Dr. Alyson Wooten is a managing director in the BRG Health Analytics practice.
She has over eighteen years of experience as a pharmacist, Medical Information Specialist, and legal advisor, advising on a variety of pharmacy and pharmaceutical operations matters, as well as matters involving regulatory, intellectual property, compliance, litigation, and transactional issues, with emphasis in pharmaceutical and medical device products.
Drawing upon her retail, hospital, and pharmaceutical industry experience, Dr. Wooten has assisted numerous retail, mail order, specialty and hospital pharmacies, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies on operational and regulatory matters, including: medical affairs support, clinical development programs, corporate integrity agreements, promotional and sales training materials, safe harbor issues, pharmacy services agreements, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), fraud waste and abuse, medical device tracking, and due diligence projects for patent and investment portfolios.
Dr. Wooten focuses on assisting pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device manufacturers, pharmacies, and pharmacy benefit managers facing litigation, compliance issues, disputes, investigations, pharmaceutical pre-clinical and clinical development contracts, and regulatory matters. She has significant experience in the areas of regulatory compliance, contracting, coupon programs, Controlled Substance Act requirements, and pedigree. She is also intimately familiar with the acquisition, synthesis, analysis, and reporting of large data sets of clinical trial data, pharmaceutical sales data, rebate and discount data, survey data, market data, and regulatory compliance data.
Employment History
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Intellectual property counsel
2007 – 2019
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, School of Pharmacy
Adjunct professor
2013 – 2016
GlaxoSmithKline
Patent agent
2006 – 2007
GlaxoSmithKline
Medical information specialist and medical communication scientist
2001 – 2006
CVS Pharmacy
Pharmacist/pharmacy technician
1996 – 2002
Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital
Pharmacy technician
1998
Professional Affiliations
Registered Pharmacist, State of North Carolina
Registered Patent Attorney/Agent, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Bar Admissions: Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Community/Civic Involvement
Metropolitan Counseling Services, Board of Directors, Chairman
Georgia Law Center for the Homeless
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Volunteer Attorney