ACI: Monograph Modernization and the NSURE Initiative will be Discussed at ACI’s OTC Drugs Forum

NEW YORK - Aug. 13, 2014 - PRLog -- American Conference Institute (“ACI”) is pleased to announce that the 3rd Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Over the Counter Drugs, taking place at The Carlton Hotel in New York City on October 27-28, 2014 will feature a comprehensive analysis of the Modernization of the Monograph System and a discussion of the NSURE Initiative as a precursor to an increase in Rx-to-OTC switches. To see more details, visit: AmericanConference.com/OTCDrugs

Co-Chairs

·   Diane C. McEnroe, Partner, Sidley Austin

·   Suzanne LoGalbo, Vice President, Global Regulatory Strategy, Health,    Reckitt Benckiser

FDA

·  Theresa M. Michele, M.D., Director, Division of Nonprescription Clinical Evaluation, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration

FTC

·   Bevin T. Murphy, Senior Attorney, Northeast Region, United States Federal Trade Commission

USP

·   Matthew B. Van Hook, Vice President, Global Legal Affairs—Standards, The United States Pharmacopeial Convention

Industry

·   Christine D. Chirdo, Director, US Regulatory Strategy Category Lead (GI, Respiratory, Personal Care), Pfizer Consumer Healthcare

·   Serena Farquharson-Torres, Ph.D., Esq., Global Head of Consumer Health Care Patents, Sanofi US

·   Shane H. Freedman, Vice President, Law, McNeil Consumer Healthcare

·   Alison Kessler, Global Head of Patents, OTC, Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.

·   Mark Brian Levine, Associate General Counsel, Reckitt Benckiser

·   Diane C. Louie, MD, MPH, Senior Director, Worldwide Regulatory Strategy, Pfizer, Inc.

·   Lauren Quinn, JD, Head, US Scientific Affairs and North America Regulatory Strategy, Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.

·  Valerie Ramsey, DRSc, MS, RAC, Director of Global Regulatory Affairs, C.B. Fleet Company, Inc.

·   Bernie Simone, Vice President, Business Development & Rx to OTC Switches, Chattem, Inc.

·  Thomas Valle, Assistant General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson

·   Bobette Williams, Vice President, Quality and Compliance, McNeil Consumer Healthcare

·  Elizabeth M. Zechenter, Ph.D., Esq., Assistant General Counsel, International Legal Operations Consumer Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

·  Arnold N. Burstein, Executive Vice President, BioClara Group

·  Susan Lavine Coleman, President, NCI Consulting LLC

Law Firm

·   David G. Adams, Partner, Venable LLP

·   Ann M. Begley, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

·   Dickerson M. Downing, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

·   Debra S. Dunne, R.Ph., Esq., Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

·   Daniel R. Dwyer, Partner, Kleinfeld, Kaplan and Becker, LLP

·  Matthew G. Hurd, Partner and Co-Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences    Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

·  Paul M. Hyman, Director, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.

·  James R. Johnson, Attorney, Hogan Lovells US LLP

·   Michael S. Labson, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

·   David G. Mallen, Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP

·  Laura Siegel Rabinowitz, Special Counsel, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

·  David N. Shine, Partner and Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

·  Frederick A. Stearns, Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP

Full information on the forum can be found at www.AmericanConference.com/OTCDrugs

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