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Updated 10/2
Monday, October 1
8:30-10:30 a.m.
Policy Updates and Enforcement Developments from FDA’s Medical Product Centers
CBER
Lisa L. Stockbridge, PhD, Branch Chief, Advertising and Promotional Labeling Branch, Division of Case Management, Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality, CBER, FDA | Slides
CDER
Thomas W. Abrams, RPh, Director, Office of Prescription Drug Promotion, Office of Medical Policy, CDER, FDA | Slides
CDRH
Toni M. Stifano, Consumer Safety Officer, Office of Compliance, CDRH, FDA
CVM
Thomas J. Moskal, DVM, Dipl. ACLAM, Veterinary Medical Officer, Division of Surveillance, Office of Surveillance and Compliance, CVM, FDA | Slides
Moderated by Wayne L. Pines, President, Regulatory Services and Healthcare, APCO Worldwide
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Trends and Priorities in Enforcement: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice Activity
Jeffrey K. Francer, Assistant General Counsel, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America | Slides
Mary E. Riordan, Senior Counsel, Office of Counsel, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health & Human Services | Slides
Joan D. Humes, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Investigations, Medtronic, Inc. | Slides
Joy J. Liu, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP | Slides
Eugene M. Thirolf, Jr., Consultant | Slides
Moderated by Anne K. Walsh, Of Counsel, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC
2:00-3:15 p.m.
Updates on FDA Guidances
Jean-Ah Kang, PharmD, Special Assistant, OPDP, CDER, FDA | Slides
Marci C. Kiester, Associate Director of Operations, OPDP, CDER, FDA | Slides
Lisa L. Stockbridge, PhD, Branch Chief, Advertising and Promotional Labeling Branch, Division of Case Management, Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality, CBER, FDA
Ernest S. Voyard, Senior Regulatory Counsel, OPDP, CDER, FDA | Slides
Moderated by Mark Gaydos, Vice President, U.S. Regulatory Affairs Marketed Products, Sanofi-Aventis
3:45-5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions: Hot Issues
1. Substantial Evidence & Other Standards for Support of Promotional Claims
Elaine Hu Cunningham, PharmD, Senior Regulatory Review Officer, OPDP, CDER, FDA | Slides
Mark S. Hirsch, MD, Medical Team Leader, CDER, FDA
James P. Stansbury, PhD, Consumer Safety Officer, SEALD, ONDIO, CDER, FDA
Eugene J. Sullivan, MD, Principal, EJS Consulting, Inc.
Moderated by Michele M. Hardy, Executive Director, Regulatory Advertising and Promotion Policy, GlaxoSmithKline
2. 1st Amendment: Legal Developments in Case Law
Vicki W. Girard, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
William M. Janssen, Professor, Charleston School of Law | Slides
Mark C. Levy, Partner, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC | Slides
Moderated by Ralph F. Hall, Professor of Practice, University of Minnesota Law School | Slides
3. Defining “Scientific Exchange”
Tracy L. Acker, PharmD, President and Owner, The Acker Group, LLC | Slides
Diane E. Dorman, Vice President, Public Policy, National Organization for Rare Disorders | Slides
Daniel J. O'Connor, Vice President and General Counsel, Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. | Slides
Michael D. Petty, Partner, King & Spalding | Slides - Social Media | Slides - How Companies Decide
Moderated by Marc J. Scheineson, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP | Social Media Best Practices
Tuesday, October 2
8:30-10:15 a.m.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions: Compliance Issues
1. Animal Health and Veterinary Medicine
Dorothy R. McAdams, VMD, Team Leader, Post-Approval Review Team, Division of Surveillance, OSC, CVM, FDA
Thomas J. Moskal, DVM, Dipl. ACLAM, Office of Surveillance and Compliance, CVM, FDA
Thomas R. Schriemer, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Pfizer, Inc.
Tracey L. Ward, Director, Surveillance and Compliance Regulatory, Elanco | Slides
Moderated by Neal Bataller, DVM, Director, Division of Surveillance, OSC, CVM, FDA
2. Drugs and Biologics
Sheila K. Ryan, PharmD, Team Leader, Office of Prescription Drug Promotion, CDER
Bryant Godfrey, Senior Lead Regulatory Counsel, Office of Prescription Drug Promotion, CDER
Lisa L. Stockbridge, PhD, Branch Chief, Advertising and Promotional Labeling Branch, Division of Case Management, Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality, CBER, FDA
Sandra Kerr, RPh, Head, Office of Promotion and Advertising Review, Merck | Handout - Excerpt | Handout - Brochure
Moderated by Thomas Casola, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Advertising and Promotion, Shire Specialty Pharmaceuticals| Panel Slides
3. Medical Devices and Diagnostics
Terri T. Garvin, Regulatory Counsel, Office of Compliance, CDRH, FDA
Deborah A. Wolf, Regulatory Counsel, Office of Compliance, CDRH, FDA
Casper E. Uldriks, Counsel, Olsson Frank Weeda PC
Moderated by Lynn C. Deutsch, Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs, Abbott Vascular | Panel Handout
10:45a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Comparative Effectiveness: Communicating Research Results to Make a Difference
Peter Neumann, ScD, Director, Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine | Slides
Kimberly Westrich, Director, Health Services Research, National Pharmaceutical Council | Slides
Moderated by Coleen Klasmeier, Global Coordinator; Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory Practice, Sidley Austin LLP | Slides | Handout
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lunch Address: What to Expect from FTC in 2013
Heather Hippsley, Assistant Director for Advertising Practices, Federal Trade Commission
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Instilling Quality in Promotional Communications from Start to Finish: Effective Collaboration With Marketing and Media Companies
Alan Bergstrom, Senior Director, Commercial Regulatory Affairs, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Ilyssa Levins, President and Founder, Center for Communication Compliance
Hamish Miller, Director of US Operations, Zinc Ahead, LTD
Preeti I. Pinto, President, Preeti Pinto and Associates, LLC
Moderated by John J. Seng, President & CEO, Spectrum | Panel Slides
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Social Media in Medical Product Companies: Using Emerging Technology to Communicate about Products
Dale Cooke, Vice President/Group Director, Regulatory Review, Digitas Health
Mark S. Senak, Senior Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard
Brian J. Winterfeldt, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Moderated by Bradley Merrill Thompson, Member, Health Care and Life Sciences Practice, Epstein Becker & Green, PC | Panel Slides
3:45-5:00 p.m.
Question and Answer Session with FDA’s Medical Product Center Representatives
CBER
Lisa L. Stockbridge, PhD, Branch Chief, Advertising and Promotional Labeling Branch, Division of Case Management, Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality, CBER, FDA
CDER
Thomas W. Abrams, RPh, Director, Office of Prescription Drug Promotion, Office of Medical Policy, CDER, FDA
CDRH
Deborah A. Wolf, Regulatory Counsel, Office of Compliance, CDRH, FDA
CVM
Thomas J. Moskal, DVM, Dipl. ACLAM, Office of Surveillance and Compliance, CVM, FDA
Moderated by Janet L. “Lucy” Rose, President, Lucy Rose & Associates, LLC