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6 Ways Medical Meetings Are Proving Their Value To Exhibitors

PCMA Convene

Orders for medical devices are no easier to trace, considering the lengthy purchasing timelines for costly equipment. In a recent ATS survey, McManus found that 80 percent of ATS’s exhibitors participate in the conference to make physicians aware of their product or company. That’s a difficult thing to put an ROI on.”.

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MANOVA Global Health Care Summit Redefines the Medical Meeting

PCMA Convene

In August 2018, when Mark Addicks was in the midst of planning his first-ever event, the MANOVA Global Health Summit, he was determined to make it a dramatic departure from the typical medical conference. “We Founder Mark Addicks sets the stage for the inaugural MANOVA Global Health Summit. I went to Minneapolis to find out.

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How Will The EFPIA Disclosure Code Change Medical Meetings?

PCMA Convene

In 2015, many European Union–based pharmaceutical companies took steps to voluntarily comply with the then–newly introduced European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) Disclosure Code. At the time, meeting planners prepared for the worst, fearing that physicians would shy away from attending meetings altogether.

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

PCMA Convene

Changing compliance codes in Europe regulating medical-device companies are expected to have a major effect on U.S.-based based medical conferences — and to continue to do so for years to come. They will need to plan for a loss in revenue from any international delegation sponsored by medical-device companies in Europe.”

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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. which is a really, really sad state of affairs.”

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Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences

PCMA Convene

As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? A sample session title for 2018: “Digital Therapeutics Explode Onto the Scene.”. HLTH is expected to launch with 2,000 attendees, 200-plus CEOs and company founders, and 300-plus speakers.

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SOS on Lampedusa

PCMA Convene

Physician participation doubled for SIAARTI’s 2018 Academy. The number of physicians who participated in 2018 was double the number of attendees at the first SIAARTI Academy on Lampedusa in 2017, which AIM Group also staged. SIAARTI has not decided where it will land in 2019. Leaving a Legacy. Making a Connection.