Devaki Patel is a senior associate on Alston & Bird’s FDA Team. Devaki concentrates her practice on assisting clients navigate novel and complex FDA regulatory matters involving food, drugs, biologics, devices, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. She also advises health care and life sciences companies in corporate transactions and post-transaction licensing matters.

As a licensed pharmacist, Devaki has experience assisting clients with matters related to DEA regulation, pharmacy practice, and telemedicine. She also has experience assisting drug and device manufacturers, distributors, and third-party logistic clients navigate federal and state licensing issues.

While in law school, Devaki served as an intern at the FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs Policy at the Center for Drug Evaluation, where she worked on legal and regulatory issues related to generic drugs. She also interned for the FDA’s Office of Policy at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

Devaki earned her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Maryland, where she served as the senior staff editor and symposium chair for the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy.