Former FDA counsel Pollard joins law firm
This article was originally published in The Silver Sheet
Executive Summary
Former FDA Associate Chief Counsel Vernessa Pollard has joined the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Arnold & Porter, where she will focus on FDA and health care practice issues. During her tenure at the agency from 2002 to 2008, Pollard represented FDA in a variety of litigation matters, including a recent enforcement action that resulted in a consent decree against a device firm. She also handled the agency's first administrative action seeking civil money penalties from a manufacturer for violating Medical Device Reporting (MDR) requirements