PRESS RELEASE:
First International Medical Device Regulatory, Reimbursement, and Compliance Congress Announces Keynote Faculty and Issues Addressed
  • Sponsored by the AdvaMed, Eucomed, ABHI, APPAMED, BVMed, EDMA, MEDEC, MIAA and SNITEM
  • May 26 - 27, 2008
  • Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference Center, Paris, France
  • www.InternationalDeviceCongress.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.InternationalDeviceCongress.com

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- MARCH 24, 2008: The First International Medical Device Regulatory, Reimbursement, and Compliance Congress, www.InternationalDeviceCongress.com, May 26 - 27, 2008, at the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference Center in Paris, France. The International Device Congress is sponsored by AdvaMed, Eucomed, ABHI, APPAMED, BVMed, EDMA, MEDEC, MIAA and SNITEM.



FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE INTERNATIONAL PHARMA CONGRESS
SECOND INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE CONGRESS
Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum
May 28 - 29, 2008
Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel
Paris, France
www.InternationalPharmaCongress.com

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Stephen Dibert
President and Chief Executive Officer, MEDEC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Peter Ellingworth
ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Chairman, ABHI, London, UK
Guy J. Lebeau, MD
Company Group Chairman, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Johnson & Johnson, Chairman, Eucomed, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Joachim M. Schmitt
Director General and Member of the Board, BVMed, Berlin, Germany
Anne Trimmer
Chief Executive Officer, Medical Industry Association of Australia, Sydney, Australia
Steve Ubl
President and Chief Executive Officer, AdvaMed, Washington, DC, USA
John Wilkinson
Director General , Association of British Healthcare Industries Ltd., Director General Elect, Eucomed, London, UK

FEATURING THE FOLLOWING PRECONFERENCE SESSIONS
  • Preconference I: Comparing, Contrasting and Complying with the Various Medical Device Global Codes of Conduct
  • Preconference II: "Dawn Raids" and Applicable Procedure in the EU, Including Preparation, Response and Privilege Issues

THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS
  • Setting the Stage: An Interactive Panel Discussion of Crucial Compliance Issues by Global Compliance Professionals
  • Global Device Codes of Ethics/Conduct Roundtable
  • An Overview of MedTech-Kompass: BVMed's Campaign to Explain How a Corruption-Free Cooperation Can Work
  • Managing Compliance Risk in a Global Market: Better Practices and Clear Accountability for Third Party Relationships and Distributor Management
  • The New Italian and French Compliance Laws
  • Contracts With Doctors: Not Just a US Compliance Issue Anymore
  • Industry Codes of Ethics: Analysis of Enforcement Mechanisms - Taking Self Policing to a Whole New Level
  • Avoiding Compliance Pitfalls in the New European Regulatory Landscape Governing Device Vigilance and Novel Combination Products
  • Challenges of Managing a Global Compliance Effort for a Multinational Corporation
  • Implementing an Effective Global Anti-Bribery Program
  • Compliance Training Strategies in a Global Setting
  • Managing Investigations and Compliance Programs in Connection with Corporate Transactions
  • Counterfeit, Grey Markets and Diversion Issues
  • Effective Auditing and Monitoring Across Multi-Country Operations
  • Emerging Compliance Issues in the Pacific Rim

AND A COMPANY BEST COMPLIANCE PRACTICE POSTER BOARD RECEPTION

The International Device Congress Networking Reception on Monday, May 26, 2008 will feature the exchange and presentation of company best practice policy and procedures at poster boards throughout the Device Congress Exhibit.


FEATURED FACULTY
Link Bonforte
Vice President, Ethics and Compliance, ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Skillman, NJ, USA

Dirk Brinckman, Esq.
EMEA Law Department, Johnson & Johnson, Brussels, Belgium

Pascale Cabanale, Esq.
Chief Legal Counsel, Europe, Stryker S.A., Montreux, Switzerland

Teng Chuan Khoo
Vice President, Strategic Medical Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Medical Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Singapore

Brian W. Ellis
General Manager, Global Compliance, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, USA

Marc W. Farley
Executive Director, Worldwide Office of Health Care Compliance, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Sharon Frank, EU
Medical Device Sector, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
 Daniel J. Garen, Esq.
Chief Compliance Officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, Siemens AG, Tarrytown, NY, USA

Nieves Liste
Director of Forensic Audit, Covidien, La Coruna, Spain

Elaine Murphy
Director Health Care Compliance, Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd., Berkshire, UK

Herb Riband, Esq.
Vice President, Legal and External Affairs, Medtronic International Trading Sarl, Tolochenaz, Switzerland

Sue Seferian, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Michelangelo Stefani, Esq.
EMEA General Counsel, Covidien Ltd., Luxembourg

David A. Styler
Director, International Operations, Office of Ethics and Compliance, Abbott Laboratories, Maidenhead, UK
Claire M. Vaughan, Esq.
European Law Director, Smith & Nephew, Heslington, York, UK

INTERNATIONAL DEVICE CONGRESS PLANNING COMMITTEE
Ted Acosta, Esq.
Principal, Ernst & Young LLP

John T. Bentivoglio, Esq.
Partner, King & Spalding LLP

Link Bonforte
Vice President, Ethics & Compliance, ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Mary C. Cade
Vice President & Senior Counsel, Medtronic, Inc.

Peter Claude
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Brian W. Ellis
General Manager, Global Compliance, GE Healthcare

Linda Horton, Esq.
Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP

Bill Huron
Chief Compliance Officer, Sorin Group

 Keith M. Korenchuk, JD, MPH
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP

Stuart S. Kurlander, Esq.
Partner Global Co-Chair, Health Care and Life Sciences Practice Group, Latham & Watkins

Maurits Lugard, Esq.
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Vickie L. McCormick
Chief Compliance Officer, St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Sue Seferian, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Johnson & Johnson

Lynn Shapiro Snyder, Esq.
Member, Epstein Becker & Green

Anne Trimmer
Chief Executive Officer, Medical Industry Association of Australia

Lincoln Tsang, Esq.
Partner, Arnold & Porter


SAVE THE DATE
THIRD ANNUAL MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATORY, REIMBURSEMENT AND COMPLIANCE CONGRESS AT HARVARD
Sponsored by AdvaMed, Harvard Health Policy Review and Health Affairs
March 26 - 28, 2008
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
www.DeviceCongress.com
NINTH ANNUAL PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE CONGRESS
Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum
October 27 - 29, 2008
Hyatt Regency On Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
www.PharmaCongress.com

CONGRESS EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

For sponsorship and exhibit information go to www.internationaldevicecongress.com/promotional/ or contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, 215-599-6626 phone, 215-545-8107 fax, or at joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.
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