Information about the rules and regulations that govern interactions between pharmaceutical, bioscience, medical device company, and other life sciences company interactions with physicians and other healthcare professionals. This includes information on the Sunshine Act, state laws, the PhRMA Code, and the AdvaMed Code on Ethical Interactions with Healthcare Professionals.
A contingent from the Alliance for CME went to Washington, D.C., in October to meet with a senior staff member at the United States Senate Committee on Finance. The Alliance initiated the meeting in response to the SFC's report on CME...
Did you ever feel like Bill Murray's character in the movie Groundhog Day? Well I do, several times every year — and it is always when I am at a CME conference and the hot topics are being discussed. There is always an issue that everyone is...
Medical Meetings has partnered with Cutting Edge Information and the Center for Business Intelligence to conduct a study of pharmaceutical meetings industry trends. The results, including information on meeting spend, best practices, and meeting...
Does the commercial support system — as it exists today — inevitably compromise CME's independence? That's the question the Accreditation Council for CME will explore over the next year as it conducts its first-ever big-picture review of the...
A decade ago, it was only trailblazers who were even thinking about global meetings consolidation. Today, it's right up there with return on investment and compliance as a hot-button issue for pharmaceutical meeting planners. As with U.S. meetings...
While physicians' use of eCME is growing, even the most active Internet-users rely heavily on live meetings for their CME credits, according to a new study...
Because every healthcare specialty has a finite pool of prospects, one way to grow your meeting is to move beyond your audience and attract professionals from allied fields. Here are six steps you can take...
The inaugural Medical Device and Bio/Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum, scheduled for December 10 to 11 at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa in California, will feature a keynote address about how industry trends apply to meeting...
