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
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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