The Changing Role of a Medical Education Company

A lot has happened to the role of medical education companies since Rockpointe Corp. filed its incorporation papers on October 2, 1995. Once considered an integral part of a pharmaceutical company’s communications strategy, medical education companies had to make some big changes after the Accreditation Council for CME tightened its accreditation requirements in 2006, requiring a total separation between a company’s promotional and educational sides. Some companies decided to just exit the