What medical and pharmaceutical/bioscience/medical device meeting planners and continuing medical education professionals need to know to plan meetings and CME activities for healthcare professionals.
In the last few weeks, I’ve begun to wonder whether the meetings industry as we know it will survive the outside pressures that are lining up against face-to-face gatherings...
Despite lots of trepidation about the effect of the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Code of Conduct, which went into effect in July, on medical meetings in Boston, the city’s convention and visitors bureau President ...
GlaxoSmithKline recently joined Pfizer in changing its continuing medical education granting process to eliminate medical education and communication companies as prospective grantees. In a press release on September 21, the company said that...
The National Business Travel Association has sweetened the pot for people interested in taking the first week of its brand-new Strategic Meetings Management Certification course. For Core Week 1, which will be offered November 2-6 at Emory...
I was so psyched today to get a letter about my editor's note in our last issue. It was about doctors discussing end-of-life issues (you know, that "death panel" thing), and I really worried about wading into politics. But with healthcare reform...
