Registration is now open for PharmedOut's June 25th conference, "Prescription for Conflict: Should Industry Fund Continuing Medical Education?"

They intend to address the questions:
Does industry funding of CME adversely affect the educational content of CME?
If so, can commercial bias be assessed and mitigated?

Speakers include Paul Thacker, an investigator for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Edmund Pellegrino, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Ethics at GUMC, Carl Elliott, MD, PhD, a philosopher at the University of Minnesota and author of "Better than Well," Joel Lexchin, MD, University of Toronto, and several former industry insiders.

They plan to offer continuing education credits to physicians and nurses. The conference, a collaborative effort with the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Georgetown University Law Center is open to the public.

Media who wish to attend should contact Karen Mallet at
km463@georgetown.edu or 215-514-9751.

General registration information, the full agenda, and travel
information are available at http://www.pharmedout.org/conference.htm.

We hope you can attend.

Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, Director
Alicia Bell, MS, Project Manager