AdvaMed Code Of Ethics Make-Over: More Restrictions, More Guidance
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
AdvaMed's updated industry "code" for interacting with health care professionals forbids device firms to provide entertainment, recreation and non-educational gifts of any value, including pens, mugs and notepads
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Device trade association and Kaplan EduNeering launch an hour-long, online training course on AdvaMed's recently revised code of ethics on interactions with health care professionals, which, among other things, forbids device firms to provide entertainment, recreation and non-educational gifts of any value to physicians. The code takes effect July 1 (1"The Gray Sheet" Dec. 22, 2008, p. 5). Princeton, N.J.-based Kaplan EduNeering also provides online training and other tools to FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs. The AdvaMed course is available for purchase at www.AdvaMed.org/MemberPortal/About/Code
AdvaMed code tutorial
Device trade association and Kaplan EduNeering launch an hour-long, online training course on AdvaMed's recently revised code of ethics on interactions with health care professionals, which, among other things, forbids device firms to provide entertainment, recreation and non-educational gifts of any value to physicians. The code takes effect July 1 (1"The Gray Sheet" Dec. 22, 2008, p. 5). Princeton, N.J.-based Kaplan EduNeering also provides online training and other tools to FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs. The AdvaMed course is available for purchase at www.AdvaMed.org/MemberPortal/About/Code
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