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Margaret Martin

Policy Advisor
About

Margaret Martin has significant experience in healthcare policy and life sciences issues, advising clients on key healthcare policy initiatives and congressional legislation. She has extensive knowledge regarding issues related to products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) including drugs, medical devices, food, tobacco and cosmetic products, as well as with public health preparedness and biodefense policies.

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Margaret served as a senior policy advisor on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee for both Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Richard Burr where she advised on and developed health policy legislation. Her navigation of complex political and congressional processes required to advance health policy legislation aimed at helping drive forward innovation in the private sector is a valuable resource to lifesciences and healthcare clients.

Margaret Martin is not a lawyer.

Education
  • B.A., Meredith College

Prior Experience

During her tenure as a policy advisor on the Senate HELP Committee, Margaret led negotiations for and advised on policy issues related to the FDA, including the FDA User Fee Reauthorization Act, which reauthorized the agency's medical product user fee programs through 2027; the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act, which included reforms to FDA's regulation of medical products; the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act, which modernized FDA's authority to regulate cosmetic products; SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act; the Animal Drug User Fee Act of 2018; and the 21st Century Cures Act.

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