Dorothy K. Wyatt Ph.D.
Staff Attorney
Profile
Dorothy Wyatt's practice focuses on patent litigation concerning complex patent infringement matters for pharmaceutical products. She has experience in all aspects of pre-trial litigation, including legal and scientific research in preparation for expert depositions and trial; preparing memoranda summarizing research results; preparing questions for expert witnesses depositions; evaluating and recommending demonstratives for trial; and preparing rebuttals to expert reports. She advises litigation teams concerning FDA regulatory matters and U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention requirements and performs electronic discovery to identify scientific-, relevance-, and privilege-related issues.
Dr. Wyatt has broad experience in the areas of pharmaceutical, food additive, and controlled substance analytical method development and testing. As a pharmaceutical research scientist and manager at the United States Pharmacopeia, she developed analytical methods, managed a staff of chemists, and oversaw the testing of reference standards. She has also advised clients on the FDA requirements for food contact substances and biologics.
Dr. Wyatt has served on numerous federal and trade association advisory panels, committees, and task forces within the environmental, health and safety, and food and drug communities, including the Environmental Protection Agency Common Sense Initiative, the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology Compliance Assistance Advisory Committee, the United States Pharmacopeia, the National Formulary, and the Food Chemicals Codex, as well as collaborative method development programs and task forces with industry representatives and the Food and Drug Administration. She also previously routinely chaired and moderated the national environmental health and safety symposia for the Newspaper Association of America.
Highlights
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., v. Sandoz Inc. (D.N.J.). Involved in legal and scientific pre-trial litigation matters.
- Pronova Biopharma ASA v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (D. Del.). Assisted in pre-trial litigation e-discovery for relevance and privilege issues.
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- American Chemical Society
- American Society of Safety Engineers