Pharmacy is the field of healthcare that deals with the preparation, dispensing, and proper use of medications. Pharmacy expert witnesses are professionals with extensive knowledge of pharmacology, drug interactions, and medication errors who can provide expert testimony in cases related to pharmacy, including medical malpractice lawsuits, product liability cases, and drug-related criminal trials. Related sub-specialties include pharmacology, toxicology, and clinical pharmacy.
Some instances in which an attorney might need a pharmacy expert witness:
A medical malpractice case involving medication errors such as incorrect dosage, wrong medication, or drug interactions
A product liability case involving a defective medication or medical device
A criminal case involving drug-related charges such as drug trafficking or DUI.
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This highly-qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in pharmacology. He earned his BS in pharmacy from Albany College of Pharmacy before earning his PhD from Shenandoah University. He is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a licensed pharmacist. He also holds a certification in pediatric advanced life support. He is active in his field as an author of several scientific articles and as a member of several organizations, including the American ...
This highly-qualified expert has nearly 45 years of experience in pharmacology. He specializes in pediatric clinical pharmacology, toxicology, and clinical pharmacy, as well as adverse drug reactions, drug-drug-food interactions, pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics. He earned both his BS in pharmacy and his PharmD from the University of Cincinnati. He also completed an internship in community pharmacy at Winston Place Pharmacy, an internship in ...
This expert earned his BS in health and exercise science and his MS in toxicology from Colorado State University and his MS in health services administration with a concentration in biopharmaceutical regulatory compliance and his PharmD from the University of Wyoming. He is active in his field as a member of the National Community Pharmacists Association and the American Pharmacist Association. He formerly served as a pharmacy intern and the flu clinic supervisor for the ...
This expert has extensive experience in psychiatric pharmacy. He completed his BS in biology and chemistry and his PharmD from the University of Wyoming. He then completed two residencies in pharmacy and ambulatory care from the VA Black Hills Healthcare System. Board-certified as an ambulatory care pharmacist, pharmacotherapy specialist, and psychiatric pharmacist, this expert is active in his field as a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the Academy ...
This highly-qualified pharmacist earned her PharmD at the University of Georgia and is a licensed pharmacist in the state of Georgia. Her work focuses on ambulatory care pharmacy, as well as transitions of care, patient education, cardiology, diabetes, and COPD. She is active in her field as a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Society of Health System Pharmacists. She has formerly served as a pharmacist at Atlanta Veterans Affairs ...
This highly qualified expert earned her BS in psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles and then went on to earn her PharmD at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed an internship at Kaiser Permanente Outpatient Pharmacy and her residency at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center. She is certified in basic life support, advanced cardiovascular life support, and pediatric advanced life support by the American Heart ...
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 expert is a well qualified and experienced pharmacy director. He completed his BS in pharmacy at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and his DPM at New York College of Podiatric Medicine. He also completed a residency in podiatric orthopedics at the Boston VA Medical Center. He is board certified in podiatry and pharmacy. He is active in the field as a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Society of Hospital Pharmacy among others. ...
This highly-qualified expert in chemistry and pharmaceuticals has 20 years of experience in his field. He has experience with analytical chemistry analysis, formulation chemistry, and FDA regulation, and his work has involved in all aspects of drug research and development from synthesis/purification, in-vitro, in-vivo (efficacy, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics) testing, dosing routs, drug formulation, stability studies and the management of CROs. He earned his BA ...
This expert has over 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including sales, operations, marketing, distribution, and project management. This expert earned his BA in business management from Georgia Institute of Technology and later earned his MBA at California Coast University. In addition, this expert is a certified Project Management Professional and is certified in medical sales from the Health Industry Distributors Association. He has held several ...
This highly qualified expert has nearly three decades of experience in the field of pharmaceutical development. She received her BS in biochemistry and organic chemistry and both her DEA and PhD in medicinal chemistry, all from the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, a prestigious French University. She holds 20 patents, mostly in relation to the processing and preparation of pharmaceuticals and is responsible for three finished products as well. She has held a ...
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 ...
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Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Scholz v. United States Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90245 Facts The plaintiff, who served in the United States Army Reserves from 2001-2008, filed this…
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Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: State Case Name: Pledger v. Janssen Pharms., Inc. Citation: 2018 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1167 Facts In 2002, at age 6, Phillip Austin Pledger was diagnosed with Autism. Pledger was taken to see Dr. Jan…
This case involves a manufacturer of eco-friendly facial products sold by an e-commerce retailer. The e-commerce company hired a logistics firm to transport and distribute at least $1 million worth of facial products from Canada to California. While en route,…
Court: Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Three Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Wilson v. McKesson Corp. Citation: 2017 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 574 In this products liability case, the plaintiffs accused AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and McKesson Corporations…
This case involves a compounding pharmacy that allegedly used insulin syringes to fill in an anti-cancer drug used off-label to treat eye conditions, including macular degeneration. The syringes were lubricated with silicone oil and not designed to be used for…
This case involves a 41-year-old man that was prescribed potassium iodide by his physician. The patient was prescribed a dosage of 2 drops 4 times a day. The pharmacy mistakenly put on the bottle 10 mL 4 times a day and…
This case involves a 340B auditor that did audits for pharmacies and drug dispensaries to make sure they complied with Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) regulations. The auditor performed an audit at the defendant hospital which showed compliance problems.…