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Vincenzo Salvatore, Head of Legal Service at the European Medicines Agency, Joins Sidley Austin as Senior Counsel PR Newswire LONDON and BRUSSELS, June 19, 2012 LONDON and BRUSSELS, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sidley Austin LLP announced today that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Head of Legal Service, Vincenzo Salvatore, has become senior counsel in the firm's European life sciences regulatory practice. He will provide strategic legal counseling on the EU's legal process regulating all aspects of the pharmaceutical industry, including enforcement issues, and data protection issues. He also will assist life sciences companies in understanding and applying upcoming drug and medical device legislation. He served at the EMA from November 2004 until last week, where he was responsible for defending the EMA's actions in court, coordinating legal advice and providing legal support and interpretative guidance to the EMA's governing bodies and its six Scientific Committees. He routinely represented the EMA before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, both in pharmaceutical and corporate-related legal proceedings, and was the EMA's Data Protection Officer.

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Vincenzo Salvatore, Head of Legal Service at

the European Medicines Agency, Joins Sidley

Austin as Senior Counsel

PR Newswire

LONDON and BRUSSELS, June 19, 2012

LONDON

and

BRUSSELS

June 19, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Sidley Austin LLP announced today that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA)

Head of Legal Service, Vincenzo Salvatore, has become senior counsel in the

firm's European life sciences regulatory practice. He will provide strategic legal

counseling on the EU's legal process regulating all aspects of the

pharmaceutical industry, including enforcement issues, and data protection

issues. He also will assist life sciences companies in understanding and applying

upcoming drug and medical device legislation. He served at the EMA from

November 2004

until last week, where he was responsible for defending the

EMA's actions in court, coordinating legal advice and providing legal support

and interpretative guidance to the EMA's governing bodies and its six Scientific

Committees. He routinely represented the EMA before the European Court of

Justice in

Luxembourg

, both in pharmaceutical and corporate-related legal

proceedings, and was the EMA's Data Protection Officer.

Professor Salvatore will be based in Sidley's

Brussels

office and will be working

closely with Partners Maurits Lugard and Maarten Meulenbelt, as well as Scott

Bass in

New York

, Raymond Bonner and Coleen Klasmeier in

Washington DC

and Chen Yang in

Beijing

, all partners in Sidley's Global Life Sciences Practice.

"Vincenzo is internationally recognized for his deep understanding of the EMA

and the complex regulatory and enforcement environment in which the life

sciences industry operates. He will be a tremendous asset to our clients,

particularly those pharmaceutical and biotech companies that currently do

business in

Europe

or are considering entering that market," said George

Petrow, Sidley's Managing Partner, European Region.

Vincenzo Salvatore is Full Professor of International Law at the University of

Insubria - Varese (

Italy

), where he currently teaches EU Law and International

Trade Law.

"With a comprehensive life sciences practice in the EU,

China

, and the U.S.,

Sidley is the go-to firm for life sciences companies dealing with challenging

legal and regulatory issues," said Professor Salvatore. "The firm is strongly

committed to providing legal advice that meets the highest professional

standards and is coupled with the global presence and business awareness that

are so critical to long-term success."

Prior to serving with the EMA, Professor Salvatore was managing partner of a

law firm with offices in Varese and

Milan

(

Italy

), where he assisted clients on the

implementation of EU law and in litigation before the European Court of Justice.

In addition, he is the author of three books and more than 20 articles on EU

and international law. Professor Salvatore graduated with honors from the

University of Pavia (

Italy

) and with a Ph.D. in law from the European University

Institute, Florence.

Sidley has an internationally recognized life sciences practice, representing

major pharmaceutical, biological, medical device, cosmetic and food clients

throughout the world. Projects include the development, manufacture and

marketing of products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA), the

European Commission, the EMA, the P.R.C. regulatory authorities and other

national agencies. The team counsels clients in all aspects of clinical trials,

good manufacturing practices, pharmacovigilance, pricing & re-imbursement,

data protection, competition, dawn-raids, product recalls, fraud and abuse,

deals and mergers, and more. According to the

PLC Life Sciences Handbook

2012

, Sidley Austin is "the only law firm with top-tier life sciences rankings

across three continents."

Professor Salvatore will be a regular contributor to Sidley's EU Life Sciences

update via Twitter. http://www.twitter.com/EU_LifeSciences

Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world's premier full-service law firms, with

approximately 1700 lawyers practicing in 18 cities, including

Beijing

Brussels

Chicago

Frankfurt

Geneva

Hong Kong

London

New York

Shanghai

Singapore

Sydney

Tokyo

and

Washington D.C.

This year, Sidley celebrates 30

years in

Asia

. Repeating its performance in the inaugural 2010 survey, Sidley

received the most first-tier national rankings of any U.S. law firm in the 2011/12

U.S.News

- Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" survey. Sidley was also named the

U.S.News

- Best Lawyers "Law Firm of the Year" in both Corporate Law and

Securities Regulation in the 2011/12 survey (the first year of such designations).

BTI, a

Boston

-based research and consulting firm, has named Sidley as one of

only three firms to have been in the top ten of the BTI Client Service rankings

every year since the inception of those rankings in 2001, and as number one in

three of those years.

For purposes of the New York State Bar rules, this press release may be

considered Attorney Advertising and the headquarters of the firm are Sidley

Austin LLP 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, +1-212-839-5300 and

Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603, +1-312-853-7000.

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