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John Barlow “barr” Weiner

John Barlow “barr” Weiner JD

Biotechnology, Mental Health and Law
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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John Weiner is the Associate Director for Policy in the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Combination Products, which is tasked with the classification and assignment for regulation of therapeutic products (drugs, devices, biological products, and combination products), and with ensuring the sound and consistent regulation of combination products.

Prior to joining OCP, Mr. Weiner was an Associate Chief Counsel in FDA’s Office of Chief Counsel, advising the agency on various issues including regulation of drugs and cross-cutting topics including the regulation of products that use nanotechnology. Before coming to FDA, Mr. Weiner was in private practice in the areas of food and drug, environmental, and related aspects of public international, and trade law. He has published and lectured on topics in all three areas. Mr. Weiner received a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. with honors from the Columbia University School of Law.
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