Carolyn Blessing concentrates her practice in IP Pharmaceutical matters, Hatch-Waxman litigation and FDA regulatory counseling. She represents pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in all aspects of federal intellectual property litigation, and she has significant experience counseling generic pharmaceutical companies in federal intellectual property litigation, and counseling food, drug and cosmetic companies in connection with regulatory issues.
Carolyn Blessing concentrates her practice in IP Pharmaceutical matters, Hatch-Waxman litigation and FDA regulatory counseling. She represents pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in all aspects of federal intellectual property litigation, and she has significant experience counseling generic pharmaceutical companies in federal intellectual property litigation, and counseling food, drug and cosmetic companies in connection with regulatory issues.
Before attending law school, Carolyn gained practical experience working as a neurobiologist for a major pharmaceutical company. While there, she participated in the investigation of multiple sclerosis treatments that focused on promoting and enhancing remyelination. During her undergraduate studies, she conducted senior thesis research and authored a literature study on nuclear Actin Related Proteins (ARPs) and organized and led a project to characterize novel ARP proteins in yeast cells. Additionally, she interned in a pharmaceutical laboratory where she designed and conducted a study of the cross-resistance of test mammalian cancer cell lines to nucleoside based drugs.
Carolyn’s representative experience includes:
Pharmaceutical Litigation and Counseling
Carolyn represents and counsels pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in all stages of litigation, including pre-litigation activities, Paragraph IV Certifications, filing, fact and expert discovery, claim construction, motion practice, pre-trial, trial, post-trial and appellate phases. She has extensive experience developing invalidity and noninfringement strategies, working with fact and expert witnesses to prepare declarations and reports, taking and defending depositions, and directing and crossing fact and expert witnesses at trial.
Carolyn has had a lead role in matters involving many different pharmaceutical compounds and dosage forms, including oral, transdermal and parenteral formulations; extended- and modified-release formulations; polymorphic drug substances; analytical testing of active pharmaceutical ingredients and final dosage forms; process chemistry; pharmacokinetics; drug delivery systems; bioequivalence studies; and methods of treatment. Her experience includes litigation involving many well-known products, including:
Regulatory Counseling
Carolyn provides counseling in connection with regulatory issues in the pharmaceutical, food, beverage and cosmetics industries. She has particular experience counseling companies in the cosmetics industry regarding regulatory requirements associated with FDA and USDA compliance, including compliance with the requirements of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA).
Representative Completed Matters