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The legislature of Massachusetts, which in 2008 adopted one of the strictest state laws governing pharmaceutical company interactions with physicians, has passed revisions that would again allow pharma companies to pay for “modest” meals under certain circumstances....More

Keynote presenters at the 2012 Pharma Forum told participants that meeting managers play pivotal role in their companies' ability to comply with regulations....More

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations has expanded its Code of Practice....More

A survey of participants at the Fourth Annual Life Sciences Meeting Management Forum reveal the industry's state of readiness for the implementation of the Sunshine Act....More

Pharma meetings may have weathered the recession, but keynoters opening the Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum in Philadelphia say more challenges are ahead, including increasing government oversight....More

The Harvard Medical School’s Faculty of Medicine Committee on Conflicts of Interest issued a report last month on its review of the school’s 20-year-old COI policy....More

The uncertain future of the country's healthcare system has direct implications for biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, and in turn will affect the way these companies approach medical meetings and education, said Kim Slocum during a keynote address at the Sixth Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum...More

Effective negotiating and cost-cutting strategies for meetings in a down economy...More

The new PhRMA code says resorts are not appropriate meeting venues. But the definition of resort is open to debate....More

In the past six months, we have seen one or two challenges in our industry, joked Terri Breining, CMP, CMM, CEO and president of Concepts Worldwide Inc.,...More

With the pharmaceutical industry in flux, the economy in turmoil, and regulations on the rise, third-party meeting managers anticipate tough times ahead....More