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What is an FDA expert witness?

FDA expert witness candidates typically have years of experience in healthcaredrug development, food and drug safety, pharmacologyFDA regulations, and/or regulatory affairs. FDA expert witnesses typically hold advanced degrees (MD, PhD, PharmD) and prior experience in FDA compliance. An FDA expert witness should feel comfortable explaining technology, processes, and procedures to a judge and jury. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a subject matter expert with prior expert testimony experience.

What types of cases require an FDA expert witness?

Cases that may require an expert witness with an FDA background will involve drugs, food, medical devices, radiation-emitting products, vaccines, biologics, animal and veterinary products, cosmetics, and/or tobacco products. With FDA compliance and good manufacturing practices (GMP), companies adhere to minimum quality systems requirements to assure that their products are consistently safe and high in quality. The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System Database (AERS or FAERS) tracks drug safety; the database collects adverse effects reports, medication error reports and product quality complaints.

FDA expert witness case examples

Cahn Litigation Services has completed numerous searches for FDA expert witnesses, providing candidates for each case to the specifications provided by the law firm. Exemplary projects include:

What litigation support work might an FDA expert witness be expected to perform?

Litigation support by an FDA expert witness could include research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, depositions, and trial testimony. In addition, clients may seek an FDA expert for pre-litigation consulting work.

Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for an FDA expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.

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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those FDA experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the FDA landscape.