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Schedule
2019
Friday, April 5th
8:00 AM

Welcome

Chris Holman, UMKC Law and Drake University Law
Mike Mireles, University of the Pacific

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:00 AM - 8:05 AM

8:05 AM

Welcome

Michael Hunter Schwartz, University of the Pacific

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:05 AM - 8:10 AM

8:10 AM

Compulsory Licensing

Melissa Brand, Biotechnology Industry Organization

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:10 AM - 9:10 AM

8:10 AM

Do Current Incentive Models for Biologicals and Pharmaceuticals (patent term extensions, data and market exclusivities), Pediatrics and Orphan Drugs Deliver on the Promise in Return for Which They are Granted, and Do We Need Other Incentives for Those and Other Drugs such as Antibiotics?

Sven Bostyn, University of Copenhagen Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:10 AM - 9:10 AM

8:10 AM

Patenting Genetic Therapies–An International Perspective

Jorge Contreras, University of Utah Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:10 AM - 9:10 AM

8:10 AM

The Rise of Regulatory Exclusivities

Jay Thomas, Georgetown Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:10 AM - 9:10 AM

9:25 AM

Global Perspectives of Data Exclusivity

Srividhya Ragavan, Texas A&M Law School

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

9:25 AM - 10:25 AM

9:25 AM

Market Exclusivities and Accelerating Biosimilar Entry

Hans Sauer, Biotechnology Industry Organization

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

9:25 AM - 10:25 AM

9:25 AM

TRIPs Meets AmyX: Does TRIPs Ameliorate or Exacerbate Imbalance in Pharmaceutical Development and Pricing?

Michael P. Malloy, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

9:25 AM - 10:25 AM

9:25 AM

“What’s Yours is Mine and What’s Mine is Mine”: Synthetic Biology and Ethical Benefit-Sharing Obligations Under the Nagoya Protocol

Margo Bagley, Emory Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

9:25 AM - 10:25 AM

10:40 AM

SB 17 and Drug Pricing’s Impact on Plan Premiums

Jenny Mae Phillips, California Department of Managed Health Care

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

10:40 AM

Trends and Policy Developments in the Management of Pharmaceutical Costs and Pharmacy Benefits

April Alexander, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

10:40 AM

Understanding Drug Pricing and the Drug Supply Chain

Leanne Gassaway, America’s Health Insurance Plans

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

11:45 AM

Global Justice with Respect to Pharmaceuticals

Stephan Kirste, University of Salzburg

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

11:45 AM - 1:30 PM

11:45 AM

Pharmaceutical IP: Issues in Ethics and Equity

Manimuthu Gandhi, VIT University Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

11:45 AM - 1:30 PM

11:45 AM

Some Questions About the Relevance of Economic Justifications for Pricing Prescription Pharmaceuticals

Henry Greely, Stanford Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

11:45 AM - 1:30 PM

1:45 PM

Excessive Pharmaceutical Pricing in the US and Europe –Similar diseases, different treatments?

Timo Minssen, University of Copenhagen Law
Behrang Kianzad, University of Copenhagen Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

1:45 PM

Pharmaceutical Exhaustion

Samuel F. Ernst, Golden Gate Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

1:45 PM

“Playing Both Sides?” Branded Sales, Generic Sales and Patent Policy

Mark Lemley, Stanford University Law
Michael Carrier, Rutgers University Law
Shawn Miller, Stanford University Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

1:45 PM

Post-Lexmark Exhaustion, Federal Preemption and Antitrust Concerns with Preventing Secondary Markets

Josh Sarnoff, DePaul Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

3:00 PM

An Overview of the NASEM Report on Drug Pricing, Access and Affordability

Rena Conti, Boston University

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

3:00 PM

Innovative Payment Models for High-Cost Innovative Medicines – A Report by the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health

Pedro Pita Barros, Universidade Nova De Lisboa Business

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

3:00 PM

The Dilemma of Drug Pricing: Balancing Economics, Regulation and Public Health

Timothy E. Welty, Drake Pharmacy

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

3:00 PM

The Economics of Value-Based Pricing

Peter Hilsenrath, University of the Pacific

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

4:15 PM

Considerations in Technology Transfer Concerning Biopharmaceuticals: The University Perspective

Dushyant Pathak, University of California, Davis

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

4:15 PM - 5:05 PM

4:15 PM

Organizational Forms of University Technology Transfer in Biotechnology

Peter Lee, University of California, Davis Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

4:15 PM - 5:05 PM

4:15 PM

The Relationship Between Grant Funding and University Litigation

Brian L. Frye, University of Kentucky Law
Christopher J. Ryan Jr., Roger Williams Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

4:15 PM - 5:05 PM

Saturday, April 6th
8:30 AM

Leveraging Research Failures to Accelerate Pharmaceutical Innovation

Helen Yu, University of Copenhagen Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

8:30 AM

Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of Biotherapeutics

Mamoun Alhamadsheh, University of the Pacific

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

8:30 AM

Revising Current Incentives and Regulation for New Health Technologies

Dhanay Cadillo Chandler, University of Turku Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

8:30 AM

The Vaccine Race in the 21st Century

Ana Santos Rutschman, St. Louis Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

9:45 AM

Compensation Requirements as a Hurdle in Drug Price Relief

Daniel Cahoy, Pennsylvania State University Business

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

9:45 AM

Emerging Consensus for Legal Action on Pharmaceutical Pricing?

Emily Whelan Parento, Georgetown Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

9:45 AM

Patent Settlement Agreements and the Prohibition of Repayment of Contributions

Patrick Warto, University of Salzburg

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

9:45 AM

Toward Effective Competition in Biologics

Yaniv Heled, Georgia State Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

11:00 AM

China’s Innovative Turn and the Changing Pharmaceutical Landscape

Peter K. Yu, Texas A&M Law School

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Drug Pricing in Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz Alkhalifa, Prince Sattam University

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

The Role of Free Riding in Global Health Policies: Hubris and Power Dynamics

Kojo Yelpaala, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

11:00 AM

Thought on the Duration of China’s Pharmaceutical Patent Protection

Zheng Xuanyu, China University of Political Science and Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

12:15 PM

Developments in Hatch-Waxman Litigation

Michael Sitzman, Gibson Dunn

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

12:15 PM

Equivalency in Europe after Pemetrexed

Mark Schweizer, Swiss Federal Patent Court

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

12:15 PM

Obviousness: Before and After

Dmitry Karshtedt, George Washington Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

12:15 PM

PTAB Practice, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals: A Judge’s Perspective

Christopher Paulraj, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

12:15 PM

PTAB Practice, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Erin Dunston, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

2:15 PM

Legal Research on the Regulation of Healthcare Data

Liu Ying, China University of Political Science and Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

2:15 PM

Patenting of Biosimilars and Its Impact on Global Pharmaceutical Markets

P. R. L. Rajavenkatesan, VIT University Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

2:15 PM

The Biosimilar Action Plan–An Effective Mechanism for Balancing Innovation and Competition in the United States?

Simone Rose, Wake Forest University Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

3:20 PM

Drug Pricing and Unreasonable Restraints on Trade

Clark Kelso, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

3:20 PM - 4:20 PM

3:20 PM

Proposals of State Legislation Concerning Drug Pricing

Michael Mireles, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

3:20 PM - 4:20 PM

3:20 PM

Recent Federal Legislative Proposals Addressing Drug Cost and Access in the U.S.

Chris Holman, UMKC Law and Drake University Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

3:20 PM - 4:20 PM

3:20 PM

Section 1498 is Not a Price Control Provision

Sean O'Connor, University of Washington Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Lecture Hall, 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA

3:20 PM - 4:20 PM