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Dan’s practice focuses on the business transactions important to pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including licensing and commercial transactions, FDA-related regulatory matters, asset acquisitions and divestitures, supply agreements, product development agreements and strategic alliances. Dan previously served as outside counsel to life sciences companies and in in-house counsel roles for Eli Lilly and Company, AAIPharma, Inc., Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Xcellerex, Inc.

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Recognition, Affiliations & Memberships

  • North Carolina State Bar
  • Pinnacle Award (Eli Lilly)
  • Corporate Business Development Award of Merit (Eli Lilly)
  • Sourcing Innovation Energizer Award (Eli Lilly)
  • American Jurisprudence Award
  • Advisory Committee, UF Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute
  • Board Member, SEBIO
  • Former Chairman, LES RTP Chapter
  • Managing Partner 2017-2018
  • Former member, BioLabs North Carolina Advisory Board
  • Director, First Flight Venture Center (2020-present)
  • Member, VCU Commercialization Advisory Board

Education

  • J.D., summa cum laude, Indiana University School of Law, 1993
  • B.A., Wabash College, 1989

Admissions

  • North Carolina
  • Indiana

Select Publications

  • When Small Pharma Buys a Big Pharma Product, North Carolina Magazine, November 2006
  • Negotiating a Manufacturing Agreement: What do you need to know?, Contract Pharma, March 2007
  • Mediummune v. Genentech and its Aftermath, Patent Strategy and Management, June 2007