Bryon Martin Pearsall
Registered Patent Attorney and Pharmacist
*** *. ***** ******, ************, PA 19130
215-***-**** abm6lj@r.postjobfree.com
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EDUCATION
Juris Doctorate, with Honors (2005) Widener Law School, Wilmington, DE
Cum Laude, GPA of 3.25, Health Law Certificate with Honors; Focus on
Intellectual Property, Patents, and Health Law; and Intellectual Property
Society Founding Treasurer.
Bachelor of Pharmacy (1995) University of the Sciences, Philadelphia,
PA
LICENSURE
Registered Patent Attorney (2008)
Registered Attorney (2005) PA Supreme Court; US District Court,
Eastern District of PA; and NJ District Court
Registered Pharmacist (1995) Pennsylvania and Delaware
SKILLS
. Litigation Experience: Attend depositions and settlement conferences.
Prepare a variety of legal documents including briefs, memos, complaints,
interrogatories, requests for documents, affidavits, notice of
depositions, depositions, and correspondence to clients and opposing
counsel. Research and analyze a variety of legal issues involving medical
malpractice, mold, auto accident, slip and fall, and insurance defense.
. Patent/Intellectual Property: Course work including: patents, patent
practice, copyrights, trademarks and unfair trade practices, and PLI
patent review.
. Regulatory Experience: Over ten years of pharmacovigilance experience.
Prepare periodic safety utilization review documents. Review adverse
event reports for direct report team consisting of up to 10 members.
Prepare and review worldwide literature, study and spontaneous event
reports. Experience with VAERs and medical device reports. Assist with
audit and compliance preparation. Review scientific literature for
assigned products. Review labeling changes for assigned products.
Database reconciliation, validation of in-house adverse event reporting
system, and coding review. Working knowledge of US and international
pharmacovigilance regulations and guidance documents.
. Project Management: Develop, review & implement processes to improve
efficiency, including a process to create adverse event reports for
business partners, a procedure for obtaining clarifications from other
departments, and procedures for handling issues experienced at external
sites.
. Employee Management: Manage and problem-solve issues for external
contract agencies (over 250 employees). Manage workload for document
reviewers ensuring all documents are reviewed within regulatory deadlines
(over 30 employees). Directly manage document reviewers and report
writers (up to 20 employees).
. Training: Train team leads on legal clarification methods to improve
quality of clarifications. Train team leads on problem solving skills to
assist in responding to problems and issues that occur at external
affiliate sites. Train new hires on appropriate safety data reporting and
in-house reporting systems.
. Inter-departmental Interaction: Prepare detailed written responses to
information requests from medical monitors, the legal department, and a
variety of other departments. Primary liaison between safety employees
and document triage staff. Assist in writing sections of regulatory
documents for the regulatory department and the clinical research and
development department.
. Standard Operating Procedures: Serve as second chair for the guideline
and standard operating procedure committee; team responsible for writing
and reviewing departmental standard operating procedures.
. Accomplishments: Prepared a comprehensive report on the in PA medical
malpractice litigation based on the MCARE Act and the PA Rules of Civil
Procedure. Earned superior ratings on annual performance evaluations,
recognized by rewards and recognition committee for outstanding
achievements, accolades for superior writing skills, and recognized for
accurate and efficient processing by team leader.
EMPLOYMENT
02-2006 - Present Vioxx Drug Safety Team Lead, Merck, Inc. (K-Force),
Blue Bell, PA
07-2005 - 02-2006 Associate Attorney, White and Williams, LLP, Berwyn,
PA
06-1999 - 07-2005 Drug Surveillance Manager, Wyeth Research,
Collegeville, PA
12-1996 - 06-1999 Pharmacy Team Leader, CVS Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA
12-1995 - 10-1996 Assistant Pharmacy Manager, Wal-Mart Pharmacy,
Milford, DE
05-1995 - 12-1995 Staff Pharmacist/Pharmacy Intern, Thrift Drug,
Rehoboth Beach, DE