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Bloomberg News
Drugmakers Favor Companies for Medical Education Grants
According to an article published by Bloomberg News, the CME Coalition has raised a number of concerns with a recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on medical communications companies and continuing medical education (CME). The article notes that the CME Coalition has questioned the research in the report, and notes that researchers failed the make the important distinction between medical education companies and medical communication companies. The medical education companies represented by the CME Coalition are held to strict standards outlined by nationally recognized medical accreditation bodies designed to eliminate the potential for commercial influence in the content of science-based curricula to medical professionals.
Bloomberg News
Drugmakers Favor Companies for Medical Education Grants
According to an article published by Bloomberg News, the CME Coalition has raised a number of concerns with a recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on medical communications companies and continuing medical education (CME). The article notes that the CME Coalition has questioned the research in the report, and notes that researchers failed the make the important distinction between medical education companies and medical communication companies. The medical education companies represented by the CME Coalition are held to strict standards outlined by nationally recognized medical accreditation bodies designed to eliminate the potential for commercial influence in the content of science-based curricula to medical professionals.
Andrew Rosenberg, a senior adviser at the CME Coalition, which represents continuing medical education provider companies, questioned the report and the accompanying editorial. The work includes inaccurate and unfounded allegations about tainting continuing medical education efforts and a supposed misuse of physician data they collect, Rosenberg said in a statement.
The researchers failed to distinguish between medical education companies and medical communication companies that don’t provide continuing medical education, they ignored the statements of the CME companies that they don’t sell personal data and the report counts charitable contributions as education payments, he said.
