CAMBRIDGE, MA USA -- PHARMA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- APRIL 30, 2007: The Third FDA Regulatory and Compliance Symposium, www.FDASymposium.com, August 22 - 24, 2007, in Cambridge, MA announced today that it will offer a special session on Industry Collaboration and Interactions With Health Professionals - Can Conflicts of Interest Be Properly Managed?

THE VENUES AT HARVARD

Classes Held: Harvard University's Annenberg Hall, Lowell Hall, Science Center and the Harvard Faculty Club Symposium Hotel: The Charles Hotel

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

On Wednesday, August 22, 2007 the FDA Symposium will off the following special session: Panel Discussion: Industry Collaboration and Interactions With Health Professionals - Can Conflicts of Interest Be Properly Managed? Marc Wilenzick, Esq. Senior Corporate Counsel, Pfizer, New York, NY Tom Stossel, MD Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Cathryn Clary, MD, MBA Vice President, External Medical Affairs, Pfizer, New York, NY David Rothman, PhD Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine, Director of the Center for the Study of Society and Medicine, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Professor of History, Columbia University, New York, NY

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Jerry Avorn, MD Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Author, Powerful Medicines and The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs, Boston, MA Sheldon Bradshaw, Esq. Chief Counsel, FDA, Washington, DC Lester Crawford, DVM, PhD Senior Counsel, Policy Directions, Inc., Former Commissioner, FDA, Washington, DC Scott Gottlieb, MD Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Former Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, FDA, Washington, DC Sonali Gunawardhana, JD Regulatory Counsel, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, Rockville, MD Joseph Mahady President, Global Business, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA Arthur Miller, Esq. Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA Wayne Pines President, FDA Alliance, President, Regulatory Services and Healthcare, APCO Worldwide, Former Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs, FDA, Washington, DC Lucy Rose, MBA President, Lucy Rose and Associates, LLC; Former Director of the Office of Training and Communications and DDMAC, CDER, FDA David Rothman, PhD Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine, Director of the Center for the Study of Society and Medicine, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Professor of History, Columbia University, New York, NY Jim Sheehan, Esq. Associate United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Tom Stossel, MD Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Daniel Troy, Esq. Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Former Chief Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, FDA, Washington, DC Marc Wilenzick, Esq. Senior Corporate Counsel, Pfizer, New York, NY Helen Winkle Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA Susan Wood, PhD Research Professor, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Former Assistant Commissioner for Women's Health, and Director of the Office of Women's Health, FDA, Washington, DC

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