Jerri Barden Perkins MD

Dr. Jerri Barden Perkins received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Mary Washington and a medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. She enjoyed a successful career in arthritis research. Her husband, Dr. John Calvin Perkins, M.D., was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University, and Harvard Medical School. He practiced internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. Jerri established a scholarship in memory of John in 2013.

In 1984, after eight years as a medical officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Jerri Perkins established Perkins & Perkins, Inc. (PPI). PPI offers medical and regulatory assistance to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. As president of PPI, Dr. Jerri Barden Perkins has written protocols, prepared companies to meet with FDA staff, participated in FDA meetings with companies, served on Data Safety Monitoring Boards, and assisted companies in preparing IND, NDA, ANDA, IDE, PMA and 510(k) submissions. These submissions have included both drug/device and biologic/device products