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How Will The EFPIA Disclosure Code Change Medical Meetings?

PCMA Convene

But the Disclosure Code ultimately had no significant impact on participation at medical meetings. Europe’s pursuit of transparency in health care continues, now moving on to the medical-device industry. How will it affect medical meetings? Effective Jan. What is changing? They’re going to follow the guidelines.

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How Will Europe’s New MedTech Guidelines Affect Your Meetings?

PCMA Convene

ABTS is laying the groundwork to prepare associations, so they don’t encounter massive losses to meetings with high numbers of international medical-technology sponsorships. Direct sponsorship of health-care professionals is no longer going to happen, regardless of whether the meeting is pre-vetted or not.”.

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Embracing the Digital Opportunity

PCMA Convene

In March, despite the fact that the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) had never before offered an online education component to their annual meeting, the association converted a face-to-face meeting to a virtual one in just seven days. Solving for Pricing, Sponsorships, and Skills Challenges When Going Digital ”. “

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A Problem With MedTech Codes — and a Possible Solution

PCMA Convene

The new code — which Associate Editor Casey Gale wrote about a few months ago — prohibits MedTech Europe’s member companies from directly sponsoring a health-care provider’s attendance at a medical conference or other event. based medical meetings. Medical meetings for 2018, they pretty much start in February, March.

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When Conferences Lie

PCMA Convene

Convene sent email inquiries to individuals in charge of sponsorship and speaking opportunities at iPharma, scheduled for Aug. The overall impression I got judging from the absent presenters and presenters leaving early is many scholars were only there for the opportunity to travel to Tokyo,” McCrostie said. In fact, a veteran U.S.-based

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

One day I may be working with internal departments to develop a one-of-a-kind experience here in Anaheim, and another day I may be traveling across the country to host a client event. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? My favorite part of my job is being on site at our Annual Meeting. ALEX DEERING.

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The Future Will See You Now

PCMA Convene

. & YOU, an international digital health congress focused on bringing patients and patient perspectives into medical meetings. You don’t have to go to a live conference anymore to get CME [continuing medical education], which has been the principal reason to come to many medical meetings.