Drug Shortages in the U.S. and the World: A Public Forum

New York City Bar Event Partner Beth D. Jacob moderated and associate Clifford Katz spoke on a panel at a New York City Bar Event on October 22, 2012. The panel, titled “Drug Shortages in the U.S. and the World: A Public Forum,” is a comprehensive conversation among experts in the fields of pharmaceutical, patent, regulatory, and health law with clinical pharmacology and international public health professionals, about the complex issues leading to shortages, the medical impact, and the challenges faced in finding reasonable solutions. Other panelists included Janet McLeod, Ph.D., Fox Rothchild, LLP; Afia Asamoah, Covington and Burling, LLP; Marcus Reidenberg, M.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine and Public Health and Assistant Dean, Cornell Weill Medical College; Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Maya Sabatello, Ph.D, LLB, Harvard Medical School, New York University; and Phoebe Stone, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP and Save Lives Now New York (General Counsel & Bioethicist).