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MEENA DATTA is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and global co-leader of Sidley’s Healthcare practice. She also leads the Firm’s Digital Health team and Chicago Healthcare group, and is a member of the firm’s Global Life Sciences Leadership Council. Meena manages key strategic regulatory, transactional, litigation, and enforcement matters for life sciences, healthcare, and health technology companies throughout the world.
Meena is highly experienced in representing both Fortune 100 healthcare and life sciences companies as well as small biotech, medtech, and telehealth companies, and regularly advises Boards of Directors and c-suite personnel on sensitive regulatory matters. Her client base includes pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and their trade associations; distributors; large healthcare providers; telemedicine and telehealth providers; genetic and early cancer detection screening companies; clinical diagnostic laboratories; private equity firms and public companies focused on healthcare and life sciences investments; health tech companies; and innovators and disruptors. Meena has also been regularly counseling clients on COVID-19 related matters including crisis management; public health reporting; service and delivery; privacy; and risk mitigation.
Meena received her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Meena is regularly quoted by nationally recognized healthcare trade press and is a frequent speaker at key life sciences conferences. She has lectured for a Healthcare Management course at Loyola University’s Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Seton Hall Law School Healthcare Compliance Certificate Program. Meena is a proud member of the Board of Directors of the March of Dimes, Chicago Chapter.
