WASHINGTON DC USA -- CME UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- DECEMBER 23, 2014: The Ninth International Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress, www.InternationalPharmaCongress.com, will take place on May 11 - 13, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Brussels - Le Palace in Brussels, Belgium. Registrants may attend the event in person or online (live webcast and archived for 6 months).

ADDITIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER Richard Bergström Director General, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Former Director General, LIF Sweden, Brussels, Belgium

CONGRESS CO CHAIRS Ann Beasley Chief Compliance Officer, Biogen Idec International, GmbH, Former Global Compliance Officer, Novartis Pharma AG, Board Member and Co-chair, Strategic Committee, International Society of Healthcare, Ethics and Compliance Professionals (ETHICS), Cambridge, MA, USA Dr. Michael Bartke Director Compliance Management, DAIICHI SANKYO EUROPE GmbH, Co-chair, EFPIA Compliance Workgroup, Munich, Germany Dominique Laymand, Esq. President, International Society of Healthcare Ethics, and Compliance Professionals (ETHICS), Executive Director Compliance & Ethics EMEA, (Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Russia and Turkey), Bristol-Myers Squibb, Paris, France Roeland Van Aelst Vice President Health Care Compliance Medical Devices & Diagnostics EMEA-C, HCC&P, Johnson & Johnson, Board Member and Co-chair, Strategic Committee, International Society of Healthcare, Ethics and Compliance Professionals (ETHICS), Chairman, EUCOMED Compliance Network, Brussels, Belgium

FEATURING AN EFPIA STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) is offering an independent EFPIA STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP on Monday, May 11, 2014.

FEATURED FACULTY Sue Egan Director and Principal Consultant, Sue Egan Associates, Former Vice President Compliance, AstraZeneca, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK Ulf H. Grundmann, JD Partner, Life Science Practice Group, King and Spalding, Frankfurt, Germany John Patrick Oroho, Esq. Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Porzio Life Sciences, LLC, Principal, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman PC, Morristown, NJ, USA Brian Sharkey, Esq. Counsel, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, Director of Compliance and Legal Affairs, Porzio Governmental Affairs, LLC, Morristown, NJ, USA Dumitru Uta, MD, MBA, CCEP Ethics and Compliance Director, South-East Europe, Eli Lilly and Company, Bucharest, Romania Frank Wartenberg, PhD President, Central Europe, IMS Health, Frankfurt/Main, Germany Mariusz Witalis Partner, Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services, Ernst & Young LLP, Warsaw, Poland Jose F. Zamarriego Izquierdo Director Unidad de Supervision Deontologica, FARMAINDUSTRIA, Madrid, Spain

OTHER INTERNATIONAL PHARMA CONGRESSES

2007 - Brussels 2008 - Paris 2009 - Rome 2010 - Berlin 2011 - Istanbul 2011 - Singapore 2012 - Budapest 2012 - Shanghai 2012 - São Paulo 2013 - Madrid 2013 - Kuala Lumpur 2014 - Dubai 2014 - Mexico City