Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Strategy

Life sciences organizations increasingly rely on complex flows of health, clinical, genomic, research, and real-world data throughout the product and business life cycles. Jones Walker advises pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, clinical research, digital health, and healthcare organizations on the collection, use, sharing, protection, governance, and commercialization of regulated and sensitive data. Our attorneys help clients navigate federal, state, and international privacy and cybersecurity requirements; evaluate data quality, provenance, permissions, and permitted uses; structure clinical research, data use, technology, and cross-border transfer arrangements; and develop practical data governance and records management frameworks. We also counsel clients on secondary use, de-identification, data retention, cybersecurity preparedness, connected product and AI security, vendor and supply chain risk, incident response, and regulatory reporting, as well as on privacy, cybersecurity, and data diligence in licensing, financing, and M&A transactions.