FDA, DOJ, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officers at ACI’s Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law in July

May 14, 2014 - PRLog -- American Conference Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce that representatives from the DOJ, FDA, and several General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers at life sciences companies will present at ACI’s Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law conference which will take place in Boston on July 28-29, 2014.

Designed to promote women-to-women networking and substantive legal discussion of the hottest topics in life sciences law, this unique program features a distinguished faculty of over 30 compliance, intellectual property, regulatory, transactional, and products liability counsel including:

Carmen M. Ortiz, United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts

Kelsey Schaefer, Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement, Office of Chief Counsel, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Charlene Keller Fullmer, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Marla Persky, President & CEO, WOMN LLC (Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Boehringer Ingelheim USA)

Elona Kogan, Chief Legal Counsel, Avanir Pharmaceuticals

Gael Diane Tisack, Terumo Cardiovascular Group Vice President of Legal Affairs & Terumo Americas Vice President of Intellectual Property, Terumo Corporation

Barbara Z. Ashley, Principal Litigation Counsel, Medtronic, Inc.

Alane Barnes, VP General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Christine Bellon, VP, Legal Affairs, Blueprint Medicines

Jennifer K. Benenson, Vice President, North America General Counsel, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Yvonne M. Cristovici, Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer Inc

Reza Green, Vice President of Intellectual Property, Novo Nordisk, Inc.

Shirell A. Gross, Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer, Radiology and Interventional, Bayer

Nicole R. Hadas, Vice President and General Counsel, Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.

Timothy R. Howe, Vice President, Legal Affairs. General Counsel and Head, Acquisitions and Licensing Transactions, Sanofi Pasteur

Deborah A. Logan, Senior Counsel, Branded Pharmaceuticals, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Sally L. Maher, VP Regulatory Affairs & Clinical, Global Critical Care, Edwards Lifesciences

Judith K. Meritz, Associate General Counsel, Covidien

Donna M. Meuth, Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Eisai Inc.

Sari Ratican, Chief Privacy Officer, Amgen, Inc.

Marianne Slivkova, Senior Corporate Counsel, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Ana Christina Ward, Esq, M.S., M.B.A., M.S., Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Asuragen, Inc.

Jennifer Zarutskie Sieczkiewicz, Ph.D., J.D., Director of IP Strategy and Operations, Biogen Idec Inc.

All presentations have specifically been tailored to specifically address the challenges and opportunities facing women in life sciences legal world and to give like-minded women the skills necessary for continued success in the life sciences space including:

• Positioning oneself as an industry maven through a thorough knowledge of the top legal issues affecting life sciences companies across the board, featuring updates on the top Supreme and District Court cases affecting life sciences companies

• Breaking through the glass ceiling, embracing power, and getting a seat at the table in the traditional “old boys’ club” of the legal world featuring real world advice from women managing successful legal teams at top life sciences companies

• Advocating for oneself and earning authoritative respect amongst your peers and colleagues in the life sciences community, featuring communication tips from 3 professional coaches on channeling the qualities that bring success to a leader

• Discussing what “having it all” means now in the post-Lean In world and how women leaders in the extremely hectic life sciences space can successfully make the most out of both career and personal life

Plus two half-day sessions designed for maximum networking and creating a candid dialogue in a less formal setting:

·       “I Wish Someone Had Told Me”: Advice from Life Sciences General Counsel on Embracing Influence and Power and Running a Successful Legal Department

·      Combating Gender Stereotypes in the Life Sciences Legal Community: Open Forum and Working Group on Overcoming Implicit Bias

More information about this event, including a full agenda, faculty list, and brochure can be accessed at www.AmericanConference.com/LSWomen

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