Peter Barton Hutt Appointed to Suneva Medical, Inc. Board Of Directors

Peter Barton Hutt was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of Suneva Medical, Inc., a privately-held aesthetics company. Mr. Hutt has specialized in food and drug law at the Washington, DC firm of Covington and Burling since 1960, pausing only to serve as Chief Counsel of the FDA from 1971 to 1975. He is co-author of the Food and Drug Law: Cases and Materials. He has also taught Food and Drug Law at Harvard Law School since 1994.

"Peter is one of the world's leading attorneys concerning FDA matters, and an expert in U.S. health policy. We are thrilled that he has joined Suneva Medical's Board of Directors," said Nicholas L. Teti, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Suneva Medical. "As a director, his regulatory perspective and knowledge of the health care industry will be invaluable as we advance Suneva Medical's broad product pipeline."

Mr. Hutt is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and serves on a wide variety of academic and scientific advisory boards and on the Board of Directors of several companies. In addition, he has represented the national trade associations for the food, prescription drug, nonprescription drug, dietary supplement, and cosmetic industries. While at the FDA he drafted the legislation that became the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, and beginning in 1962 he has participated in the drafting of most of the major legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. He has testified before the House and Senate more than 100 times either as a witness or as counsel accompanying a witness.