Frank Fazio, RPH, JD Senior Vice President, Distribution and Licensing Services

Frank Fazio is Senior Vice President of Distribution and Licensing Services of Porzio Compliance Sciences, LLC. In this role, Mr. Fazio works with pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and third-party logistics providers in obtaining the necessary state distribution licensure for legend and controlled drugs, medical devices, and over-the-counter products. Mr. Fazio also works with companies as an outsource solution for the management of renewal licensure and audits the licensure status of pharmaceutical and medical device companies as well as notifications of changes that are required to be reported to the various boards. Mr. Fazio also collaborates with Regulatory Analysts to manage the content of products.

Mr. Fazio is also a principal of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. and a registered pharmacist in the State of New Jersey. As a member of the firm’s Pharmaceutical Marketing and Sales Compliance department, his legal practice includes counseling life sciences companies on the Drug Supply Chain Security Act and licensing-related matters working with corporate counsel on facilitating the transition of licensure in mergers and acquisitions and assessing the licensing impact of various business decisions. A seasoned litigator, Mr. Fazio has also defended manufacturers in pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigation.

Mr. Fazio received his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude in 1989. He earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from The University of New Mexico in 1986. Mr. Fazio is a member of the American Pharmacists’ Association and the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Pharmacy Law and a Fellow of the Center for International Legal Studies and is Co-chair of the International Business Law Consortium’s Life Science’s Practice Group Committee.

EXPERTISE
Distribution
State Licensing
Practitioner Prescribing & Sampling
Risk Mitigation

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