PRESS RELEASE:
Department of Justice Assistant United States Attorneys Michael Loucks, Esq. and Jim Sheehan, Esq. Address Pharmaceutical Compliance Issues at Fourth National Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Compliance Congress
  • Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum
  • Nov. 12-14, 2003
  • Renaissance Marriott Hotel, Washington DC
  • www.PharmaCongress.com
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Paul Tunnecliff
800-684-4549 phone
registration@hcconferences.com

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICETM - NOVEMBER 3, 2003: The Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum, the leading association of pharmaceutical industry compliance professionals, announced today the participation of leading Department of Justice prosecutors in the Fourth Annual Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum, which will be held Nov. 12-14, 2003, in Washington DC.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE KEYNOTE PRESENTERS:

The following special session feature Department of Justice keynote presentations:
  • Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)

    James Sheehan, Esq.
    Chief of the Civil Division
    Assistant U.S. Attorney
    U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA

  • Perspective on Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing Practices

    Michael Loucks, Esq.
    Chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit
    Assistant U.S. Attorney
    U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts
    Boston, MA
OTHER KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Thomas L. Abrams
Director, Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising & Communications, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD

Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Hastings Center, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and the New York Academy of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Dara Corrigan
Acting Principal Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Raymond Gilmarti
Chairman, President and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ

John Guthrie, Esq.
Director, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Office of Attorney General, Columbus, OH

Thomas B. Leary, Esq.
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC

Mark B. McClellan, MD, Ph.D.
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD

Dennis M. Nally
Chairman and Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, NY

Thomas Scully
Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services,Washington, DC

Janet Woodcock, MD
Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD

CONGRESS CO-CHAIRS:

Douglas M. Lankler, Esq.
Senior Corporate Counsel, Deputy Compliance Officer, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY

Arjun Rajaratnam, Esq.
Compliance Officer, Global Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC

Bert Weinstein, Esq.
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ

CO SPONSORED BY:
  • Association of Clinical Research Professionals
  • Food and Drug Law Institute
  • International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations
  • International Pharmaceutical Privacy Consortium
  • IRB Forum
  • Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Society
  • Society of Research Administrators International (SRA)
  • The Acumen Journal of Life Sciences
  • American Pharmaceutical Review
  • BNA's Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report
  • BNA's Medical Research Law & Policy Report
  • CenterWatch Monthly Newsletter
  • Clinical Trials Advisor
  • Drug and Market Development Publications
  • FDACompliance.Net
  • FDA News
  • Genaissance Health Care Partners
  • Harvard Health Policy Review
  • Health Affairs
  • Human Research Report
  • JobWatch Clinical Research Careers Monitor
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Development and Regulation
  • Med Ad News
  • Pharma Marketing Network
  • Pharma Marketing News
  • Pharma Privacy Watch
  • Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine
  • PharmaVOICE
SPONSOR: THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPLIANCE FORUM:

The Congress is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum (PCF). PCF was founded in early-1999 by compliance professionals from the pharmaceutical industry, to promote effective corporate compliance programs. The organization is open to others in the industry, and has more than doubled its membership since it was founded. The members meet twice a year, for 1-2 days, focusing on open and informal sharing of compliance information, best practices and current developments in the field.

EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

For sponsorship and exhibit information review the Promotional Opportunities pages on the Congress website: http://www.PharmaCongress.com or contact:

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

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