SigmaQuest Inc. and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, are hosting a webinar titled, “What Medical Device Companies Should Know About Product Liability and Recalls: An Overview and Tips for Reducing Risks.” This is a must-attend event for companies building FDA-regulated products. There is no charge to participate, but pre-registration is required.
Event Details:
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Time: 9:00 am Pacific/12:00 pm Eastern
Duration: 60 minutes
To register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/871537440
The webinar will cover the impact of product quality issues and liability, how to handle recalls and better yet, avoid them. Attendees will also get insight into the drain on companies as a result of product defects and what this means in terms of litigation, lost time and dollars in defending and overcoming bad publicity. In addition, attendees will learn how to avoid product liability, minimize exposure in contractual matters, properly communicate product safety information and ensure regulatory compliance.
Featured Speakers:
David Hoffmeister is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he plays a major leadership role in the firm's drug and device regulatory and healthcare law practice within the life sciences practice. He brings more than 20 years of experience in drug and device regulatory and healthcare law to the firm. He represents pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, and dietary supplement clients, advising them on a variety of regulatory and healthcare issues, such as strategies for obtaining FDA product approvals and clearances, recalls, labeling, and claim support for advertising and promotional materials. Before joining Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, David was senior counsel for drug and device law at Syntex Corporation, where his primary focus was advising senior management on worldwide issues affecting the ability of the corporation and its affiliates to develop, manufacture, and distribute pharmaceutical, device, diagnostic, and over-the-counter drugs in compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act, as well as implementing regulations and applicable state and federal healthcare laws.
Jon Nygaard, attorney for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s life sciences practice, has three decades of legal experience in drug and device regulatory and healthcare law. Jon assists clients in managing the regulatory aspects of developing and testing products, obtaining FDA approval or clearance to market them, complying with postmarketing requirements, and meeting the challenges of competitors. Jon has also served as vice president and general counsel of the Endovascular Solutions division of Guidant Corporation and was in the law department at Syntex Corporation for 14 years. Jon has a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, a M.S. from Butler University and a B.A. from Yale University.
Nader Fathi has served as CEO of SigmaQuest for the past 7 years. During this tenure, he has overseen the development of best-in-class product quality management software and has collaborated with numerous, renowned medical device and electronics-based companies to help them attain optimal product quality. Prior to SigmaQuest, Nader was vice president of worldwide sales operations and emerging markets at IKOS Systems. Prior to IKOS, he held a number of leadership positions at Cadence Design Systems. Before this, he held various management positions with Dazix (an Intergraph company) and Xerox Microelectronics. Nader has a BSEE and an MSEE from University of Southern California and a business management certificate from UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management.
About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's broad range of services and legal disciplines is focused on serving the principal challenges faced by the management and boards of directors of business enterprises. The firm is nationally recognized as a leader in the fields of corporate governance and finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities class action litigation, employment law, intellectual property, and antitrust, among many other areas of law. With long-standing roots in Silicon Valley, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has offices in Austin, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C. For additional information, please visit www.wsgr.com.
About SigmaQuest
SigmaQuest Inc., the On-Demand leader in scalable solutions for product quality management, helps brand owners and manufacturers worldwide build top quality, electronics-based products for medical device, energy, telecom, military & aerospace, consumer electronics, and other industries. The company’s SigmaSure™ suite of software leverages automatic data collection and powerful root-cause analysis to help users find, fix and avoid quality issues throughout products’ entire lifecycles, from the time products are manufactured to when they are returned by a customer, should that occur. The SigmaSure modules include: Manufacturing & Test Insight, Supplier Quality Insight, Maverick Analysis, RMA & Warranty Insight, Repair & Rework Insight, and Process Flow Visualization (PFV). The company’s market-changing approach has been recognized in Managing Automation’s Top Ten Companies to Watch, Manufacturing Business Technology’s Top 40 Emerging Vendors, Test & Measurement World’s “Best in Test” awards, and Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s “Executive 100” list.
The company can be reached at 440 N. Wolfe Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, 408-524-3180 or www.SigmaQuest.com.