WEBCAST ON CD
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presented on October 3, 2007
We have the answers to your top questions about internal communications
Take advantage of this exclusive opportunity to have all your internal communications questions answered by a former Justice Department attorney. Bill Mateja headed President George W. Bush’s Corporate Fraud Task Force and led prosecution efforts in such high-profile cases as Schering Plough Pharma, Warner-Lambert's Parke-Davis, and HealthSouth. He also oversaw the Justice Department's civil and criminal healthcare fraud efforts and was instrumental in reinforcing healthcare fraud as a top white collar crime. He has seen many criminal and civil cases hinge on internal communications, such as e-mails, voice mails, and phone conversations.
Effectively develop an internal communications monitoring program
Listen to ePharmaceuticals for this 60-minute webcast, “How to Effectively Monitor Internal Communications: A Justice Department prosecutor answers your top questions.” In a moderated setting, Bill Mateja shares his experiences with internal communications that impacted the results of a criminal or civil case. He gives his advice for establishing thorough internal communications’ policies that will protect pharmaceutical and biotech companies from government scrutiny. He focuses on the importance of implementing proper monitoring and documentation procedures for e-mails, phone conversations, voice mail, and other internal communications, as well as staff training, and privacy considerations.
At the conclusion of this Webcast, participants will be able to:
- Identify ways to monitor internal communications, while maintaining employee privacy
- Recognize which types of communications need to be documented and how to document them
- Recognize violations and properly self-report them
- Train staff on the proper ways to send messages and to recognize when they or others are committing violations
- Effectively audit the facility’s methods for tracking and monitoring internal communications
Agenda
- Why internal communications is a hot topic right now and recent case law
- How to monitor and document internal compliance inquiries and suspected violations
- Privacy considerations for monitoring internal communications
- Strategies to audit internal communications
- How to train employees about internal communications
- Tips for drafting appropriate and compliant internal communications, including e-mails, voice mails, and memos
- Tips on drafting appropriate and compliant internal communications
- Whether to train employees on how to draft e-mails, voice mails, internal memos, meeting minutes, etc.
- Is more documentation better than less? How much is enough?
- Common pitfalls / problems with internal communications
- Considerations for implementing and maintaining document retention policies
- Q & A
Meet the Speakers
Bill Mateja, JD, Partner, Fish & Richardson, Dallas, TX. Mateja served as point person for President Bush’s Corporate Fraud Task Force while overseeing the Justice Department's corporate fraud efforts. As Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, he oversaw the Justice Department's efforts in a number of high profile corporate fraud prosecutions, including Enron, WorldCom, HealthSouth, Schering Plough Pharma, and the conviction of Warner-Lambert's Parke-Davis pharmaceutical division in connection with its illegal promotion of off-label uses for Neurontin. Mateja is a well-known expert on internal communication issues.
Jane Wright-Mitchell, PharmD, JD, (Moderator), Director of Legal Affairs, Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. Wright-Mitchell’s’s practice focuses on the areas of regulatory compliance, corporate, healthcare and litigation, as well as all aspects of intellectual property law including patent, trademark, copyright and anti-competition law. She is responsible for regulatory compliance oversight, development and implementation of compliance training, grant review processing, and communications with the various federal and state agencies. Additionally, Wright-Mitchell has primary oversight for US Commercial Operations encompassing drug access programs, government pricing and contract matters, drug reimbursement issues, and coordination of all specialty distributors.
Who Should Attend this Webcast?
Pharmaceutical and Biotech professionals in the following fields:
- Legal Affairs
- Compliance
- Regulatory
- Marketing/Sales (leadership)
Program Materials
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