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Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade
10 February - 11 February 2010
Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade

The conference listed on this page was held in February 2010. For information on the 2011 conference go to www.parallel-trade.com 

 

Parallel Trade Conference 2011

  

 

  • Panos Kanavos, Senior Lecturer in International Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Lisette Tiddens-Engwirda, Secretary General, Standing Committee of European Doctors

Conference agenda

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13:30

Registration & Coffee

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14:00

Introduction

Keiron Sparrowhawk

Keiron Sparrowhawk, Founding Partner, PriceSpective

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14:15

Defining parallel trade

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14:30

Understanding the legal environment

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14:45

Lessons from past experiences

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15:45

Coffee

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16:00

Taking the strategic lead

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16:30

Case study

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17:00

Case study presentations and summary

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17:30

Close of workshop

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Heinz Kobelt

Heinz Kobelt, Secretary General, European Association of Euro-Pharmaceutical Companies

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9:10

QUALITY AND SAFETY ARE THE BUZZ-WORDS

Lisette Tiddens-Engwirda

Lisette Tiddens-Engwirda, Secretary General, Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)

  • Need for an unbroken control system from manufacturing through to end consumer
  • Danger  of counterfeit medicines to citizens of the European Union
  • Efficiency and enforceability of a joint EU directive
  • CPME position on combating counterfeit medicines
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    9:50

    PARALLEL TRADE IS AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF PATIENTS

    Dermot Glynn

    Dermot Glynn, Chairman, Europe Economics

  • Repackaging risks
  • Price convergence
  • Medicines cannot be afforded by low-income states
  • Profit and innovation reduced
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    PARALLEL DISTRIBUTION SEEN FROM THE INSIDE

    Heinz Kobelt

    Heinz Kobelt, Secretary General, European Association of Euro-Pharmaceutical Companies

  • Why EU Courts consider parallel trade a consumer benefit
  • Economics of parallel trade: all markets are exporters and importers at the same time
  • The impact of supply management systems
  • Repackaging: regulatory rules overlapped by trademark practice
  • Parallel distribution: a safe element of the legal supply chain
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    11:40

    PARALLEL TRADE AND FREE PRICING

    Rodrigo Osorio

    Rodrigo Osorio, Associate, Faus & Moliner

  • Free pricing is not dual pricing
  • How to operate in a free price environment
  • Do's and don’ts in price discrimination
  • Case law and practice in Spain
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    SUPPLY QUOTA SYSTEMS AND COMPETITION LAW: PITFALLS AND SOLUTIONS

    David Hull

    David Hull, Partner, Covington & Burling and Professor of Law, University of Liège

  • At what level can you set quotas?
  • How do quota systems interact with DTP systems?
  • How do you deal with shortages?
  • Does it make a difference if you are dominant?
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    14:30

    PARALLEL TRADE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

    Robert Guthrie

    Robert Guthrie, Senior Associate , SJ Berwin & Co

  • Overview of UK and EU IP law concerning parallel trade
  • Internet sales - questions of jurisdiction and liability
  • The boundaries of consent
  • Repackaging - is the law now clear?
  • Strategies for rights owners
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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    WHO REALLY GAINS FROM PARALLEL TRADE?

    David Taylor

    David Taylor, Professor of Pharmaceutical and Public Health Policy, University of London

  • The story so far
  • Identifying beneficiaries
  • The effect of limiting Parallel Trade
  • Consumer welfare
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    16:20

    ABUSE OF DOMINANCE: CONTINUING CONFUSION

    Cormac Little

    Cormac Little, Head of Competition and Regulation Unit, William Fry Solicitors

  • Background to GSK Greece case
  • Is a refusal to supply parallel traders abusive?
  • What is an "ordinary" supply order?
  • Further uncertainty ahead
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    17:00

    Chairman’s closing remarks and close of day one

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    8:30

    Re-registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's opening remarks

    Héctor Armengod

    Héctor Armengod, Associate Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP

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    9:10

    IMPACT OF THE SINGLE MARKET IMPERATIVE

    Christopher Stothers

    Christopher Stothers, Counsel, Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP

  • Pharmaceuticals and the Single Market Imperative
  • Free Movement and Intellectual Property
  • Competition Law
  • Regulatory Law
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    9:50

    IMPACT OF THE GSK CASES ON PARALLEL IMPORTS OF PHARMACEUTICALS INTO EUROPE

    Despoina Mantzari

    Despoina Mantzari, Research Fellow, Jevons Institute of Competition Law and Economics

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    PARALLEL TRADE AFTER THE GLAXOSMITHKLINE CASES

    James Killick

    James Killick, Partner, White & Case LLP

  • Why the parallel trade cases?
  • What really happened in the GlaxoSmithKline cases?
  • What do the GSK cases mean for competition law?
  • Do we now have legal certainty?
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    11:40

    ANTI-COUNTERFEITING ELEMENTS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGE AND WHY PATIENT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT

    Jim Thomson

    Jim Thomson, Chairman, European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines

  • Why were new pharmaceutical security measures necessary?
  • Where the legislation right now and what is the timeframe for implementation?
  • Why is it important to preserve as well as to strengthen the proposals?
  • What about the internet?
  • The patient's role in making these proposals a success?
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:30

    PARALLEL TRADE: WHERE DO WE STAND NOW?

    Thomas Bart

    Thomas Bart, Chief Operating Officer, Swiss Blood Stem Cells Foundation

  • Who is who?
  • Cui bono?
  • Where are the differences?
  • Can Switzerland be an example?
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    14:10

    PARALLEL TRADE AND COMPETITION LAW: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT EC AND EU MEMBER STATE LEVEL

    Héctor Armengod

    Héctor Armengod, Associate Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP

  • ECJ Advocate General's opinion on GSK's dual pricing case
  • Recent developments in key Member States
  • Application of the concept of "extraordinary” and “ordinary” orders
  • Current and future EU policy on parallel trade
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    14:50

    COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES AND PARALLEL IMPORT

    Peter Bogaert

    Peter Bogaert, Managing Partner, Covington & Burling

  • The status of the Counterfeits Directive
  • The role of paralell imports and counterfeits
  • Safety features and repackaging activities
  • Relevance of trade marks
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    15:30

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks

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    15:45

    Afternoon Tea and Close of Conference

    Workshops

    Out-Trading Traders: How to Out-Think Parallel Trade

    Out-Trading Traders: How to Out-Think Parallel Trade

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    9 February 2010
    London, United Kingdom

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