"Roundtable participants, led by Robert Rosen AIPM's Executive Director, discuss challenges to successfully fighting counterfeit pharmaceuticals in Russia"

Roundtable participants pictured (R-L) are Valentina Orlova, Deputy Head, International Department, Rospatent; Dr. Alexander Korchagin, General Director, Rospatent; Alexander Shelemekh, CIPR Vice President; Robert Rosen, AIPM Executive Director and Maria Vlasova, Co-Chairperson, AmCham Healthcare Committee.

AIPM Executive Director Robert Rosen opens the discussion on draft legislation to curtail production and distribution of counterfeit medicine

Eugene Arievich, Counsel to CIPR and Partner, Baker & McKenzie, discusses pharmaceutical look-alikes. He is joined by Valentina Orlova (bottom) and to his left Svetlana Zavidova, Attorney-at-Law, Consumer Societies Confederation (KonfOP) and Sergey Shurygin, Acting Head, IP Protection Branch, RF State Customs.

Networking after the roundtable event are Alexander Arzamastsev, Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Committee, RF Ministry of Health (left, back row), Yuri Kalinin, President, Rosmedprom (left front), Robert Rosen (right back), and Vadim Yakunin, Chairman of the Board, Protec (right front).

During the question and answer period, pictured are (L-R) Ricardo Cabeza de Vaca, AmCham Chairman Healthcare Committee, Maria Vlasova, Robert Rosen, Alexander Shelemekh, Dr. Alexander Korchagin, and Valentina Orlova.