Medicines and medical devices in the EU Single Market: Dreams and reality

Zurich, Switzerland

27 June 2019 - 29 June 2019

The EU single market in medicines and medical devices - dream or reality?


Thursday 27 June 2019

18:00 » 20:00 Welcome Cocktail and Registration at D-Vino Bahnhofstrasse Bar
Address: Schützengasse 12, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 Optional dinner
Not included in the registration fees, payable locally

Friday 28 June 2019

08:00 » 09:00 Registration at the Belvoir Park
Address: Seestrasse 141, CH-8002 Zürich, Switzerland
09:00 » 09:30 Welcome address by the AIJA First Vice-president (Tokyo meeting room)
Paola Fudakowska, AIJA First Vice-president, FCO Legal Directorate, United Kingdom
09:30 » 10:00 Keynote Speech  "Portfolio transformation in export markets – a high-level overview from an inhouse perspective" (Ticino meeting room)
Dr. Stefan Ibing, Novartis Pharma Services AG, Switzerland
10:00 » 11:15 Workshop: Experiences with parallel exports and imports (Part I) (Ticino meeting room)
Moderator and speaker:
Martin Abraham, Abraham & Partneři, Czech Republic
Speakers:
Indrikis Liepa, COBALT, Latvia
Koen T’Syen, Van Bael & Bellis, Belgium
Marek Holka, Čechová & Partners, Slovakia
Dr. Philippe Seiler, Bär & Karrer, Switzerland
11:15 » 11:45 Coffee break (Bar 141)
11:45 » 13:00 Workshop: Experiences with parallel exports and imports (Part II) (Ticino meeting room)
13:00 » 14:15 Lunch
14:15 » 15:30 The new Clinical Trials Regulation (Ticino meeting room)
Moderator and speaker:
Dr. Jan Henning Martens, Friedrich Graf von Westphalen, Germany
Speakers:
Jackie Mulryne, Arnold & Porter, United Kingdom
Nina Studer, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland
Timur Akhundov, ALRUD Law Firm, Russia
15:30 » 16:00 Coffee break (Bar 141)
16:00 » 16:30 Keynote Speech on "Challenges and opportunities of the new MDRs – a Swiss perspective" (Ticino meeting room)
Dr. Carlo Conti, Wenger Plattner, Switzerland
16:30 » 17:45 Panel 2: The New MDRs – impact on study agreements and distribution contracts (Ticino meeting room)
Moderator and speaker:
Janine Reudt-Demont, Pestalozzi, Switzerland
Speakers:
Arne Feber, Abraham & Partneři, Czech Republic
Dan Mihai, Mihai & Co. Business Lawyers, Romania
Marco Blei, Portolano Cavallo, Italy
17:45 Informal Healthcare Interest Group Meeting
20:30 Dinner at Hotel Atlantis by Giardino
Address: Döltschiweg 234, 8055 Zürich, Switzerland
Departure from Motel One at 19h45 by public transportation
23:00 Optional Bar & clubbing at HILTL CLUB
Address: Sihlstrasse 28, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland

Saturday 29 June 2019

10:00 » 11:15 Panel 3: Brexit – Challenges for the healthcare industry (Ticino meeting room)
Moderator and speaker:
Ewan Townsend, Arnold & Porter, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Dr. Amalia Athanasiadou, Tillotts Pharma AG, Switzerland
Michaela Herron, Mason Hayes & Curran, Ireland
11:15 » 11:45 Coffee break (Bar 141)
11:45 » 13:00 Panel 4: The Falsified Medicines Directive (Ticino meeting room)
Moderator and speaker:
Ilja Czernik, SKW Schwarz, Germany
Speakers:
Barbora Vrablova, Holubova advokati s.r.o., Czech Republic
Clara Pirez, Carakters, France
Michał Chodorek, Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński, Poland
Per Hedman, Cirio, Sweden
13:00 » 14:00 Lunch
15:00
Optional afternoon social programme - Sightseeing of Zurich with OC member
19:30 Home Hospitality Dinner
22:00 Optional Bar & clubbing at Widder Garage Bar
Address: Widder Hotel, Rennweg 7, 8001, Zürich, Switzerland