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This week’s blog post comes from\u00a0our team members<\/a> Judith B\u00e4rfuss (Meeting Planning Manager) and Carolin Steiner (Industry Relations Manager) who participated in the\u00a0IPCAA 5th Annual Seminar on Compliance 2016<\/a>, March 7 – 9 in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

For a\u00a0Professional Conference Organiser<\/a>,\u00a0knowledge of healthcare compliance in medical education is a must in order to organise conferences in the best possible and compliant way. With this knowledge a PCO\u00a0is in a position to consult associations and to support the pharmaceutical industry at its best. And by doing so we are looking after our tasks.<\/p>\n

Related article and white paper:<\/strong> The Role of the Professional Conference Organiser (PCO)<\/a><\/p>\n

This is why we participated in the IPCAA seminar 2016 in Copenhagen to gain new insights into the world of compliance. At the beginning of the seminar compliance felt like a black whole but we came out knowing: It is a complex, highly knowledgeable and mysterious subject matter showing its continuously changing facets in multiple shades of grey. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Healthcare compliance in medical education<\/h4>\n

The perception of the pharmaceutical industry has lacked trust and confidence due to an excessive misbehaviour with health care professionals (HCPs). By introducing self regulations the pharmaceutical industry started to regain its trust and to work in an ethical way. They are supported by European and worldwide associations and organisations (e.g. EFPIA, MedTech, IFPMA) setting up guidelines and codes as a regulatory framework. Additionally, each country has its own national codes and regulations that need to be strictly followed. On top of that governmental laws and regulations were set in place to further prevent misbehaviour. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The understanding of ethical behaviour has nowadays changed as besides the pharmaceutical industry all stakeholders (i.a. HCPs, medical associations, and third parties) have a shared commitment to ethical responsibility. It is thus important for pharmaceutical companies and medical associations that the third parties (e.g. PCOs) they are working with understand the code of ethics and company codes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The seminar allowed us to get a deeper understanding of how all stakeholders interpret their ethical way of behaviour and how they implement transparency in their everyday working life. We as a PCO focussed on the practical part of how compliance is lived. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The most interesting part of the seminar was the presentation of a survey addressing the topic: Where do HCP\u2019s go for medical education? The challenges we are facing now and in the future are:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n