SAO PAULO BRAZIL -- PHARMA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- APRIL 16, 2012: The First Latin American Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress, www.LatinAmericanPharmaCongress.com, October 2 - 4, 2012, will be held at the Hilton Sao Paolo Morumbi in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Latin American Pharma Congress is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum and the Latin American Ethics and Compliance Network. Plenary session presentations will be in Portuguese, Spanish and English with simultaneous translation.

FEATURING GROWING OUR OWN COMPLINCE PROFESSIONALS BY:

Anita Cava, JD Professor of Business Law, Business Ethics Program, Director, Ethics Programs and Co-Director, School of Business, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA Julien Durand, LLM, MBA, CHCP Regional Compliance Officer and Ethical Innovation Lead, AstraZeneca Latin America, Wilmington, Delaware, USA Clivetty Martinez, PhD Regional Vice President Latin America, Office of Healthcare Compliance and Privacy, Johnson & Johnson International, Inc., Miami, FL, USA

Plenary session presentations will be in Portuguese, Spanish and English with simultaneous translation.

FIRST LATIN AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLIANCE CONGRESS AND BEST PRACTICES FORUM October 2 - 4, 2012
ONSITE Hilton Sao Paolo Morumba Sao Paulo, Brazil	OR	ONLINE In your own office or home live via the Internet with 24/7 access for six months

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Joaquin Duato, MBA Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

CO CHAIRS

Imelda Álvarez Compliance Head for Latin America, Novartis Farmacéutica, Mexico City, Mexico Felipe Coronel, Esq. Head Legal & Compliance Latin America, Grünenthal, Panama City, Panama Kelly B. Freeman, PhD Ethics and Compliance Officer, Eli Lilly and Company Executive Committee, Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum Indianapolis, IN, USA Carlos A. García Jiménez, Esq. Director, Compliance & Ethics, Latin America and Canada, Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Plainsboro, NJ, USA Clivetty Martinez, PhD Regional Vice President Latin America, Office of Healthcare Compliance and Privacy, Johnson & Johnson International, Inc., Chair, Latin American Ethics and Compliance Network, Miami, FL, USA Maria Leonor Rios, Esq. Assistant General Counsel, Ethics and Compliance - Latin America / Canada, Baxter Hospitalar Ltda., Sao Paolo, Brazil

FEATURED FACULTY

Ted Acosta, Esq. Principal, Ernst & Young LLP, Former Senior Counsel, Office of Inspector General, US Department of Health and Human Services, New York, NY, USA and Paris, France Mafalda Alves, MBA Regional Compliance Manager, Stryker Latin America, Miramar, FL, USA Eunice Alcantara Compliance and Ethics Director Brazil, Bristol Myers Squibb Co., São Paulo, Brazil Ronny Arijs Vice President Global Sustainability and Chief Compliance Officer, Grunenthal, Member, EFPIA Compliance Workgroup, Former Senior Compliance Manager, GE Healthcare, Brussels, Belgium Vivian Lima-Barnett, Esq. Latin America Ethics and Compliance Director, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA Diana Borges, MBA Director, Compliance/Regional Compliance Officer, Latin America, Teva Pharmaceuticals Americas, Horsham, PA, USA William E. Buzzeo, MS Vice President and General Manager, Global Compliance Solutions, Cegedim Relationship Management, Richmond, VA, USA Anita Cava, JD Professor of Business Law, Business Ethics, Program Director, Ethics Programs and Co-Director, School of Business, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA José Francisco Compagno Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Ernst & Young LLP, São Paulo, Brazil Mauro Diaz, MBA Compliance Officer, GlaxoSmithKline, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Julien Durand, LLM, MBA, CHCP Regional Compliance Officer and Ethical Innovation Lead, AstraZeneca Latin America, Wilmington, Delaware, USA Gildas Durand Senior Manager, Ernst & Young LLP, Miami, FL, USA Laura Giussani Ethics and Compliance Consultant, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA Nancy A. Grygiel, JD, LLM Senior Director, Corporate Compliance, Business Compliance, International, Allergan, Irvine, CA, USA Rodrigo Lecuona Latin America Compliance Officer, Merck, Mexico City, Mexico Flavia Ribas Lopes Latin America Fraud Risk Director, Philips, São Paulo, Brazil Tamara Music Manager, Influenza Vaccines & Code Compliance, IFPMA, Geneva, Switzerland Chrisoula Nikidis Director, Ethics and Compliance, Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D), Ottawa, ON, Canada Sergio Pinto, MBA, CCEP, HCC Director, Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Sector, São Paulo, Brazil Brian Riewerts Partner, Global Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Baltimore, MD, USA Heather Simmonds Director, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, London, UK Juan Francisco Millán Soberanes, MD Secretary and Executive Director, CETIFARMA, Mexico City, Mexico Carlos Tessi, MD Director of Compliance, Global Pharmaceuticals, Bausch + Lomb, Former Vice President - Global Human Health Business Practices and Compliance Officer, Merck & Co. Inc., Madison, NJ, USA