Life Sciences Events

19 May How do we prepare a social physically distant meeting in 2021?

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How do we prepare a social physically distant meeting in 2021? Meetings & events will be on the rise again in Q3 & Q4 of 2021 but they may look a little different. As companies and organizations prepare for the rebirth of live events, we’re...

19 Oct Meeting & Event COVID Survey Results

Posted at 12:21h in Business, business travel, Conference Planning, event planning, Life Sciences Events, Meeting Planning by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt in every area of the meetings industry. Our industry has been impacted by cancellations of conferences, events and large gatherings. And again, our industry has been impacted by the economic downturn and slow recovery from the pandemic. Infinix...

14 Oct How RxWW Navigated our First LIVE Meeting Since March:

Posted at 21:46h in Business, business travel, Conference Planning, Event Marketing, event planning, Life Sciences Events, Meeting Planning, Travel, travel hacks, travel tips, Uncategorized by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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It’s no secret that the number of live meetings have been limited since March. Though we’ve been tapping into our virtual expertise, boy had we missed live programs! We’ve had a small sliver of that excitement with a 2-part LIVE (yes, we said it…LIVE!) meeting...

16 Jul Four Top Ways Meeting Apps Boost Virtual Engagement

Posted at 21:24h in Business, business travel, Conference Planning, Event Marketing, event planning, Life Sciences Events, Meeting Planning, Presentations, Travel, Uncategorized by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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Virtual meetings are the mainstay across the globe in 2020. When people get together to exchange ideas, they’re turning to technology as the conduit for connection. Sure, there have been plenty of event planners executing virtual meetings for years but, as an industry, we’ve had...

11 Jun Higher Site Attendance and Other Benefits of Virtual Investigator Meetings

Posted at 14:30h in business travel, Conference Planning, event planning, Life Sciences Events, Meeting Planning by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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The simplest and most effective way to measure ROI for a pharmaceutical Investigator Meeting is site attendance. While live meetings bring greater potential for peer to peer learning and more productive engagement between sponsors and site attendees, virtual investigator meetings come with some unique benefits...

11 Jun How to Hybrid in the Wake of COVID-19

Posted at 14:09h in business travel, Conference Planning, Event Marketing, event planning, Life Sciences Events, Meeting Planning, Travel by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has, as we all know, hit the business events industry with unprecedented force. Around the globe, events professionals have been faced with lockdowns and health concerns forcing event cancellations from March well into the summer. As the world...

15 Feb EFPIA Rule in 2020 – “Host Country Principle” for Meal Caps

Posted at 22:40h in Life Sciences Events by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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In 2019, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Associations (EFPIA) made changes to its reporting system. EFPIA consolidated its three codes: HCP (health care personnel), PO (patient organizations) and the Disclosure code (similar to open payments in the United States), into one simplified Code. The...

05 Nov Managing Meal Caps at Offsite Dinners

Posted at 00:44h in Life Sciences Events by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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When the Sunshine/Open Payments Act went into effect in 2013, life sciences companies implemented self-imposed meal caps to be compliant. Although the actual regulations in the U.S. require only that food and beverage (F&B) offered be “reasonable” or “modest” in price, concerns about compliance perception...

27 Sep Innovative Ways to Enhance the HCP Onsite Sign-In Process

Posted at 13:42h in Life Sciences Events by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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For meeting planners, the only thing worse than long check-in lines is keeping track of manual sign-in sheets for conference sessions at a health care provider (HCP) event. With the ever-changing regulatory requirements for HCP spending, the meetings industry is tasked with providing effective (and...

17 Aug Health Care Meeting Compliance in South America: Still a Slippery Slope

Posted at 19:00h in Life Sciences Events by Lauren Dunnaway 0 Comments

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The global transparency landscape for life sciences companies seems to grow more complex each year. National governments and industry associations continue to enact, update and revise regulatory requirements. Since the U.S. Sunshine Act was enacted in 2013, the number of regulations around the world has...