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Working with companies in the life sciences and technology sectors, Ellie Handy focuses on EU, Irish, and UK life sciences regulatory and commercial matters.

Ellie advises clients on regulatory issues including classification, biologics, orphans, paediatrics, GxP, market and data exclusivity, clinical research, labelling and promotion, reporting obligations, medical devices, and digital health. Ellie also advises companies in the food, cosmetic and consumer products sectors regarding regulatory compliance and borderline issues. Ellie provides advice in relation to corporate transactions and restructuring, in particular performing regulatory due diligence.

Ellie represents and works with a wide range of clients working in the life sciences and technology sectors on both contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters.

Ellie’s pro bono work includes assisting charities. In addition to her role at Covington, Ellie spent three years working life sciences regulatory practice in London.

On 27 October 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), Health Canada, and the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) (together the “Regulators”) jointly published 10 guiding principles to inform the development of Good Machine Learning Practice (“GMLP”) for medical devices that use artificial intelligence and machine learning (“AI/ML”).

Purpose

AI