Lex Witness, India’s first magazine on legal and corporate affairs, will be organizing Pharma Legal & Compliance Summit (PLCS) 2012 on October 5 at Hotel Holiday Inn in Mumbai, (India). PLCS aims to provide an opportunity to all stakeholders in the industry, including law firms, pharma and bio pharma firms, copyright societies, etc to share their views on the serious issues such as fraud and corruption management, legal and regulatory compliance of ethics for pharma and bio-pharma companies in India which are affecting their business.

The discussions at seminar will focus on important issues affecting the pharma industry such as ethics, contracts management, licensing agreements and building a proactive legal strategy for patent litigations.

The summit will consist of 20+ experts as speakers consisting of legal heads, CEOs, CFOs, Head from the Pharmaceutical Industry, representatives from government bodies and senior government officials.

The summit is designed for generic pharmaceutical manufacturers, innovative pharmaceutical manufacturers, API manufacturers, regulatory consultants, ingredient and material supplier, analytical laboratories, laws firms specializing in pharmaceutical law and regulation, patent filing consultants, business strategy consultants, legal firms, associations CROs, bio tech firms, medical device manufacturers, generics pharma/bio pharma firms.

The experts will be sharing their thoughts on: 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.