Eric Chaffin Speaks at Albany Law Symposium on Off-Label Drug Use

On March 27, 2009 at Albany Law School, the Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology is hosting a symposium on the issue of off-label drug use entitled “Regulating the Cure: Topics Arising out of the Prescription of Drugs Off-Label.” The symposium will consist of three panels on the following topics: off-label drug use and bio-ethics, current topics in off-label drug use litigation, and a panel on marketing and speech limitations for off-label drugs.  Mr. Chaffin will be one of the featured speakers and will speak about “How Does Off-Label Use of a Drug or Medical Device Change a Typical Consumer Mass Tort?  A Look at What is Actionable by a Consumer – Theories of Liability, Potential Defendants and Likelihood of Recovery.”

The Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology is a student-run scholarly law publication, and is ranked fifth among all technology journals in the nation according to the Washington & Lee Law School ranking system.  The Journal publishes scholarly work relating to technological, scientific, medical, intellectual property, and social science issues.  The symposia from previous years have included topics such as nanotechnology and voting technology.  In the fall of 2009, the Journal will be publishing an entire issue dedicated to the off-label drug use symposium, including transcripts of the presentations.