Lex Witness, India’s first magazine on legal and corporate affairs will be organising a first of its kind Pharma Legal and Compliance Summit (PLCS 2012) on October 5, 2012 at Hotel Holiday Inn in Mumbai. India’s first comprehensive discussion will deal with important issues affecting the industry on governance, ethics, compliance, contracts management, licensing agreements and developing a proactive legal strategy for patent litigations.
A full-day convention, PLCS aims to offer an opportunity to all stakeholders in the industry, including law firms, pharma and bio pharma firms, bio tech firms, copyright societies, regulatory and patent filing consultants to share their views.
The expert speakers’ panel will feature more than 20 speakers consisting of legal practice Partner, VPs, functional heads, legal head, general counsel, general manager legal and compliance and company secretaries of industry’s few best known companies. Pharma giants like Biocon, Wockhardt Group, Cipla, Cadila Healthcare, Abbott India, Novartis India, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals are going to take part in the event.
Debate will focus on Fraud and Corruption Management, Legal and regulatory compliance of ethics for pharma and bio-pharma companies in India, legal risk management strategies for new product launches, current regulatory developments and implications of changes to regulatory framework, trends in patent opposition and litigation, recent developments in pre-grant and post-grant opposition, settlement strategies, key elements of a compliance programme, recent changes in clinical trials documentation requirements in India, current legal issues in domestic and cross border site contracts and contracts, claims and counter claims and licensing agreements.
The PLCS 2012 initiative is sponsored by Legasis as Knowledge partner, TMT Law Practices and PSA as Silver partners, Laser GRC Solutions as Technology partner and Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) as Supporting partner. The media partners to the summit include Express Pharma, India Law Journal, Lawyers Club India, Think Legal and National Bar Association of India.
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