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CAPEHART SCATCHARD SHAREHOLDER SPEAKS AT NATIONAL MEETING ON CHILDHOOD CANCER

William Burns, Shareholder in the Government Affairs and Regulation Section, spoke on June 25, 2014 at the national meeting of the Coalition Against Childhood Cancer in Washington D.C. 

 

During his presentation, Mr. Burns summarized the Josh Hardy and Judson Shepherd campaigns involving expanded access to unapproved drugs via compassionate use and clinical trials.  He also discussed the need for increased access to experimental drugs through the collaboration and discussion with the FDA, Pharmaceutical companies and the medical community.  Mr. Burns stated, “Pharmaceutical companies have an obligation to their shareholders, doctors have an obligation to their patients, and the FDA has an obligation to safeguard the process.  If we provide financial and regulatory incentives to pharmaceutical companies, expanded access becomes not only a good humanitarian decision, but a good business decision.” 

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Mr. Burns received his J.D. from the University of Richmond and B.A. degree in Political Science from Gettysburg College.  Mr. Burns is Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Criminal Trial Attorney and is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York. 

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Capehart Scatchard is a diversified law firm of 83 attorneys with offices  in Mt. Laurel, Howell and Trenton, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Manhattan and Elmira, New York.  Visit our website at www.capehart.com.





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