Podcasts

The Science and Technology Law Center of Albany Law School hosted an afternoon panel program called "Follow-On Biologics: Scientific, Legal and Policy Issues" on March 26, 2007, from 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

The program addressed the scientific, legal and policy hurdles that stand in the way of producing "generic" or "follow-on" versions of off-patent biologic products. Topics included:

• Differences between biologics and small molecule drugs
• Hurdles to FDA approval
• The proposed: "Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act"
• Effects on healthcare: cost and safety considerations
• Options for the future of follow-on biologics and implications for the biopharmaceutical industry

Panelists:

Gordon Johnston
Vice President Regulatory Affairs
Generic Pharmaceutical Association

Bruce Manheim, Esq
Ropes & Gray, LLP

Prof. Gregory Mandel
Associate Dean of Research and Scholarship and Professor of Law
Albany Law School


Dr. Shaker Mousa
Executive Vice President and Chairman
Pharmaceutical Research Institute of Albany College of Pharmacy


Randy Rupp, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Process Sciences
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Recordings:

Intro. by Annette Kahler, Dean Guernsey and Prof. Greg Mandel - Click HERE to download the audio or Play It Now!

Dr. Shaker Mousa - Click HERE. Play It Now!

Randall Rupp, PhD - Click HERE. Play It Now!

Gordon Johnston- Click HERE. Play It Now!

Bruce Manheim. - Click HERE. Play It Now!

Katheryn D. Katz, Professor of Law, the Kate Stoneman Chair in Law and Democracy, was interviewed on WAMC about Kate Stoneman.

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Cheryl D. Mills, senior vice president and general counsel of New York University, Hon. Leslie E. Stein '81, Sharon P. Stiller '75, and Marina Angel, the 2007 Kate Stoneman Visiting Professor of Law and Democracy were honored during Albany Law School's 13^th Annual Kate Stoneman Day celebration on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.

Prof. Ota introduces law school classmate, Cheryl Mills.

Kate Stoneman Day is held in honor of the Law School's first female graduate who was also the first woman admitted to practice law in New York State.

Click HEREto download the podcast of the event or click on the arrow to Play It Now!

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Sean Smith from the New York Prosecutors Training Institute, Inc. gave a talk on "Courtroom Technology" on March 22, 2007 to Prof. Shanks and Prof. Lynch's Trial Practice class.

Click HERE to dowload his talk. Play It Now!

I used my cell phone to make this podcast. It is directions for using the Olympus 100 digital recorder.

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The Environmental Law Society hosted a panel entitled "How to Beat the Government Without Really Trying" on Tuesday March 6, 2007 in the West Wing from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. The panel discussed the New York State's Open Government Laws such as the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), and ways to obtain public information from federal, state and local entities.

Panelists included :

Robert Freeman, Executive Director of the State Committee on Open Government and the leading authority on FOIL and other open government laws in New York State.

Dr. Fred Isseks, an award-winning English and Journalism teacher well-known for his community and environmental activism.

Louis A. Alexander, Assistant Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of Hearings and Mediation Services, who works extensivley with FOIL requests and appeals.

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On Monday, Feb. 26, 2007, Albany Law School President & Dean Thomas F. Guernsey was invited to discuss diversity in higher education on WAMC's "The Roundtable."

Dean Guernsey talks about the challenges of and solutions for creating a diverse, intellectual setting at Albany Law School, and in the law profession as a whole.

Click HERE to download the Dean's interview courtesy of WAMC Northeast Public Radio.

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A symposium on the Legal Future of Nanotechnology: Small Science Calls for Big Changes was presented by the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology on Thursday, March 1, 2007.

Click HERE to download the keynote address by Dr. Marty Spitzer, former professional staff for the United States House Committee on Science and Technology.

(Be patient, this file may take awhile to download).

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