Vincenzo Salvatore, Head of Legal Service at the European Medicines Agency, Joins Sidley Austin as Senior Counsel

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.