Health & Life Sciences: Technology & the Law
Issues covered include: health law, health technology, intellectual property, privacy
Description
You won’t find another program like this one with its comprehensive guide to the major legal developments impacting the health & life sciences sector, all brought to you by leading legal authorities in the area. Gain up to the minute guidance on how to deal with significant and recent regulatory reforms, the game changing impact of technology in the sector, critical IP issues shaping the space and the latest in an ever-evolving privacy landscape.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law
Chair: Kim O’Connell, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons; Best Lawyers 2019, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Biotechnology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Life Sciences Practice, Litigation, Product Liability Litigation; Leading Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
9.00am to 10.00am: Privacy Update: Technology, Data and Privacy Pitfalls in the Health & Life Sciences Sector
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU's new privacy law: practical issues for Australian companies with overseas dealings
- Mandatory data breach reporting: How's it panning out?
- Perennial issues in life sciences direct marketing: building a clean database and what to do with a dirty one – when is it spam?
Presented by Geoff Bloom, Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers; Best Lawyers 2019, Health & Aged Care Law, Life Sciences Practice, Privacy and Data Security Law; Leading Lawyer, Health & Aged Care, Doyle’s Guide 2019
10.00am to 11.00am: Digital Health Apps and Websites: When is Software a Medical Device?
In 2019, highly sophisticated software plays a role in all facets of our lives. With the rise of smartphone apps and online delivery systems, it also plays an ever-expanding role in monitoring, regulating and informing our health and the provision of healthcare services. Explore issues surrounding:
- The regulation of software as a medical device (SaMD)
- The intersection between software, hardware and combined systems
- When does an app cross over from a wellness product into the therapeutic goods space?
- What might the future hold for these products in Australia?
Presented by Alexandra Rose, Partner and Christabel Richards-Neville, Lawyer, Clayton Utz
11.00am to 11.15am: Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: IP Update: Key Recent Patent Litigation Developments
- Is the Federal Court recalibrating the balance of convenience?
- Launching at risk: the value of an undertaking as to damages after Efexor
- Methods of treatment patents: consideration of grant and form of injunctions
- Biologics and Biosimilars update
Presented by Jane Owen, Partner, Bird & Bird; Best Lawyers 2019, Life Sciences Practice, Litigation; Recommended Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019; Chambers & Partners, Ranked Lawyer, Life Sciences and Intellectual Property: Patents; author, Australian chapters, The Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review and The ICLG to: Patents 2019
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Regulatory Update: Advertising and Marketing of Medical Products and Devices
- Guidance on the revised Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2018
- Impact on the health and life sciences sector
- Key changes, differences and how the disciplinary process is playing out in practice
- Increased penalties under the Therapeutic Goods Act
- Impacts on the use of social media
Presented by Mandi Jacobson, Partner & Head of Life Sciences Group, Dentons; author, Life Sciences: Compliance and Enforcement in Australia; Lexology; Chambers & Partners, Up and Coming, Life Science
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km
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