ComplianceOnline Announces Seminar on Compliant Drug and Medical Device Advertising and Promotion

Nov. 29, 2012 - PRLog -- Palo Alto, CA, USA – November 29, 2012 - ComplianceOnline, the leading governance, risk and compliance advisory network with over 500 experts in various regulatory subjects, today announced a seminar on Ensuring Compliance with Advertising and Promotional Requirements for Drugs and Medical Devices. The two day long seminar by FDA lawyer Michael A. Swit will be held on January 24 and 25, 2013 in San Francisco, CA.

This course will explore in detail what the FDA requires of drug and device firms as well as recent current hot button issues in FDA enforcement activity in the advertising area.

For more information or to register for the seminar, please click here (http://www.complianceonline.com/ecommerce/control/seminar?product_id=80066SEM&channel=PR_Nov29).

Seminar instructor Michael A. Swit has been addressing critical FDA legal and regulatory issues since 1984. Mr. Swit focuses on solving the legal challenges confronted by the pharmaceutical, medical device, and other life sciences industries in tackling the myriad of legal mandates enforced by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Mr. Swit served for over four years as CEO of FDAnews.com, a premier publisher of FDA regulatory (http://www.complianceonline.com/ecommerce/control/seminar...) newsletters and he was also a former member of the Food & Drug Law Journal Editorial Board.

During the two day interactive seminar, Mr. Swit will focus on the basics of FDA law and regulations governing advertising and promotion. He will cover topics such as the dos and don'ts of promoting products on the internet, including social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, how to properly position Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) promotions,  perils of off-label promotion, including criminal and civil actions, the distinctions between labels, labeling and advertising. The seminar will give the attendees an understanding on how to implement appropriate procedures and controls in company to minimize the potential for regulatory action by the FDA or the FTC relative to promotion and advertising.

The seminar will be beneficial for those personnel, who have responsibility for implementing advertising and promotional activities, directors, managers, senior executives, medical affairs and compliance personnel, sales and marketing personnel.

Date: Thursday, January 24 and Friday, January 25, 2013 (8.30 AM- 4.30 PM PST)

Venue & Location: Grand Hyatt, San Francisco, CA

Registration Cost: $1,299 per registration

Early bird discounts: For discounts on early registrations, please click here (http://www.complianceonline.com/ecommerce/control/seminar?product_id=80066SEM&channel=PR_Nov29).

Register by phone: Please call our customer service specialists at +1-650-620-3937 or email to customercare@complianceonline.com

For more information on ComplianceOnline or to browse through our trainings, please visit our website (http://www.complianceonline.com/?channel=PR_Nov29).

About ComplianceOnline

ComplianceOnline is a leading provider of regulatory/compliance trainings for companies and professionals in regulated industries. ComplianceOnline has successfully trained over 20,00 professionals from 3,000 companies to comply with the requirements of regulatory agencies. ComplianceOnline is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at http://www.complianceonline.com (http://www.complianceonline.com/?channel=PR_Nov29).

For more information please contact:

A Reuben Bernard

Manager of Program Marketing

ComplianceOnline

2600 E Bayshore Rd

Palo Alto CA USA 94303

650-620-3937 phone

650-963-2530 fax

reuben@complianceonline.com  

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