At the Fourth Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum, held last week in Baltimore, speakers presented new eye-opening statistics and offered valuable insights into establishing a global meetings program...
Last week, the Transportation Security Administration expanded a pilot program launched in February that allows travelers to select an airport security lane based on their level of experience with airport regulations...
In the first of a series of webinars produced by the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, a panel of CME leaders addressed ways to incorporate CME into the “big picture” at their organizations...
The Massachusetts State Legislature is considering a bill that would ban gifts from pharmaceutical companies to physicians. If approved, Massachusetts would be the first state to ban gifts outright, according to an article in The Boston Globe...
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Two major online meeting registration providers—San Francisco–based Certain Software Inc. and Brisbane, Australia–based Amlink Technologies announced a merger last week...
When Merck and Schering-Plough released data from a clinical trial of cholesterol medication Vytorin showing that it worked no better than a much cheaper generic, the companies were widely accused in the media of deliberately delaying the release...
A good meal can do wonders for jet lag, so when I arrived in Singapore after my 18-hour flight, I decided to forgo sleep and, instead, do as the locals do when hunger strikes: visit one of Singapore’s many “hawker centers” for a sampling of the...
From rebooking clauses to resort fees, pharma planners and hoteliers discuss contract hot buttons.