Among those who had to cancel or postpone their Florida meetings due to the hurricanes is GlaxoSmithKline. ...

I read recently that the AMA got $1 million grant for online course from The U.S. Department of Homeland Security to put its disaster and terrorist attack preparedness course online. ...

According to Medical News Today, the National Institutes of Health "on Friday proposed a major policy change that would make available at no cost to the public the results of all NIH-funded research six months after the work is published in a...

If you are planning to attend the 2005 Alliance for CME Annual Conference, scheduled for January 26-29, 2005 at the San Francisco Marriott, be sure to take advantage of the early-bird rate by registering before December 3. ...

According to a press release from Biomedical Market Newsletter, the Food and Drug Administration is planning to: ...

Looking for a reason to plan a meeting in London? How about the allure of scientific oddities, on view to the public for the first time at London s Science Museum. ...

Since I just pulled together this list of links to articles about the PhRMA Code and related regs for someone on the MIMlist, a meeting planner listserv, I thought I'd post it here as well, in case anyone wants a refresher course or a quick...

It may just be one or two out of an entire staff, but physicians who are yellers, screamers, and surgical instrument-throwers can be disruptive to patients and colleagues alike, according to a recent survey by the American College of Physician...

A reader commenting on >Pharma in the hot seat again made a good point: "As a CME provider... Let's not blame the pharma companies for everything; they market this way because it works. Regulations have changed & it is far more difficult...

A re-run of Dr. Marcia Angell s March appearance on "60 Minutes" last night reminds me of a recent article in BusinessWeek that also quoted Dr. Angell and the accusations she makes against pharma in her book, The Truth about Drug Companies: How...