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Dr Nigel Uttley - agrochemical experience, biography and papers presented
Dr Nigel Uttley
Managing Director
Dr. Nigel Uttley
Academic Achievements:
  • 1st Class Honours and Ph.D in Organic Chemistry, University of Bath 1971-1977.
  • Diploma in Marketing Management, University of South Africa 1980-1982.
Key Industrial Positions
  • 1977-1979: Trainee patent agent Smith Kline & French, UK.
  • 1979-1985: AECI, South Africa.
  • 1985-1991: Commercial Director for MTM Agrochemicals Ltd, UK.
  • 1991-present: Managing Director, Enigma Marketing Research
Agrochemical Experience
  • Commercial Director for a generic and custom manufacturing company.
  • For the last 20 years at Enigma he has specialed in providing marketing and technical information targeted at identifying opportunities in the agrochemical industry.
  • Created AgriBase which was first published in 1995 and has been annually updated ever since.
  • Specialised in analysing patent literature.
  • Sound knowledge of global registration systems.
  • Author of numerous multi-client reports on the agrochemical industry.
  • Presented numerous papers at international conferences.
  • Chaired many international conferences.
  • Carried out many single-client projects for large and small agrochemical organisations.
Recent Papers Presented by Dr Nigel Uttley
TitleVenue
"Can Chinese Companies Overcome The Barriers To EU Market Entry?" Informa Life Sciences’ Crop Protection: Off Patent Products and Generics, 9th November 2011, Brussels, Belgium
"Opportunities For Post-Patent Protected Agrochemicals In South America" Farm Chemicals International, Trade Summit, 18th August 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Identifying Future Off-patent Agrochemical Products Through A Better Understanding Of Post Patent Defense Strategies" Informa Life Sciences' Crop Protection: Off Patent Products and Generics, 23-24 November 2010, Brussels, Belgium
"Identifying Future Off-Patent/Generic Agrochemicals Products" CCPIA, AgrochemEx 2010, 18-22 October 2010, Shanghai, China
"Opportunities for patent and post-patent protected agrochemicals in Africa" Farm Chemicals International, Trade Summit, 30th April 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Agchems Stellar Growth - Sustainable or Not?" ChemSpec Europe, 16th June 2009, Barcelona, Spain
"Agrochemical Proprietary Off-Patent Products - What are they?" April 2009, Published in Outlooks on Pest Managememnt
"Uncovering New Commercial Opportunities For Generics Through A Better Understanding of Patents and Data Protection Issues" Informa's Crop Protection: Generics, Patents and Parallel Trade Summit 18 - 19th October 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'When is an Off-Patent Product not a Generic?' International Crop-Science Conference & Exhibition
25th January 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2007 FCI Trade Summit
20th August 2007, Toronto, Canada

Informa's Crop protection: Generics, Patents and Parallel Trade Summit
25th October 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Getting a Generic to Market" Crop Protection Business Seminar
25th October 2006, Glasgow, UK
"Exploring Opportunities and Overcoming Obstacles in Generic Agrochemicals" Agchem Forum 2005
3rd October 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Development of a Generic Agrochemical" Registration of Agrochemicals in an Enlarged Europe
22nd September 2003, Brussels, Belgium