Jesse C. Dresser, Esq. is a Partner in Frier Levitt’s Life Sciences Department and heads the firm’s Pharmacy Practice Group. Jesse’s practice is dedicated to representing a broad cross-section of pharmacies and pharmacy providers, including community retail pharmacies, chain pharmacies, compounding pharmacies, specialty pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, home infusion providers, and dispensing physician practices. Jesse represents pharmacy providers nationally on issues with payors and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), including PBM audit appeals, network terminations, network access and credentialing applications, and reimbursement issues.
In addition to his work with pharmacy clients, Jesse also represents a variety of other entities across the healthcare and life sciences spectrum, including other healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, pharmaceutical wholesalers and distributors, and healthcare technology companies. Through this work, Jesse has focused on the intersection between the law and economic considerations, including drug pricing, marketing techniques, and benefits management.
Jesse frequently lectures across the country at national and regional pharmacy and healthcare conferences and organizations, including the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP), the American College of Apothecaries (ACA), the American College of Veterinary Pharmacists (ACVP), the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP), the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) the Community Oncology Pharmacy Association (COPA), the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA), and the Immunoglobulin National Society (IgNS). He also regularly hosts pharmacy industry webinars for a variety of industry organizations and affiliated companies. Jesse is often published or quoted in a variety of internationally-circulated publications and media.
Jesse joined Frier Levitt in 2010 after graduating magna cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law. Prior to joining Frier Levitt, Jesse served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Dickinson R. Debevoise, former Senior District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
