Overview
advises clients on, and publishes extensively on a variety of topics including the interaction between medical device legislation and digital health issues, the implications of potential changes to the current EU pharmaceutical laws, possible conflicts between the EU clinical trial rules and data privacy rules and their implications for related obligations for life sciences companies.
She has substantial experience in litigation before the European Court of Justice, the General Court of the European Union and the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) Court, including challenges, on behalf of industry clients, to decisions of EU institutions and the validity of EU legislation.
was a Référendaire (Law Clerk) at the Court of Justice of the European Communities for several years.is recognized as a leading practitioner in the field by Chambers Europe (Band 1, 2024), Legal 500 (Leading Individual 2024), Best Lawyers in Belgium, Who's Who Legal and Acritas Stars.
- Bar of Ireland
- Bar of England & Wales
- Brussels Bar (A List)
- Judge John L Murray, Court of Justice of the European Union , 1995 - 1998
- LLB, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1984
- BL, Queen's University Belfast, Institute of Professional Legal Studies, 1985
- Postgraduate Diploma in EC Competition Law, King's College London, 2004
Speaking Engagements
- "How effective supplier quality agreements help mitigate risk and increase collaboration between suppliers", TT LifeSciences 7th Annual European Medical Device & Diagnostic Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Conference, Brussels, November 26-27, 2024
- "How different are the EU and FDA Medical Device Regulations", MD+DI Webinar, October 24, 2024
- "EU v. US medical device rules. How different are these in practice?", TT LifeSciences 6th Annual European Medical Device & Diagnostic Post-market Surveillance & Vigilance Conference, Berlin, October, 9-10, 2024
News & Publications
Regulatory Pulse: Pharma and Medical Devices Newsletter
Regulatory Pulse Pharma and Medical Devices Newsletter: Issue #2
March 2025
Media Mentions
March 6, 2025
Regulatory Pulse: Pharma and Medical Devices Newsletter
Regulatory Pulse Pharma and Medical Devices Newsletter: Issue #1
February 2025
Media Mentions
MD+DI Interviewed Elisabethann Wright in Article on European Union Medical Device Regulation
January 24, 2025
Client Alerts
Regulatory Landscape in the EU and the UK: Key Considerations for 2025
January 16, 2025
By: Darren Abrahams, Renato Antonini, Ruxandra Cana, Anne-Gabrielle Haie, Leigh Mallon, Alexandra Melia, Eva Monard, Eléonore Mullier, Zoe Osborne, Ronan Scanlan, Guy Soussan, Charles Whiddington, Elisabethann Wright, Byron Maniatis, Yongqing Bao, Tom Gillett, Elli Zachari, Algirdas Semeta, Maria Salomé Bustos Mesa
Martina Scassini
Media Mentions
Citeline's Pink Sheet Quotes Elisabethann Wright in Article About the Future of EU Pharma Reforms
January 15, 2025
Noteworthy
- Chambers Europe, Life Sciences: EU, Band 1, (2021-2025)
- Chambers Europe, Life Sciences: EU (2016-2020)
- Legal 500 EMEA, EU regulatory: Pharma, medical, biotech, Leading Individual (2024)