Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Health and Pharmaceutical Law and the Seton Hall Law Review hosted a symposium on October 23-24, 2008, to examine the legal, ethical, and public policy issues related to developing a pharmaceutical response to an influenza pandemic. Panels explored issues related to the development and approval of vaccines and antiviral drugs, both before and during a pandemic; the allocation of vaccines and antiviral drugs in situations of scarcity; and issues related to international equity.

The 2008 Seton Hall Law Review Symposium, “Preparing for a Pharmaceutical Response to Pandemic Influenza,” was underwritten by a generous, unrestricted gift from Roche.

About the Speakers

Schedule

2008
Thursday, October 23rd
12:00 PM

Lunch & Registration

Seton Hall Law Review

Seton Hall Law School

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Panel 1: Context: Science, History, Law and Public Health

Benjamin Berkman J.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Law; Georgetown Univeristy Law Center, and Senior Fellow
Adel Mahmoud M.D., Ph.D., Senior Molecular Biologist, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Seton Hall Law School

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM

Break

Seton Hall Law Review

Seton Hall Law School

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Panel 2: Access, Ethical Considerations and Policy

Kevin Outterson J.D., LL.M., Associate Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
Carl Coleman J.D., Director, Health Law & Policy Program, and Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law; Bioethics and Law Advisor, World Health Organization
Alex John London Ph.D., Director, Center for Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy, and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University

Seton Hall Law School

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM

Reception

Seton Hall Law Review

Seton Hall Law School

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friday, October 24th
8:30 AM

Registration & Check-In

Seton Hall Law Review

Seton Hall Law School

8:30 AM
9:15 AM

Breakfast Keynote

Thomas Pogge Ph.D., Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University

Seton Hall Law School

9:15 AM
10:15 AM

Panel 1: Distributional Consequences

Dennis Crouch J.D., Associate Professor, University of Missouri Law School
Eileen M. Kane J.D., Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
Cynthia Ho J.D., Clifford E. Vickrey Research Professor and Director, Intellectual Property and Technology Program, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
David Opderbeck J.D., LL. M., Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law

Seton Hall Law School

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM

Lunch

Seton Hall Law Review

Seton Hall Law School

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM

Panel 2: Moderated Expert Panel Discussion

Frank Pasquale J.D., Moderator; Assistant Director, Gibbons Institute of Law, Science and Technology, and Professor of Law
Paula M. Stannard J.D., Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Departmetn of Health and Human Services
John A. Brennan M.D., Executive Director of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, formerly the Senior Vice President of Clinical and Emergency Services and Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Scott Louis Weber J.D., Partner, Patton Boggs; Senior Advisor, Homeland Security and Defense Business Council; Advisory, Business Executives for National Security Business Response Task Force
Eddy A. Bresnitz M.D., M.S., Former Deputy Commissioner/State Epidemiologist, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Tim Uyeki M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P., Deputy Chief, Epidemiology and Prevention Branch, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Coordinaing Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alex Nawotka B.S., Director of Commercial Operations, Head of Pandemic Planning, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.

Seton Hall Law School

1:15 PM - 3:00 PM