Laura Akowuah

Special Counsel at Cooley

Speaker

Laura Akowuah is an experienced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lawyer in Cooley’s Washington, DC, office, where she advises clients on FDA compliance, enforcement risk, and regulatory strategy across the food, drug, and life sciences sectors. She helps companies navigate recalls, adverse inspectional findings, import issues, and FDA regulatory actions and investigations. Laura counsels clients on premarket product pathways and product safety, and she provides clients strategic guidance to help minimize advertising- and labeling-related risk. Laura draws on more than a decade of experience at FDA, including service in the Office of the Chief Counsel where she advised special agents in FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) and assisted the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in investigations and criminal prosecutions. She brings a deep understanding of how FDA operates and a highly practical, actionable approach to solving challenges at every stage of the product life cycle.