Dr. Emma Elliston is an associate in the London Life Sciences practice group with regulatory, litigation and transactional expertise. She provides advice to a broad range of clients on the pharmaceutical and medical device regulatory frameworks in the UK and EU. Her practice covers the entire product lifecycle, including classification, clinical trials, marketing authorisations, incentives, and promotional compliance. Emma has broad litigation experience, having acted for pharmaceutical companies in public inquiries, administrative and civil proceedings, and product liability litigation. She has significant experience representing a COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer before the UK courts and coordinating the defence of claims globally, as well as assisting a pharmaceutical company enforce its regulatory data protection across the EU. Emma also assists with commercial transactions involved in the development and commercialisation of medicinal products, specialising in the drafting and negotiation of manufacturing, distribution and supply agreements.
As well as her Life Sciences practice, she is committed to pro bono work and has assisted in a range of matters against government departments and before the UK courts.
Prior to pursuing a legal career, Emma was a scientist with a degree, Masters and PhD specialising in structural biology and biochemistry.
Experience
- Bayer in relation to product liability claims arising out of a legacy product, Primodos, used as a hormone pregnancy test.
- A global pharmaceutical company in a product liability public inquiry.
- Pfizer in agreements for the supply of medicines and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis to 45 of the world’s low and lower-middle income countries as part of its Accord for a Healthier World.
- Advising a UK biotech company in a commercial services dispute, resulting in a favourable settlement for our client.
- Advising a global biopharma company on the regulatory aspects of its acquisition of a biotech company.
Perspectives
Credentials
Education
- Legal Practice Course, The University of Law, 2020
- Graduate Diploma in Law, The University of Law, 2019
- Ph.D., Structural, Computational and Chemical Biology, University College London, 2018
- M.Biochem., Biochemistry (Molecular and Cellular), University of Oxford, 2014
Admissions
- England and Wales