THE PUSH BY procurement to oversee travel and meeting sourcing is still relatively new at most U.S. companies. But in Europe, procurement has been involved with meetings and events for several years, with its influence ratcheting up over the past...

The typical approach to controlling meeting costs in pharmaceutical companies is to do so externally — that is, to manage expenses through relationships with suppliers and by negotiating. But Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has taken an unusual and...

Mark your calendars: Medical Meetings and the Center for Business Intelligence are currently planning the Second Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum, scheduled for March 2006 in Philadelphia. The program will include several session...

ON DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C., Troon Golf took over management last year of the golf courses at Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa. Across Calibouge Sound from Hilton Head Island, the 190-room resort features The Melrose Course, a Jack Nicklaus...

SINCE MAY 1, PEOPLE in CME Land have been talking about the implementation of the updated Standards for Commercial Support, particularly the resolution of conflicts of interest (COI). Asking course directors, instructors, planners, and CME...

The push is on to determine if the copious dollars expended to fund CME programs nationally actually translate to better patient care. The buzz phrase in the CME world these days is “outcomes measurement,” i.e., the role continuing medical...