Objective
This conference will offer an overview of the latest developments in EU legislation and the most important recent case law of the Court of Justice of the EU affecting the pharmaceutical sector, with a special focus on measures aiming to increase access to medicinal products and medical care, as well as to reinforce information and security of patients.
Key topics
- Current legislative activities from the European Commission’s DG SANCO in the pharmaceutical area: clinical trials, orphan drugs, advanced therapy, transparency directive
- Follow-up of the legislative proposal on information to patients on prescription-only medicinal products (COM(2008)663)
- Rules and case law from the ECJ on advertising and online advertising of medicinal products
- Lessons learned from the AstraZeneca case
- Practical issues related to cross-border healthcare and its relevance for pricing and reimbursement
- Product safety and liability issues
- Counterfeiting and falsified medicinal products
Who should attend?
Lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel and other practitioners of law dealing with pharmaceuticals, patients and consumer law.
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discounts
10 % before 14.03.2011
Discounts available
25 % - For young lawyers up to 30 years of age (important: the participant must provide a copy or details of his or her passport or identity card on registration); Full-time staff of universities or comparable academic institutions; Staff of charitable organisations or comparable institutions; Employees of the Federal government and of the Cantons of Switzerland
40 % - Staff of European Union institutions and agencies;
Staff of ERA’s patrons (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany and the German states, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, City of Trier).
