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Areas of Practice Barbara represents pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers; managed care companies; pharmacies and pharmacy-benefit management companies; and biotech clients. She provides them with practical business solutions in compliance, domestic and international licensing, complex supply-and-distribution arrangements and related transactional matters. She also counsels medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers on general corporate matters. Representative Experience Served as part-time in-house counsel for a midsize pharmaceutical manufacturer, developing standard sales, supply and manufacturing agreements.Developed standard agreements for all phases of clinical trials for a pharmaceutical manufacturer.Drafted and assisted in negotiating a contractual joint-venture arrangement for the European manufacture of a vaccine developed in the U.S.Drafted complex agreements related to design services, product development services, and supply and distribution for medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.Advised health plan providers on new regulatory requirements relating to Medicare managed care and Medicare Part D. Counseled and provided training to medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers about healthcare fraud and abuse and compliance.Provided best-practices advice regarding health and general privacy law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and other state and federal privacy laws.Before joining Lindquist & Vennum, Barbara served as a senior legal analyst at Diversified Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., negotiating and managing pharmaceutical benefit-management contracts with clients that included Fortune 500 companies and federal and state governments.Her prior work experience included negotiating and managing multimillion-dollar defense contracts for Honeywell, Inc. and Alliant Techsystems. | 