FDA Focus: What Sidley Austin's Practice Chair Is Watching

Becky Wood, co-chair of the Food Drug and Medical Device Regulatory practice at Sidley and former chief counsel of the FDA, tells Law360 she's tracking U.S. Supreme Court action on drug and device safety, eyeing new approaches to product approvals and fretting about political impacts on FDA recruiting.

A D.C.-based partner, Becky has been at Sidley for most of a two-decade career devoted to drug and device law. She stepped away in 2017 and 2018 for a high-profile stint as the FDA's top lawyer.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.