USDOJ, SEC to Discuss FCPA Enforcement against Life Sciences Companies

Feb. 25, 2015 - PRLog -- Widely regarded as the premier FCPA event for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies, and CROs, ACI’s 9th Advanced Conference on FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry is scheduled for April 27-28, 2015 in New York.

Charles E. Cain (Deputy Chief, FCPA Unit, US Securities and Exchange Commission) and Daniel Kahn (Assistant Chief, FCPA Unit, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, US Department of Justice) will be discussing the biggest FCPA compliance weaknesses found across the life sciences industry.

Participants will also have a unique opportunity to hear insights from a former Chinese Government official on the inner workings of SAIC and PSB bribery enforcement.

Each year, the life sciences community relies on this critically acclaimed event for worthwhile industry-specific benchmarking and networking. Once again this year, participants will engage with highly respected experts from a broad range of companies.  The esteemed speaker faculty includes:

•Brian Howe, Senior Corporate Counsel-Litigation & Government Investigations, Bristol-Myers Squibb

•Catherine O’Rourke, Head of Litigation, Smith & Nephew

•Dennis Barnes, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, PAREXEL

•Ed Donohoe, Senior Corporate Counsel, Compliance Lead, Consumer Healthcare, Pfizer

•Eve Costopoulos, Vice President, Chief Ethics & Compliance Office, Eisai Inc.

•Lisa A. Shrayer, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Shire

•Tiffany Benjamin, Counsel- Litigation and Legal Compliance, Eli Lilly and Company

•Dr. Dipti Amin, Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Quintiles

•Aditya Misra, Senior Manager Corporate Internal Audit, Johnson & Johnson

•Jack Tiwari, Head of Internal Audit, Americas, Eisai Inc.

The 2015 agenda has been completely updated to include an enhanced focus on China, as well as more involved discussions of specific hot button issues.  New panels will cover travel agencies, grants, event sponsorship, customs clearance, audits, CROs and data analytics.

Advance pricing will be available for a very limited time.  For more information and to register, interested parties can call 888-224-2480 or visit www.FCPAConference.com/Pharma.