Craig Burton is the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Fresenius Kabi, USA.
Prior to joining Fresenius Kabi, Craig was Executive Director of the Biosimilars Council and Senior Vice President for Policy at the Association for Accessible Medicines, where he led policy development and issues management and grew relationships with strategic partners in the health care sector, including patient advocacy groups.
Craig has served in key roles at the center of a range of pressing health care debates. While at Avalere Health, he helped clients anticipate and plan for the impact of change stemming from legislative, regulatory, or other market dynamics. Craig also established and directed the health policy and government relations efforts for two biopharmaceutical companies.
Craig served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this role, he advised the Secretary, senior Department leaders and White House officials on legislative strategy to achieve key priorities. Craig also served in the Senate, where he was Health Policy Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D., and as professional staff on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
