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Covington & Burling LLP

Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance

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Covington & Burling LLP

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Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance - USA

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Covington & Burling is a leading law firm globally for regulatory advice with a consistent focus on regulatory issues across all of its offices. The firm assists clients around the world with matters related to international trade, public policy and global compliance issues such as data protection, antitrust and competition regulation. The firm also has notable industry focus across its global platform, targeting pharmaceuticals and healthcare products, food, technology and media.

The firm's offices across the USA play a significant role in international work. Washington, DC hosts the largest proportion of the firm's resources and acts as a key hub for the firm's global practice, particularly in relation to investigations, international trade and compliance. The firm's US-based teams are renowned for their work advising large pharma companies on the development and commercialisation of products worldwide, with cross-border issues involving the USA and China being a particular theme of the firm's recent activity.

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Strengths

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  • Covington is a global firm, offering both depth and breadth of experience, to provide seamless integration of corporate, regulatory, securities, and local advice to support complex transactions.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • George Pappas
    George Pappas

    George Pappas

    George Pappas is a patent litigator and trial lawyer with a client roster drawn from pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biotech as well as complementary areas such as software and electronics.
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  • Peter O Safir
    Peter O Safir

    Peter O Safir

    Peter Safir has extensive experience handling food and drug regulatory issues throughout the US, with a particular concentration on pharmaceuticals. His practice covers a variety of different types of work, including drug quality issues, market practices and life cycle management.
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  • Richard F Kingham
    Richard F Kingham

    Richard F Kingham

    Richard Kingham advises US and European biotech businesses, trade associations and pharmaceutical manufacturers on domestic and international regulatory requirements. His work typically ranges from biosimilars policy counsel to Congressional hearings and administrative investigations.
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  • John A Hurvitz
    John A Hurvitz

    John A Hurvitz

    John Hurvitz is skilled at advising businesses on both transactions and strategic matters such as dispute resolution, industry best practice and benchmarking, asset management and business development.

    • John is an industry leader in the life science/FDA transactional world.

      Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance respondentGlobal
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  • Michael S Labson
    Michael S Labson

    Michael S Labson

    Michael Labson counsels biotech and pharmaceutical clients on their compliance and relationships with the regulatory agencies.
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  • Denise Esposito
    Denise Esposito

    Denise Esposito

    Denise Esposito draws on substantial government and in-house experience to advise life sciences businesses on matters of strategy, policy and regulatory compliance.
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  • Emily I Leonard
    Emily I Leonard

    Emily I Leonard

    Emily Leonard advises clients on matters including licensing and technology transfers, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, as well as research and operations-related commercial agreements.
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  • Krista Hessler Carver
    Krista Hessler Carver

    Krista Hessler Carver

    Krista Hessler Carver counsels pharmaceutical and biotechnology businesses on legislative and regulatory developments and procedure, including Hatch-Waxman compliance, life cycle management, digital health and orphan drugs.

    • Krista is smart and knows what she is doing.

      Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance respondentGlobal
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