http://events.nysba.org/annual-meeting-expo-2020-food-drug-cosmetic-law-section/

Date: Thursday, January 30, 2020

Meeting Program: 11:50 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Gibson Room, 2nd Floor | 5.0 MCLE Credits

Food and Drug Hot Topics with a Look at Corporate Responsibility

[This program is transitional and is suitable for all attorneys including those newly admitted.]

11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Welcome and Introduction

Chair: Brian J. Malkin, Esq., Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C.

12:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Drugs and Biologics Update (2.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

Patent invalidating agreements and overboard claims (Helsinn v. Teva; Idenix v. Gilead)
Avoiding invalidity under Section 101, will the Supreme Court weigh in? Claiming natural ingredients (National Alternatives v. Creative Compounds) and method of treatment/dose adjustment (Hikma v. Vanda and Endod v. Teva)
Recent case precedent impacting the FTC’s ability to obtain monetary remedies (FTC v. Shire ViroPharma, Inc.)
State and federal policy trends with biologics/biosimilars as well as pertinent litigation

Speakers: Larissa Bergin, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; Ronald W. Lanton, Lanton Strategies & Lanton Law, Boston, MA; Janet Linn, Tarter Krisnky & Drogin, New York, NY

1:40 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Break

1:50 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Corporate Responsibility in Cosmetics and Other Regulated Products (1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

Animal testing/ Cruelty-free/ Vegan
Packaging / Environmental
Use of sustainable ingredients
Truth in advertising / Transparency
Free-from claims / Revealing potential toxicities
Certifications / Seals

Moderators: Thomas Cohn, New Avon Company, New York, NY; Jennifer Orendi, Dalimonte Rueb Stoller, Washington, D.C.

Speakers: Jamie Lee Mattison, Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young LLP, New York, NY; Alphonse Iannuzzi, Jr., Ph.D., Vice President, Sustainability, Global Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability, The Estée Lauder Companies, New York, NY

2:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Tobacco/Deeming Rule Update (1.5 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

ENDS products
Federal v. State Laws
Vaping, Lawsuits, and Regulations

Moderator: Anne Pierson Allen, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY

Speakers: David Dobbins, JD, MPH, Chief Operating Officer, Truth Initiative, Washington, D.C.; Morenike Fajana, Esq., Special Counsel, Executive Division, NYS Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY; Kim Kessler, JD, Assistant Health Commissioner, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention & Tobacco Control, NYS Department of Mental Health & Hygiene, New York, NY

3:55 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Break

4:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Keynote

Speaker: Douglas Stearn, Deputy Director for Regulatory Affairs Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.

5:00 p.m. - 5:25 p.m. Off Label Promotion Update (0.5 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

Medical practice/oncology protocols
IVDs in hospital settings/practice of medicine
Promotion of CBD following Epidiolex for Rx, OTC drugs and other products
Legal implications of vitamin E enhancement in cannabis products

Moderator: Brian Malkin, Esq., Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C.

Speaker: Jeffrey B. Chasnow, Esq., Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Pfizer, New York, NY; Steve Shapiro, Esq., Of Counsel, Rivkin Radler, New York, NY

5:25 p.m. - 6:35 p.m. Business Meeting (Elections)

Reception: 5:40 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Off-site at Arent Fox LLP | 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor New York, NY 10019

Section Chair: Brian J. Malkin, Esq., Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C.

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