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# Hogan Lovells Hires Former FDA Investigator
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/hogan-lovells-hires-former-fda-investigator/
- Published: 2022-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:30:13.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5151028

Law firm Hogan Lovells has added former FDA investigator **Chris Middendorf** as the firm’s regulatory affairs director. In this capacity, Middendorf will assist life sciences clients with regulatory and policy issues, such as product quality and manufacturing issues, and related compliance with FDA requirements for pharmaceuticals and biological products.  

During his 20-year tenure at FDA, Middendorf conducted GMP domestic and international inspections while developing scientific and technical expertise in sterile manufacturing and data integrity, according to the law firm. He held senior positions for regulatory activities in China and India.  

His agency tenure included senior positions with country-wide responsibilities for China and then India, each with diplomatic status, and serving as senior policy advisor and aseptic manufacturing “subject matter expert” for the Office of Manufacturing Quality, within the Office of Compliance of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.  

At Hogan Lovells, Middendorf will give companies “practical advice on day-to-day compliance issues and broader strategic matters, helping companies prepare for FDA inspections and respond to agency observations,” the law firm says. “He also will be a key member of the Hogan Lovells team providing detailed due diligence for life sciences transactions.”  

Middendorf has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Cincinnati, and a master’s degree in animal science from Auburn University.