Fission Communications has joined the North American Association of Medical Education and Communication Companies (NAAMECC), a professional organization with around 70 members.
Interlink provides Januvia pre-launch med ed
August 1, 2006
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Interlink Healthcare Communications will provide pre-launch medical education for Merck’s Januvia (sitagliptin), a DPP-4 inhibitor for treating type II diabetes.
CE Solution received WBE certification
August 1, 2006
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The CE Solution has received Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.
AFP and Family Practice Management experiment with live CME courses
August 1, 2006
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American Family Physician and Family Practice Management are experimenting with one-day live CME courses that use their journals’ content as a base for presenting clinical information.
Scienta Healthcare Education has hired Marcello Morgan, MD, MPH, as scientific information specialist.
Epocrates reports 200,000 CME courses completed in ’05
August 1, 2006
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Epocrates reported that nearly 200,000 CME courses were completed in 2005 for its MobileCME medical education program for handheld devices, launched last year (MM&M, April 2005).
The FDA withheld from an advisory committee data linking the anti-obesity drug orlistat to a potential cancer risk before the committee recommended its switch from prescription to OTC status, alleges an article in the Cancer Letter.