Yolande Gisele Marie Dufresne

With an engineering background in systems design, Yolande brings scientific knowledge and intellectual property skills to help clients navigate the regulatory complexities of the life sciences and technology sectors.

Yolande advises clients with regulated products in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food industries. She has in-depth knowledge across a broad range of areas, including market access, reimbursement, supply chain management, research and design, product licensing, labelling and advertising, product recalls and corrective actions, as well as privacy matters.

Yolande is a member of MedTech Canada (allied), the Food and Drug Law Institute and the Licensing Executives Society.

Yolande has lectured on aspects of IP law and technology transfer for Sunnybrook’s MedVentions Program, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, and Ontario Genomics’ BioCreate Program.