WASHINGTON DC USA -- CME UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- JANUARY 13, 2015: The Ninth International Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress, www.InternationalPharmaCongress.com, will take place on May 11 - 13, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Brussels - Le Palace in Brussels, Belgium. Registrants may attend the event in person or online (live webcast and archived for 6 months).

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Robert Barrington, PhD Executive Director, Transparency International-UK, London, UK Richard Bergström Director General, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Former Director General, LIF Sweden, Brussels, Belgium

FEATURING AN EFPIA STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) is offering an independent EFPIA STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP on Monday, May 11, 2014.

FEATURED FACULTY Ted Acosta, Esq. Principal, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, EY, Former Senior Counsel, Office of Inspector General, United States Department of Health and Human Services, New York, NY, USA and Paris, France Andy Bender President and Founder, Polaris, New York, NY, USA Flavia Bollinger Head Integrity and Compliance MENA (Middle East, North Africa), Novartis Pharma Services AG, Dubai, UAE Fiona Carlin, LLB Managing Partner, European & Competition Law Practice, Baker & McKenzie, Brussels, Belgium Holger Diener, PhD Managing Director, Association of Voluntary, Self-Regulation for the Pharmaceutical Industry, Berlin, Germany Kip Ebel, MBA Principal, Ernst & Young, New York, NY Sue Egan Director and Principal Consultant, Sue Egan Associates, Former Vice President Compliance, AstraZeneca, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK George Fife Executive Director, Compliance & Ethics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Former, Compliance & Internal Audit Leader, EMEA, GE Healthcare, Paris, France Martin Fürle Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, DAIICHI SANKYO EUROPE GmbH, Munich, Germany Gary F. Giampetruzzi, Esq. Partner, Paul Hastings, Former Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Head of Government Investigations, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY Ulf H. Grundmann, JD Partner, Life Science Practice Group, King and Spalding, Frankfurt, Germany Thomas K. Hauser, LLM Chief Compliance Officer, Siemens Healthcare, Nürnberg, Germany Erinn Hutchinson Partner, Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Philadelphia, PA Isaure Kergall-Gayet, DEA-Law Compliance & Business Integrity Director France, Sanofi, Former VP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Ipsen, Former, Director, Ethics & Compliance Officer, Lilly France, Paris, France Keith M. Korenchuk, JD, MPH Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC Daniel A. Kracov, Esq. Partner and Head, FDA and Healthcare Practice, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, USA Aline Lautenberg General Counsel - Director Legal & Compliance, Eucomed, EDMA and MedTech Europe, Brussels, Belgium Paul J. Melling, Esq. Founding Partner, Baker & McKenzie - CIS, Limited, Moscow, Russia John Patrick Oroho, Esq. Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Porzio Life Sciences, LLC, Principal, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman PC, Morristown, NJ, USA Dr. Gudula Petersen Chief Compliance Officer Europe & Australia, Grunenthal, Aachen, Germany Brian Riewerts Partner, Global Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, PwC LLP, Baltimore, MD, USA Christine Sainvil Compliance Officer, EthicalMedTech, Brussels, Belgium Brian Sharkey, Esq. Counsel, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, Director of Compliance and Legal Affairs, Porzio Governmental Affairs, LLC, Morristown, NJ, USA Heather Simmonds Director, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority; Vice-Chair, IFPMA Code Compliance Network, London, UK Melda Tanyeri, MS, MBA Director, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Ernst & Young, London, UK Joseph B. Tompkins, Jr. Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, Former Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, USA Dumitru Uta, MD, MBA, CCEP Ethics and Compliance Director, South-East Europe, Eli Lilly and Company, Bucharest, Romania Frank Wartenberg, PhD President, Central Europe, IMS Health, Frankfurt/Main, Germany Mariusz Witalis Partner, Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services, Ernst & Young LLP, Warsaw, Poland Elisabethann Wright, Esq. Partner, Hogan Lovells, Former Senior Legal Officer and Hearing Officer, EFTA Surveillance Authority, Brussels, Belgium Jose F. Zamarriego Izquierdo Director Unidad de Supervision Deontologica, FARMAINDUSTRIA, Madrid, Spain

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