Industry Attorney, Product Liability Specialist Rebecca Wood Named FDA Chief Counsel

Former Sidley Austin partner and product liability specialist Rebecca Wood has been named FDA chief legal counsel. Wood represented multiple life science clients during her nearly 17 years at Sidley, and notably penned briefs in two highly watched U.S. Supreme Court product liability cases, Warner-Lambert v. Kent, Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc . and Wyeth v. Levine , on behalf of the Advanced Medical Technology Association and DRI, respectively. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb praised Wood's FDA-related experience in an agency-wide email...