Acting Members:


Mark Bowditch 
Head, Product Support Intellectual Property 
Sandoz Inc.
(Princeton, NJ)

Guy Donatiello 
Vice President, Intellectual Property
Endo Pharmaceuticals 
(Malvern, PA) 
 
Lisa A. Jakob
Legal Director, IP Litigation
Merck & Company
(Rahway, NJ)

George W. Johnston
Vice President & Chief Patent Counsel
Hoffmann-La Roche
(Nutley, NJ)
 
James P. Leeds 
Assistant General Patent Counsel
Eli Lilly & Company
(Indianapolis, IN)

Meg Snowden 
VP, Intellectual Property 
Impax Laboratories 
(Hayward, CA)

Peter Waibel
Head US Patent Litigation, 
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
(East Hanover, NJ)


Timothy X. Witkowski, M.S., J.D. 
Executive Director & Executive Counsel, Intellectual Property
Boehringer Ingelheim
(Ridgefield, CT)

Carmen M. Shepard
Sr. Vice President, Global Policy and Regulatory Counsel
Mylan
(Washington, DC)

Emeritus Members:

Stephen R. Auten 
Member
Cozen O’Connor
(Chicago, IL)
(Formerly Vice President, IP,  Sandoz, Inc.)

Shashank Upadhye 
Partner 
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
(Chicago, IL)
(Formerly Vice President – Global Intellectual Property, Apotex, Inc.)

Distinguished Faculty

Conference Co-Chairs
Guy Donatiello 
Vice President, Intellectual Property
Endo Pharmaceuticals 
(Chadds Ford, PA )

Timothy X. Witkowski, M.S., J.D. 
Executive Director & Executive Counsel, Intellectual Property
Boehringer Ingelheim
(Ridgefield, CT)