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Clinic demonstrations, podcasts, and TV shows: Hristio Boytchev reveals how an ambitious deal between a leading medical education provider and the tobacco industry collapsed this week
The medical education provider Medscape has bowed to pressure and agreed to permanently remove a series of accredited medical education courses on smoking cessation funded by the tobacco industry giant Philip Morris International (PMI), The BMJ and The Examination have found. Medscape has acknowledged its “misjudgment” in a letter to complainants and says that it will not accept funding from any organisation affiliated with the tobacco industry in the future.
The move comes after a BMJ investigation revealed the PMI deal and widespread protests among doctors and academics in reaction to the partnership. Critics had said that the content tended to portray non-cigarette nicotine products as relatively harmless, therefore aligning with the commercial interests of PMI, which also sells e-cig ....
‘UK Healthcare Pavilion’ partners with the ‘Middle East Medical Portal’ DUBAI, 29 days ago The UK Healthcare Pavilion – the first virtual platform showcasing the very best of UK healthcare and Life Sciences – has partnered with The Middle East Medical Portal (MEMP) to both raise awareness and export UK innovation into the Middle East.
MEMP is a UK & Dubai based company that serves both UK companies with market entry services and healthcare providers and authorities in the Middle East with world class importing of innovation. MEMP has exceptional market access as it is an international CPD/CME accredited provider of medical education for healthcare professionals. ....