The Elm

The Law & Health Care Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law invites you to join us as we welcome Rachel Sachs, JD, for the first fall event in the 2025/2026 Rothenberg Speaker Series. This year’s series will focus on the future of food, drug, and medical device regulation. Sachs’ talk, held virtually at 4:15 p.m. Sept. 11, is titled "Regulating Health Technologies in a Post-FDA World."

Sachs is a scholar of innovation policy, exploring the intersection of health law, food and drug regulation, and patent law. Her work analyzes problems of innovation and access to new health care technologies. Sachs’ scholarship has appeared in journals including the Duke Law Journal, the NYU Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and Health Affairs.

Sachs served in the Biden-Harris administration as a senior advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the General Counsel, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Division. She has testified before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means, and Senate Committee on the Judiciary. She currently serves as a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution.

This event is free, but registration is required. You will receive information on how to access the event in a separate email 48 hours before the webinar begins. If you have questions, please contact Gehan Girguis at ggirguis@law.umaryland.edu. This event will be recorded.