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.
The International Association of Conference Centers has launched a Code of Sustainability to encourage its member properties to implement and follow environmentally sound practices...
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...
