“We're almost like a covert group. We sometimes joke that you know when a medical science liaison has [visited a doctor], but you don't really know what he or she has done, whereas with a sales rep, you see samples everywhere — pens, paper, pads,”...
EVEN WHEN PHYSICIANS perceive commercial bias in a certified CME activity, the majority of them still consider the content valid and credible. That is one of the startling results from a survey of CME participants, presented at the Alliance for...
“IT'S A NIGHTMARE!” That's how one CME provider described the new commercial support process to me. As a reaction to the OIG pharma marketing guidance, legal and compliance departments are now directing funding procedures, disrupting long-standing...
Will US-VISIT — the new program in which foreign visitors to this country are being fingerprinted — be a minor inconvenience or a major hassle for meeting planners and attendees? So far, it's too early to tell...
IN LA HABRA, Calif., on the Los Angeles — Orange County border, a new conference facility has opened. The Barnett Center, which is part of the headquarters for the Institute for Healthcare Advancement, features a 184-seat auditorium with theater...