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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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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. There are many, many benefits for medical-device companies to be part of MedTech Europe. Effective Jan.

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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 medical meeting planner said that this is where attendees need to exercise common sense. 5–7, 2020, but did not receive a response.). It wasn’t Valko’s last encounter with this kind of event.