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30 Jan 2025 Past event
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Join us for our in-person CEE event, Navigating the future: exploring the opportunities and challenges in Life Sciences, taking place on Thursday 30 January 2025 at our CMS Prague office.
You will hear insightful discussions from notable academics and researchers, esteemed legal professionals and influential industry leaders as they explore the emerging trends and legal challenges in the life sciences sector.
We will also be joined by distinguished researchers looking at how AI is rapidly shaping the sector and who will provide practical experience with AI software as a medical device.
This event will be a fantastic opportunity to network with our speakers and the global CMS life sciences & healthcare group, whilst gaining valuable insights from industry experts.
Agenda
| Time | Topics | Speakers |
| 08.30-09.00 | Registration | |
| 09.00-09.05 | Opening | Tomas Matejovsky Managing Partner, CMS Prague |
| 09.05-10.00 | Certification of AI software as a medical device in accordance with the MDR: certification and practical experience with AI software
Q&A | Doc. MUDr. Ondřej Volný, Ph.D., Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, OU
Ing. Lukáš Peter, Ph.D, Health Research Centre, VŠB-TUO |
| 10.05-10.35 | Break | |
| 10.35-11.50 | Intersection of law and life sciences: emerging trends and legal challenges
Pharma law in Europe: insights from the business (Natalia / Pavel) Legal developments on competition law (Agnieszka) Product liability (Maria Letizia / Elizabeth-Anne) EU Pharma Package (Gabriela)
Q&A | Moderator: Roland Wiring, Partner and Co-Head of the CMS Life Sciences & Healthcare Group, CMS Hamburg Speakers: Natalia Lojko, Legal Director Poland, AstraZeneca Pavel Březina, Head of Government Affairs, Gilead Sciences, Central European Cluster Agnieszka Starzynska, Counsel, CMS Warsaw Maria Letizia Patania, Partner, CMS Rome; Elizabeth-Anne Larsen, Senior Associate, CMS London Gabriela Staber, Partner, CMS Vienna |
| 11.50-12.00 | Closing | Borys Danevych Partner, Head of CEE Life Sciences & Healthcare, CMS Kyiv |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Networking | |
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Palác Dunaj, Národní 138/10
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic
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