HOFSTRA SCHOOL OF LAW and the
HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER present
Biomedical Research and the Law Selected Issues:
The Pharmaceutical Industry and Its Relationship With Government, Academia, Physicians and Consumers
Wednesday and Thursday, October 4-5, 2006
Topics addressed:
- Has funding of biomedical research by the pharmaceutical industry affected the reliability of information derived from that research?
- How does industry funding affect the research itself? How does it affect researchers? Academic institutions? Government agencies? Physicians? Professional organizations? Medical journals?
- How does the law protect the credibility of information from industry-funded biomedical research?
- How does the law affect the ability of the FDA, NIH, medical journals, institutional review boards, consumer organizations, academic institutions and the media to assure the reliability of research information?
- Should changes be made in the law's response?
More information is available in the Conference Registration Program.
Conference Agenda:
Wednesday, October 4, 2006:
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Registration
9 - 9:15 a.m.: Greetings
9:15 a.m. - Noon: Panel I: Sources and Control of Bias and Conflicts of Interest in Industry's Relationships
1-1:50 p.m.: Keynote Address by Eric J. Topol, M.D., Professor of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University
1:50-3 p.m.: Panel II: Laws Governing Industry's Relationships
3:15 - 5 p.m.: Panel III: Bioethical Issues of Industry's Relationships
6 p.m.: Conference Dinner
Thursday, October 5, 2006
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Registration
9 a.m. - Noon: Panel IV: Industry's Relationship with Government: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Noon - 1:30 p.m.: Conference Luncheon with a special address by Joseph R. Baker III, J.D., Chief Health Care Bureau, Office of the New York State Attorney General.
1:45 - 3:30 p.m.: Panel V: Industry's Relationship with Consumers: Products Liability Law
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.: Panel VI: Industry's Relationship with Government: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
4:45 - 5:45 p.m.: Plenary Session Roundtable: Recommendations and Proposed Guidelines
6 - 7 p.m.: Closing Reception
Conference Co-Directors:
Janet L. Dolgin, Ph.D., J.D.
Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care Law
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Law School
Joel Weintraub, M.D., J.D.
Special Professor of Law and
Associate Director of Health Law Studies
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Law School
For registration materials and more information contact:
Natalie Datlof,
Conference Coordinator and Executive Director
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Cultural Center
Phone: (516) 463-5669
Fax:(516) 463-4793
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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