A new law in Washington that requires pharmaceutical sales representatives to obtain a special license to sell pharmaceutical products in the District will not affect representatives attending medical meetings or conventions in D.C...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its advisory against non-essential travel to Mexico on May 15. As a result of the CDC's decision, the State Department's Travel Alert relating to the 2009-H1N1 influenza outbreak is no...

After an 11-month search, the American Dental Association, Chicago, hired Kathleen O’Loughlin, DMD, as its new executive director and chief operating officer. She becomes the first female executive director in ADA’s 150-year history...

The Vermont State Legislature passed a more restrictive pharmaceutical marketing law, banning gifts to physicians from industry and tightening disclosure requirements...

The American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs won’t recommend a ban on commercial support, according to its much-anticipated follow-up report, “Financial Relationships With Industry in Continuing Medical Education,”...

At a time when many organizations are scaling back on meetings, a U.S. based event organizer has launched two successful new international medical meetings...

The Incentive Research Foundation held its 14th Annual Incentive Invitational over the weekend and, in conjunction, released results of a new study focused on the ways companies in various industries manage and measure the success of their...

The exhibition industry suffered big declines in the first quarter of 2009, dropping 11.6 percent compared to the first quarter of 2008, according to the CEIR Index, published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research. It is the biggest...

The average exhibitor in the United States will exhibit at 12 shows this year, down from 14 in 2008, according to a new study by Skyline Exhibits, Saint Paul, Minn., and Tradeshow Week...