Hogan Lovells 2024 Election Impact and Congressional Outlook Report
John E. Osborn
Senior Advisor Corporate & Finance
Washington, D.C.
Boston
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
LawDragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2008"Osborn protected his company's billion-dollar franchise drug Provigil, which helps those with severe sleep disorders; he agreed to cut three years from its patent life but secured six years exclusivity."
Senior Advisor John Osborn joined Hogan Lovells following two decades as a general counsel and corporate affairs executive with leading life sciences companies.
As a result, he has a deep understanding of the business environment, as well as the legal and policy challenges, faced by clients who are building the next generation of successful health care companies. Above all, he is an effective counselor who sees the big picture, weighs the risks and rewards inherent in complicated business decisions, and marshals the firm's experienced practitioners to address thorny issues and resolve crises.
John has been at the forefront of addressing many of the challenges faced by in-house counsel working for emerging life sciences and health care companies. In addition to serving as general counsel with two Fortune 1000 companies, he was responsible for government affairs and public policy, corporate communications, investor relations, and risk management. He continues to be an industry advocate on important public policy issues.
John has served in all three branches of the federal government, including the U.S. Department of State during the George H.W. Bush administration and as a law clerk to Albert V. Bryan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In 2008, he was confirmed by the Senate as a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. He has published widely, writes a regular column on health policy for Forbes.com, serves on several corporate boards, and is an advisor to a leading global private equity firm and a medtech venture capital firm.
LawDragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2008"Osborn protected his company's billion-dollar franchise drug Provigil, which helps those with severe sleep disorders; he agreed to cut three years from its patent life but secured six years exclusivity."
Representative experience
Led effort to enact the Controlled Substances Export Reform Act of 2005, enabling companies to more efficiently manage their overseas supply chain.
Authored leading journal article criticizing government enforcement policy on off-label promotion, cited by federal appeals court in U.S. v. Caronia.
Worked with leading private equity firm to structure and negotiate US$2bn sale of US Oncology to McKesson.
Testified before the U.S. Antitrust Modernization Commission on merger review and market definitions in its hearing on Antitrust & the New Economy.
Member of U.S. Supreme Court appellate team in landmark case that struck down the "sale of business" doctrine.
Member of U.S. delegation that negotiated groundbreaking bilateral investment treaty with Argentina.
Gained national attention for bringing "bet the company" patent litigation and settling to protect billion dollar franchise product.
Credentials
Education
- Postgraduate Studies, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 1999
- M.I.P.P., The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1992
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, Articles Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1983
- B.A., The University of Iowa, Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
- Attended, College of William & Mary, 1976
Bar admissions and qualifications
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
Court admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships
- Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, 2012-Present
- Visiting Scholar, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, 2018-20
- Visiting Research Fellow, Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, 2008
- Leadership Council, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, 2005-Present
- Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, Chicago, 2007-Present
- Member, American Law Institute, Philadelphia, 2003-Present
- Member, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, 2001-Present
- Board of Governors, East-West Center, Honolulu, 2004-07