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Virtual Event

May 17, 2020 1:00 PM - May 17, 2020 5:00 PM

(US Eastern Standard Time)

Fort Washington, PA 19034

Drug and Medical Device Ad Promo Primer

Instructors

Kevin  Madagan, JD

Kevin Madagan, JD

Partner, Reed Smith, LLP, United States

Kevin is a health care attorney and member of Reed Smith’s Life Sciences Health Industry Group. He advises clients across the life sciences and health care spectrum about FDA regulatory issues related to the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of drugs (Rx, OTC, homeopathic), biologics, devices (Rx and OTC), and dietary supplements. Kevin specializes in providing legal and strategic advice regarding advertising and promotion, FDA enforcement, and supply chain logistics. Among other things, Kevin has spent the last 15+ years advising compliance teams and serving as legal counsel to startup and global drug and medical device clients.

Dale  Cooke, JD, MA

Dale Cooke, JD, MA

President, Phillycooke Consulting, United States

Dale Cooke is president of PhillyCooke Consulting, which helps prescription product marketers use 21st century technology to provide healthcare information while ensuring compliance with FDA regulations written in the 1960s. Dale is the author of Effective Review & Approval of Digital Promotional Tactics, now in its second edition, which was published by the Food & Drug Law Institute.

Darshan  Kulkarni, JD, PharmD, MS

Darshan Kulkarni, JD, PharmD, MS

Principal Attorney, The Kulkarni Law Firm, United States

Dr. Kulkarni is Principal Attorney for the Kulkarni Law Firm which focuses on providing legal and regulatory solutions to pharmaceutical companies and their providers. He is a pharmacist & lawyer and advises clients on bringing their product to market, focusing on post IND thru commercialization and genericization.

Julia  Lake, JD

Julia Lake, JD

Associate, Reed Smith, LLP, United States

Julia is an associate in Reed Smith’s Life Sciences Health Industry Group in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Her practice is split between litigation and regulatory matters for life sciences clients, including a specialization in providing legal and strategic advice regarding advertising and promotion. Most recently, Julia was seconded to a life sciences client and provided full-time ad-hoc legal support to several commercial brands and sat on promotional and non-promotional review committees.

Dolores  Shank-Samiec, MS

Dolores Shank-Samiec, MS

Retiring as of 3/5/2021, Merck, United States

Dolores Shank-Samiec, M.S., is Executive Director of the Office of Promotion and Advertising Review at Merck & Co., Inc., with responsibility for Merck’s regulatory review of US promotional materials in support of the pharmaceutical and vaccine businesses, as well as oversight for Merck’s global review process. Dolores earned her Master’s of Science degree in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, and has held positions of increasing responsibility in promotional regulatory review, marketing compliance, oversight of external consulting arrangements, marketing communications, and brand marketing. She is married with two children.

Wayne  Pines

Wayne Pines

President, Health Care, United States

Wayne Pines is a consultant on FDA-related issues. He specializes in ad promo regulation, serving as the regulatory expert on promotional review committees for several pharma companies. He also assists pharma and device companies with product approvals and regulatory and media strategy. Mr. Pines has authored or edited a dozen books on FDA including the FDA Advertising and Promotion Manual and A Practical Guide to FDA's Laws and Regulations.

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