FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2005--German firms interested in selling life sciences products and services in the United States can attend a May 12 seminar in Berlin organized by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA), Berlin Business Development Corporation and Economic Development Saxony GmbH. “Entering the U.S. Life Sciences Market” is an afternoon-long workshop that will focus on four primary topics: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval procedures, product liability issues, intellectual property protection and marketing in the United States. Speakers include Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the FCEDA; Dr. Thomas Haag, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney with McDermott, Will and Emery; Francis Stockwell, chief underwriter at Medmarc, a Fairfax County-based insurance company; and Dr. Holger Wenschuh, managing director of JPT Peptide Technologies GmbH, which is based in Berlin and has a U.S. location at the Fairfax County BioAccelerator, a bioscience-focused business incubator.
