATTERS
Anne Savoye,
PhD
A scientist by training and a patent attorney by qualification, Anne connects an in-depth understanding of life sciences with the practical demands of innovation.
Her career spans doctoral research in cell and molecular biology, a postdoctoral role in neurobiology, and more than a decade in intellectual property for pharmaceutical and biotechnology organisations.
As a former Director and Partner at ICOSA Europe, she advised research and business teams on patentability, freedom to operate, due diligence and international patent strategy. Today, IP Matters brings that experience to independent biotechnology and innovation advisory.
- European Qualifying Examination & Belgian patent qualification
- PhD in Life & Health Sciences · University of Lorraine
- University Diploma in Intellectual Property · CEIPI, Strasbourg
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & SCIENTIFIC ROOTS
From research to intellectual property and independent advisory.
- 2025 — PRESENTIP MATTERS
Independent consultant
Biotechnology, innovation and IP strategy.
- 2014 — 2024
Director & Partner
ICOSA Europe, Brussels · Life-science intellectual property.
- 2013 — 2014
Postdoctoral researcher
Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Paris · Neurobiology.
- 2008 — 2012
Doctoral researcher
University of Lorraine, Nancy · Cell and molecular biology.
YOUR INNOVATION DESERVES A CLEAR NEXT STEP
What are you
working on?
Tell Anne about the science, the challenge and the decision ahead. Start a conversation about how IP Matters could help.