From American Conference Institute, the creator of the original Fraud and Abuse in the Sales and Marketing of Drugs and Reducing Legal Compliance Risk in the Sales and Marketing of Medical Devices comes:

Life Sciences Compliance Boot Camp

An Intense Primer on Regulatory and Compliance Fundamentals for Emerging and Established Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Biopharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies

Monday, November 14 to Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, CA

The PhRMA Code, OIG Guidance, AdvaMed Code, the FDA’s new enforcement initiative, Bad Ad Program, FCPA and aggregate spend laws —have become an alphabet soup of guidance, meant to prevent fraud and abuse in the life sciences industries.Come to the one life sciences compliance event that will allow you to make sense of it all.

Billions of dollars in company revenue lost and corporate guilty please and individual culpability now demand that every life sciences company – from start-ups to emerging companies to established corporate behemoths – have a strong compliance program in place. It is ‘mission critical’ for in-house counsel and executives at every level to develop a comprehensive competence in of compliance related issues. As an in-house counsel or compliance officer, you must be able to formulate solutions to existing compliance shortcomings and short circuit any potential problems. To provide you with in-depth guidance on resolving these challenges and to make sense of these myriad laws and regulations, ACI has designed this intense two-day ‘boot camp’ to give in-house counsel and executives a thorough and practical understanding of the infrastructure of compliance and insights into how compliance will be affected by new legislation and new and ongoing civil and criminal enforcement actions. This conference will help you understand how interdepartmental link between legal and compliance, coupled with external guidance dictate your compliance policies and protocols.

Create a flexible and fluid compliance infrastructure. Implement best practices. Fine-tune existing compliance protocols.

We have gathered a faculty of leading compliance officers, renowned in-house counsel and attorneys – a ‘who’s who’ of compliance experts – who will help you:

  • Devise strategies for implementing, improving and refining your compliance infrastructure by:
    • take stock of your current program and implement effective changes in light of current events
    • incorporate the best audit and risk evaluation techniques to minimize exposure
    • communicate your compliance platform skillfully
  • Understand how the federal overhaul of the health care system impact compliance programs
  • Assess the impact of civil and criminal enforcement actions on:
    • fraud and abuse prevention
    • pricing
    • medical affairs
    • advertising and promotion: regulation, off-label concerns and medical affairs
    • privacy and security
    • manufacturing

In-depth workshops will enhance your compliance knowledge:

A. The Fundamentals of Life Sciences Compliance: A Primer on Understanding the Framers and Framework of Life Sciences Compliance

B. FCPA and the UK Bribery Act 101: The Essential Primer for Life Sciences Compliance

This comprehensive course, only taking you away from the office for two days, will provide you with the most practical and up-to-date information available to enhance your compliance knowledge base and enable you to better perform your compliance related job functions. Whether you are a new recruit in the pharmaceutical industry or a seasoned veteran, you will benefit from the in-depth course materials and networking opportunities.

Register now by calling 1-888-224-2480, faxing your registration form to 1-877-927-1563, or registering online at AmericanConference.com/LSComplianceBC