IOM – Committee on Conflicts of interest:

On March 13th, the IOM held their third meeting of the Committee on Conflicts of Interest here is a link to the agenda and copies of the statements presented at the meeting http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/47464/49428.aspx

Favorite Quote: David Korn, MD Senior Vice President for Biomedical and Health Sciences Research, Association of American Medical Colleges

“ If I was an individual from outer space and didn’t really know anything about all of this—I would say that these conversations demonize Industry”.

Several organizations prepared responses and press releases to help influence the committee including NAAMECC and the Coalition for Healthcare communications.

NAAMECC : http://www.naamecc.org/News/tabid/56/Default.aspx

Coalition for Healthcare Communications http://www.cohealthcom.org/content/library/cc/IOM_CME_Conflict_Mar08.pdf