Cynthia L. Meyer

Cynthia L. Meyer

Partner She/Her/Hers
Direct 202.223.5120 x 135
Fax 202.223.5619

With a practical, business-minded approach, Cynthia L. Meyer focuses her practice on advising and advocating on behalf of clients in legal and regulatory compliance matters related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). She also advises clients on related matters involving the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), and other federal and state agencies.

For over 12 years, Cynthia has represented companies in the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, food & beverage, cosmetic, medical device, and consumer product industries. In addition to counseling on regulatory strategy and compliance and reviewing labels and claims from a cross-cutting FDA/FTC perspective, she has assisted clients in their interactions with and submissions to FDA, including those related to voluntary recalls, Form FDA 483 cGMP inspectional observations, Warning Letters, FDA import detentions, import alert removal petitions, 510(k) clearance, and trade complaints. She advises on prescription drug advertising and promotion issues and has served as the legal representative on in-house prescription drug promotional review committees. She has also provided regulatory due diligence review in M&A and investment transactions and has assisted with regulatory disclosures in filings for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A skilled advertising lawyer, Cynthia frequently provides guidance on claims substantiation, social media marketing, and use of influencers and testimonials in advertising. She has represented clients in advertising disputes in front of the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs, Inc. and assisted clients with responding to FTC Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) and access letters.

Cynthia frequently speaks and writes on a host of FDA and advertising issues, including prescription drug advertising and promotion, dietary supplement labeling and structure-function claims requirements, advertising claims substantiation, and the regulation of hemp/CBD. She has authored or co-authored chapters and articles in multiple publications, such as A Practical Guide to FDA’s Food and Drug Law Regulation (multiple editions), Bringing Your Pharmaceutical Drug to Market (2015), and Law360. She currently serves as the Chair on the Food and Drug Law Journal Editorial Advisory Board and has previously served on the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Advertising & Promotion for Medical Products committee and its Food Advertising, Labeling, and Litigation committee. Cynthia has also been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for FDA Law since 2022.

Before joining Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker, Cynthia worked as a biologist at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, conducting immunology research.

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Washington D.C.

Our office is located a few blocks south of Dupont Circle, near the intersection of 19th Street NW and M Street NW. The closest Metro stations are Dupont Circle or Farragut North on the Red line and Farragut West on the Blue/Orange/ Silver lines. If you are driving, there is a parking garage attached to our building.

1850 M Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036