Jason Johnson

Jason is well-versed on even the most complicated regulatory challenges that his clients face. As a former research scientist in academic and pharmaceutical settings, as well as a clinical research monitor who trained physicians, Jason knows the rules firsthand. He employs this knowledge to assist clients with the full range of issues that arise in the research and development process, including drafting and negotiating research, clinical trial, licensing, and manufacturing agreements; intellectual property and technology transfer issues; collection, transfer and sharing of data, including patient registries and bio-repositories; and advising clients on mergers and acquisitions and related transactions. Jason’s clients in this area include academic medical centers, healthcare technology companies, emerging to late stage biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and other health care and research organizations.

In addition, Jason counsels hospitals, home health agencies, and other health care providers on state and federal fraud and abuse issues including the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute.

Jason also has extensive experience as a patent litigator. He represented pharmaceutical and chemical companies in Hatch-Waxman litigation for more than 11 years. Jason has substantial experience in counseling clients regarding patent portfolio management, including reviewing patent portfolios, providing advice on the strength or weakness of those portfolios and what actions should be taken, if any, to best protect the company’s products and assets.