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Ruta Karpiciute (Pumputiene) is a Life Sciences lawyer, partner at Ellex Valiunas law firm, leading the firm’s Life Sciences & Healthcare Regulatory team. She has 18+ years of legal experience and unique in the market expertise working with the world’s largest pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices and healthcare companies on various research and development, manufacturing, marketing and sales, pricing, government contracting, coverage and reimbursement, health system policy and strategical matters. Ruta is widely considered to be a leading top-level legal and strategic expert advisor and the most experienced professional in the Baltic states in the field of life sciences law. Since 2013 Ruta is also leading ‘Local American Working Group’, a standing committee of the world’s largest innovative pharmaceutical companies (AbbVie, Amgen, Biogen, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer and Roche) established by the American Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania to tackle issues concerning the healthcare system and pharmaceutical industry in Lithuania.