Elaina McEwanElainaMcEwan
Director, Life Sciences & Healthcare Consulting Group
Elaina McEwan is a director in the Life Sciences Consulting Group in the Litigation Department of Paul Hastings based in the firm’s New York office. Elaina has over 16 years of life sciences industry experience assisting companies in mitigating evolving risk areas and maintaining compliance with industry regulations. She supports corporate compliance, legal counsel and senior leadership on matters related to compliance program design and enhancement, sales and marketing compliance, enterprise and compliance risk assessments, HCP interactions/engagements, corporate governance and government and internal investigations, among others. In addition to her consulting experience, Elaina has held in-house roles in sales and compliance for two global pharmaceutical companies.
Georgetown University, B.S., 2008
Advised a biopharmaceutical company on the enhancement of its global compliance program, including leading a review of its compliance controls, operations, governance and culture; presented findings and recommendations to company’s audit committee of the board and supported additional program enhancements in view of findings.
Led the redesign of a global pharmaceutical company’s external funding program to include enhanced review and approval procedures for higher-risk funding requests; engagement involved the development of standardized risk-ranking procedures for funding requests and a streamlined review and approval process ultimately leading to a more effective and efficient external funding program; scope included medical education grants, sponsorships, charitable contributions, collaborations and fellowships.