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A conference entitled "Does Industry Influence Medical Discourse?" will be held in Washington, D.C. on 15-16 June 2017

Organised by the non-profit group PharmedOut, the conference will include discussions on "The Future of Drug Regulation", "Pharma's Relationships with Patient Advocacy Groups" and a variety of related topics.

PharmedOut is a Georgetown University Medical Center project, directed by Adriane Fugh-Berman MD, which promotes rational prescribing and exposes unethical pharmaceutical marketing tactics.

The group will be holding a Continuing Medical Education event entitled "Does Industry Influence Medical Discourse?" on 15-16 June 2017.

Topics include:

  • Pharma's Relationships with Patient Advocacy Groups
  • Drug Costs
  • Depression Screening as Drug Promotion
  • ADHD
  • Opioid Epidemic
  • Media and Medicine
  • the Future of Drug Regulation

Speakers include:

  • Josh Sharfstein MD
  • Carl Elliott MD PhD
  • Ivan Oransky MD
  • Gary Schwitzer
  • Alan Schwarz
  • Susan Wood PhD

And the group's first "student abstract slam" will include presentations on Binge-Eating Disorder, A Model for Non-Industry-Funded CME, and more.

For details and to register: > www.pharmedout.org

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