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Covington & Burling LLP

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Covington & Burling LLP

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Life Sciences - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Covington & Burling LLP is sought after for the quality of its regulatory advice on a range of issues including pharmacovigilance, good manufacturing practices and post-approval compliance. It has a wealth of experience assisting with strategic partnership formations and M&A, as well as venture fund investments and spinoff formations.

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Work Highlights

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  • Covington & Burling LLP continued to serve as outside counsel to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), advising on legislation, policy and regulatory strategy and comments related to OTC drugs and devices.

Strengths

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  • Covington has an excellent, deep bench of seasoned life science transaction lawyers who can lead deals.

    Life Sciences respondentUSA

  • Covington is very solid and thorough, bringing a ton of firepower to deals.

    Life Sciences respondentUSA

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 one of the smartest licensing lawyers I have worked with.

      Life Sciences respondentUSA
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  • Michael S Labson
    Michael S Labson

    Michael S Labson

    Michael Labson is managing partner of the Boston office and cochairs the global life sciences practice. He 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 is cochair of global life sciences practice. She 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 is managing partner of Covington’s Palo Alto office. She 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 cochairs global food, drug, and device practice group and the life sciences pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry group. She counsels pharmaceutical and biotechnology businesses on legislative and regulatory developments and procedure, including Hatch-Waxman compliance, life cycle management, digital health and orphan drugs.

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