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Womble Carlyle’s Peggy Binzer Tapped to Chair Women in Bio Public Affairs Committee

August 18, 2010

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Public relations contact: Sara Mogilski (919)755-8134 or smogilski@wcsr.com
 
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Womble Carlyle attorney Peggy Binzer has been named Chair of the Women in Bio (WIB) Public Affairs Committee. 
 
In this role, Binzer will lead WIB’s advocacy program to raise awareness about WIB and its members among key federal and state legislators and their staff, while monitoring issues of interest to the WIB professionals, and promoting expanded opportunities for Young Women in BIO (YWIB).  
 
Women in Bio is an organization of professionals committed to fostering and encouraging entrepreneurship and career development of women active in the life science industry.  The organization includes executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, students, and women in professional fields that serve the life sciences industry, all of whom share an interest in science and entrepreneurship. Womble Carlyle life sciences patent attorney Amy Fix is on the Board of the Research Triangle WIB chapter. 
 
Margaret C. “Peggy” Binzer is an experienced public policy and legal counselor in Womble Carlyle’s Government Affairs Team where she focuses her practice on life science issues. With more than 15 years experience in food and drug law, she has worked extensively on a variety of legal and legislative issues related to pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, biodefense, and global health. Prior to joining Womble Carlyle, Binzer served as Senior FDA Health Counsel to several Senate Committees and was a primary advisor to Senator Judd Gregg on FDA issues. She practices in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
 
 
Womble Carlyle - Innovators at Law
 
Womble Carlyle is a full-service business law firm with a focus on innovative solutions to client needs. The firm is located in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and serves clients nationally and globally, with more than 500 attorneys in eleven offices: Atlanta, GA; Greenville, SC; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, NC; Washington, DC; Tysons Corner, VA; Baltimore, MD; and Wilmington, DE.
 
Womble Carlyle’s interdisciplinary Life Sciences Industry Group:
 
  • Consists of more than 50 attorneys, patent and government relations professionals;
  • Stands ready to help clients fund, protect, commercialize and defend their key business assets;
  • Provides targeted legislative and regulatory solutions to maximize business opportunities;
  • Includes more than 20 attorneys and patent professionals who are also MS and PhD scientists; and
  • Represents clients from early-stage companies to multi-billion dollar global pharmaceutical companies