Our drug expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including pharmacology, toxicology, clinical trials, and drug development. Some of the most common drug expert witness specialties also include drug abuse, drug testing, and drug interactions. They have opined on the effects of drug use, drug side effects, drug overdose, drug addiction, drug manufacturing, and drug labeling.
Common procedures performed by drug experts:
Drug testing and analysis
Toxicology screening
Pharmacokinetic analysis
Example cases an attorney might need a drug expert witness:
A wrongful death case involving a drug overdose
A product liability case involving a dangerous drug side effect
A criminal case involving drug trafficking
A medical malpractice case involving improper drug administration
A pharmaceutical patent dispute case
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This qualified expert has nearly a decade of board-certified experience in his field. He earned his undergraduate degree in premedical education from the Adamjee Government Science College and his MD from the Dow Medical College in Pakistan. He then worked as an administrator, medical officer, and house staff general surgeon in the Civil Hospital of Karachi. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston before ...
This highly-qualified expert has 14 years of experience in the field of biopharmaceutical development, having earned her BS in biology from the University of North Carolina and her PhD in genetics from the University of California at San Francisco. Her work focuses on drug development with a particular focus on gene and cell therapies, including those with the following elements: AAV, Adenovirus, CRISPR, Zfn, Endonuclease, CAR-T, mRNA, LNP, Lentivirus, HSPC. She has ...
This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience with pharmaceutical formulation development, as well as transdermal, topical, and controlled release drug delivery. He earned his BS in pharmaceutical science from Sandar Patel University before earning his MS and PhD in pharmaceutical science from Long Island University. This expert is active in his field as a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and holds a patent related to transdermal ...
This expert is a well qualified and experienced drug and alcohol treatment professional. He completed his BA at SUNY, and his MS in clinical mental health counseling and MBA at UNLV. He is a certified addictionologist and a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. He is also active in the field as a member of the State of Nevada Association for Addiction Professionals and serves on the Governor’s Substance Abuse Working Group. He previously was the president and chief ...
This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience with DEA suspicious order monitoring, as well as opioid and other controlled substance regulations. He earned his BS from Great Lakes University and his MS from Everest University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He is a member of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators and the International Health Facility Diversion Association. He formerly served as a state trooper in the Alaska Department of ...
This qualified expert has extensive experience in the training, policies, and procedures involved in drug and alcohol testing. He earned his BS from the University of Central Florida and is currently a JD candidate at Florida A&M University. This expert is certified by the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association as a designated employer representative. He is active in his field as a member of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association and the National Drug ...
This expert in Pharmaceutical R&D has worked with data confidentiality protocols from the perspective of both a leading research scientist and an industry consultant. He earned his PhD in Pharmaceutical Science following a BS in Pharmacy and a BS in Biology from the University of South Carolina. He is a member of multiple professional societies, has published multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts, and holds 4 patents in pharmaceutical technologies. The expert formerly ...
This highly experienced expert in drug discovery and drug development earned his PhD in Pharmacology from Yale University and thereafter completed a postgraduate fellowship at the University of Michigan. He previously served as the Chief Scientific Officer of Adherex Technologies, International Vice President of Cancer Research at Glaxo Wellcome (now GSK) and Associate Division Director of Experimental Therapy at Burroughs Wellcome. He is a member of the American ...
This expert has served the Drug Enforcement Administration for 21 years before entering the private sector. He gained a BA in law enforcement administration from Youngstown State University and was a state trooper for the Maryland State Police for 7 years before joining the DEA. At the DEA, he investigated international and domestic crime organizations, seizing millions of dollars in drug-related assets. This expert has been decorated numerous times and has been honored ...
This highly qualified expert earned his BS from George Fox University and PhD from University of California- Los Angeles. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The Scripps Research Institute. He is actively involved in research and education; to date he has 60+ original peer reviewed articles/ abstracts. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at a major university affiliated medical center. He has been trained in the study of drug discovery and ...
This highly qualified psychiatric pharmacology expert received a BS in Bacteriology from the Univeristy of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and earned his doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) at the University of Southern California (USC). He had a National Institute of Mental Health (NMH) training fellowship in Psychiatric Pharmacy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and was recruited to join the faculty of the highly-ranked The University of Texas at Austin ...
This highly qualified expert has years of experience in using animal models to study diabetes. He received his PhD degree from Ohio State University and completed his fellowship training in physiology and biophysics at the University of Illinois. He has published 98+ peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as a reviewer for 26+ renowned medical journals. He has been listed in "Who's Who in America" for science and engineering and lectures nationwide. Currently, he is a ...
In early January 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Robin Rosenberg moved to dismiss economic damages and design defect claims against major drugmakers in the ongoing Zantac multidistrict litigation. Judge Rosenburg ruled that these claims against Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Boehringer…
In one pending bellwether in the nationwide multidistrict litigation against opioid manufacturers, one defendant’s parent company is attempting to block a subpoena for internal documents. AbbVie is resisting a request from the plaintiff, the city of Chicago, for the documents…
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Natalie Lincoln was charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a man when the car she was driving crossed the center lane and struck the decedent’s vehicle.  At the scene of the accident, the defendant passed a field sobriety…
On February 19, 2013, the first of over 3,000 Actos lawsuits went to trial in the Superior Court of California. The plaintiff in the case alleged that Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Asia’s largest drugmaker and Actos manufacturer, was negligent in presenting the…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Cole v. Perry Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156196 The plaintiff retained a nursing expert witness who created a life care plan. The…
Court: Court of Appeals of Michigan Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Estate of Leblanc v. Agnone Citation: 2017 Mich. App. LEXIS 1091 The plaintiff claimed the treating doctors were negligent in managing the decedent’s condition. The cardiology expert witness, retained by…
In this product liability case, the court must determine whether the oncology expert witness’s testimony is admissible under the Daubert standard. Specifically, the drugmaker defendant asserts the expert’s opinions on alternate dosing schedules and product labeling oversteps his area of…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: IN RE: EpiPen Epinephrine Injection Citation: 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40788 The plaintiffs seek to exclude a portion of the immunology expert’s report that draws on…
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Kirchman v. Novartis Pharm. Corp. Citation: 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71158 Facts This case deals with claims against a drug manufacturer by the…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: K.E. v. Glaxosmithkline LLC Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13705 Facts This case was filed against the pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), concerning the side effects of…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Terry v. McNeil-PPC, Inc. (In re Tylenol (Acetaminophen) Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig.) Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99176 Facts In this case…
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: West v. Janssen Pharms., Inc. Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124276 Facts This case involves two plaintiffs, West and Harper, who alleged that…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: In re Testosterone Replacement Therapy Prods. Liab. Litig. Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143368 Facts The plaintiffs filed a multi-district…