TSW MedShow Report

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  Regulatory Atmosphere Is Issue No. 1 at HCEA
  Minnesota has the most stringent state law concerning the kinds of gifts pharmaceutical or medical device makers can give to physicians: A manufacturer can’t spend more than $50 in one year on gifts, meals or marketing for any one individual. That law, as well as those in six other states and bills pending in four more, represented one of the most serious issues discussed during the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Assn. Annual Meeting & Exhibition June 21-24 in Salt Lake City. Read on...

• AMA Proposal on CME Funding a Threat to Shows
  Early this month, a unit of the American Medical Assn., its reference committee on amendments, gave the provisional nod to a proposed recommendation that physicians and all health care institutions should accept absolutely no funding whatsoever from the private sector to support medical education, including CME programs at tradeshows. Read on...

• Big Shows, Good; Small Shows, Not So Much
  Big, well-established health care shows are doing just fine, but small to medium-sized shows appear to be suffering as a result of the broader economic slowdown. That was the gist of the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Assn.’s state-of-the-industry report released during the HCEA Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Read on...
• Globalizing Not a Top Industry Priority
  While some major U.S.-based health care tradeshows and meetings consistently draw large numbers of international attendees, the participation of foreign health care professionals has grown just slightly during the past 10 years. What’s more, exhibitors at many health care tradeshows say they are not really prepared to adequately serve those foreign visitors anyway. Read on...

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