New Frontiers of Pharmaceutical Law Young Researchers Workshop, May 6 - 7th, 2010, Sala del Rettorato, Piazza Tancredi, Lecce (Italy) Thursday, May 6th,15h30-16h15 Friday, May 7th, 9h00-13h30 Saluti e benvenuti Lecture : Dr. Peter FELDSCHREIBER Prof. Raffaele DE GIORGI Preside, Facoltà di giurisprudenza Panel II — Specific Issues in Pharmaceutical Law Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, UK Chairman: Dr. Peter FELDSCHREIBER (MHRA, UK) Prof.ssa Francesca LAMBERTI Direttrice, Dipartimento di Studi Giuridici, Università del Salento Prof.ssa Marie-Eve ARBOUR Università del Salento, Université Laval “Hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis” Isabelle CHIVORET, Université de Nantes “The Challenge of Nanomedicine: At the Crossroads Between Governance and Regulation” Francesca FERRARI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 16h15-17h00: Opening Lecture Dr. Duncan FAIRGRIEVE Director, Product Liability Forum, BIICL, London 11h00-11h30 Discussion and coffee break Panel III — IP and Competition Law Chairman: Prof. Cristoforo OSTI (Università del Salento) “Regulating risks in pharmaceutical law : in search of an optimal interplay between products safety and products liability” “Limiting parallel trade in the pharmaceutical sector: an objective justification” “The Constitutional Role of European Public Health Policy: The Case of the Influenza A H1N1 Vaccine” Anniek DE RUIJTER, University of Amsterdam “Market Regulation through “Private Attorney General” Actions” Francesco QUARTA, Università del Salento ChairLady: Prof.ssa Diana CERINI (Università di Milano Bicocca) “Clinical Trials on Vulnerable Human Subjects” Agnese QUERCI, Università di Genova “The debate about the off-label prescriptions of drugs: a comparison between Italian and foreign law” Lucca NOCCO and Benedetta GUIDI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa “Bioethics and European Union: the advanced therapy medicinal products case” Aurélie MAHALATCHIMY, Université de Toulouse "The "compassionate exemption" in Spain: not asking for compassion " Francisco Miguel BOMBILLAR SÀENZ Universidad de Granada Chairman: Dr. Richard S. GOLDBERG (University of Aberdeen) Marco RIZZI, Instituto universitario europeo, Fiesole Panel IV — Professions and bioethics “Pharmacovigilance: The Canadian Experience” Albina MULAOMEROVIC, Université Laval, Québec 17h30-19h00 Panel I — Health Policy and Regulation Friday, May 7th, 14h30-18h00 Anna Lisa BITETTO, Università di Siena “Competition in the public procurements of pharmaceuticals" Chiara SAMMARCO, Università del Salento Discussion and Coffee break 17h15-18h00 Concluding Remarks Prof. Franz WERRO Université de Fribourg, Switzerland Georgetown University, Washington D.C. “The legal protection of biotechnological inventions” Antonio DEL SOLE, Università degli Studi di Milano 13h00-14h30 Discussion and lunch For further information please contact prof. [email protected] or [email protected] New Frontiers of Pharmaceutical Law Young Researchers Workshop*, Lecce (Italy) May 6th - 7th, 2010 Sala del Rettorato, Piazza Tancredi The Faculty of Law, University of Salento, Lecce (Italy) in association with: Opinio Juris in Comparatione and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Product Liability Forum For further information please contact prof. Marie-Eve Arbour [email protected] or [email protected]