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MEDICAL EDUCATION REVIEW 2006<br />
GETTING<br />
TO GRIPS<br />
WITH<br />
GRANTS<br />
Funding procedure has replaced compliance as the<br />
biggest challenge facing providers. That said, many<br />
are reporting an increase in pharma support. Marc<br />
Iskowitz dissects MM&M’s annual review of med ed<br />
companies—plus an indispensible guide to all 147<br />
48 MM&M AUGUST 2006<br />
Providers are wrestling most with the way pharmaceutical companies<br />
have restructured their grant procedures, according to<br />
MM&M’s annual survey of medical education firms. A majority<br />
(60%) of the 68 respondents to the question this year referred to<br />
grantors’ formal mechanisms for reviewing grants as being their greatest<br />
challenge. That’s a big change from last year, when only one in 10<br />
companies cited grant-request requirements as major hurdle.<br />
“Navigating the new grant processes, which differ from company to<br />
company” was a familiar refrain among this group, whose struggles fell<br />
into three key areas: the overall review process (58%); the inconsistency<br />
between review systems (32%);and managing time lines (10%).<br />
The changing regulatory climate continues to have a vexing effect,<br />
with 19% of the 68 firms citing the grantor’s response to various rules<br />
and guidelines as their main bugaboo.<br />
The way grantors insist on separating promotional education from<br />
other activities irked others. “Med ed companies are often relegated to<br />
one project or another, and this undermines the strategic impact of a<br />
strong med ed plan,”one provider lamented.<br />
Of the 57 firms that commented on grant approval times, 82% said<br />
the process is taking longer, by anywhere from six weeks to nine<br />
months, with a mere 7% reporting shorter times. “Companies with<br />
sound grant processes are faster; those with new or developing<br />
processes are slower,”commented one respondent.<br />
Despite these inconveniences, many indicated commercial support is<br />
up. Of 56 respondents to this question, 41% reported a rise in funding.<br />
One noted sponsors “remain committed” to “cutting-edge” education.<br />
Others suggested that grantors’ unease with compliance issues may be<br />
wearing off. Still, a number continue to struggle with tighter budgets.<br />
One in four noted a decline, while 34% said funding was unchanged.<br />
As for the types of activities being funded, many firms commented<br />
on a trend toward Web-based programs developed in multiple formats,<br />
though most say live events continue to be the industry standard.<br />
All data taken from responses to open questions.Not a scientific analysis.<br />
PHOTO: CME LLC
AAF-MED<br />
660 White Plains Road, Suite 535,<br />
Tarrytown, NY 10591<br />
Phone: 914-703-6439 Fax: 914-703-6435<br />
Web: www.aafmed.com<br />
E-mail: info@aafmed.com<br />
Year founded: 1996 Employees: 5<br />
New business contact: Robert L. Curry, President<br />
Description: AAF-MED is dedicated to improving the<br />
healthcare of the public through the provision of<br />
continuing medical education to physicians, nurses<br />
and pharmacists. AAF-MED’s CME activities draw on<br />
the expertise of world-renowned teachers and<br />
educators to provide education that is superior in<br />
quality, at the cutting edge of technology, and<br />
advances the state of the art in patient care.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 33% 33%<br />
Publications 33 33<br />
Interactive 33 33<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, through 2008.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Academy for Healthcare Education, Inc<br />
330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone: 212-404-7700 Fax: 212-338-9829<br />
Web: www.ahecme.com<br />
E-mail: david.benowitz@ahecme.com<br />
Year founded: 1994 Employees: 107<br />
Parent company: Impact <strong>Group</strong> Holdings, Inc.<br />
New business contact: David Benowitz<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Impact Communications, Spectrum Healthcare<br />
Communications<br />
Description: The Academy for Healthcare Education,<br />
Inc. (AHE) is an accredited provider of CME/CE for<br />
physicians, pharmacists, and nurses. From in-depth<br />
needs assessment through rigorous outcomes<br />
assessment, AHE’s team of physician medical<br />
directors and professional educators have<br />
experience developing and delivering innovative and<br />
high-quality education addressing multiple clinical<br />
areas in live, print, and interactive media formats.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 22%<br />
Editorial 8<br />
Professional meetings 30<br />
Publications 6<br />
Audiotapes 2<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 6<br />
Internet 3<br />
Congresses 13<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, Astellas, Boehringer Ingelheim,<br />
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cardiome, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer,<br />
sanofi-aventis.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1996.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through in-house staff and<br />
strategic alliances.<br />
Accel Health<br />
220 E. 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone: 646-428-2500 Fax: 646-428-2501<br />
Web: www.accelhealth.com<br />
E-mail: carl_freis@accelhealth.com<br />
Year founded: 1999<br />
Parent company: Corbett Accel Healthcare <strong>Group</strong>, an<br />
Omnicom <strong>Group</strong> Company<br />
New business contact: Carl Freis<br />
Description: Accel Health is a full-service market<br />
moving promotional medical education and<br />
communications company. We are brand strategists<br />
specializing in relationship marketing and scientific<br />
message mastery. Accel Health specializes in<br />
advocacy development and information dissemination<br />
through live events, conference activities, consensus<br />
development, publications, and e-based<br />
communications.<br />
2006 client list: Alcon, American Heart Association, Endo<br />
Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic, NitroMed,<br />
Novartis, Ortho-Biotech, Ortho-Neutrogena, Roche, Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes.<br />
Acumentis<br />
1140 Welsh Road, Suite 110, North Wales, PA 19454<br />
Phone: 215-412-0120 Fax: 215-412-0205<br />
Web: www.acumentis.com<br />
E-mail: info@acumentis.com<br />
Year founded: 1988 Employees: 30<br />
Parent company: Sudler & Hennessey<br />
New business contact: Peggy Evans, MSN, RN<br />
Description: Independence. Innovation. Excellence.<br />
Acumentis offers traditional and unique educational<br />
formats based upon a comprehensive needs<br />
assessment. Adult learning principles, critical thinking<br />
skills, educational interventions, interactivity, and<br />
instructional design are incorporated to enhance<br />
learning and practical application of knowledge.<br />
Outcomes research studies measure the impact on<br />
learners’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior.<br />
MEDICAL EDUCATION REVIEW 2006<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 25% 30%<br />
Editorial 15<br />
Professional meetings 20<br />
Publications 25 5<br />
Video production 10<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 20 10<br />
Advisory boards 10<br />
Grand rounds 10 15<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Genentech, Novo<br />
Nordisk.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Adelphi Inc.<br />
30 Irving Place, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10003<br />
Phone: 646-602-7060 Fax: 646-602-7061<br />
Web: www.adelphigroup.com<br />
E-mail: fname.lname@adelphius.com<br />
Year founded: 1996 Employees: 36<br />
Parent company: Adelphi <strong>Group</strong> Ltd., an Omnicom<br />
<strong>Group</strong> Company<br />
New business contact: Patricia Zaffino, President<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Adelphi Communications Ltd.; Adelphi Lifelong<br />
Learning; Adelphi <strong>Group</strong> Products; Adelphi<br />
International Research; Adelphi Targis; Eden<br />
Communications; Mapi Values; Research By Design;<br />
MediCine Inc.<br />
Description: Strategic publication planning and a full<br />
range of medical education services that provide<br />
solutions to strategic communications needs.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 10% 10%<br />
Editorial 35 35<br />
Professional meetings 10 10<br />
Publications 35 35<br />
Advisory boards 10 10<br />
2006 client list: Daiichi Asubio, Novartis, Otsuka, Pfizer,<br />
Proctor & Gamble, sanofi-aventis, Schering-Plough/Millenium,<br />
Vicuron, ZLB Behring.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through Adelphi <strong>Group</strong> and<br />
parent company.<br />
Advanced Concepts Institute/<br />
University of the Sciences in<br />
Philadelphia<br />
600 S. 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104<br />
Phone: 215-596-8550/888-596-8550<br />
Fax: 215-596-8598<br />
Web: www.advancedconceptsinstitute.com<br />
E-mail: aci.info@usip.edu<br />
Year founded: 1983 Employees: 15<br />
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Parent company: University of the Sciences in<br />
Philadelphia<br />
New business contact: Beth Cavallaro<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 14%<br />
Publications 31<br />
Advisory boards 22<br />
Research 33<br />
2006 client list: Abbott Laboratories, Aetna, AstraZeneca,<br />
Barrier Therapeutics, BlueCross Blue Shield of Delaware,<br />
Current Communications, Genzyme Biosurgery,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Independence Blue Cross, Keystone Mercy<br />
Health Plan, Lilly, The Medicines Company, MDVIP, MUM I, LLC,<br />
Omnicare, sanofi-aventis, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Target.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Advanced HealthMarket Strategies<br />
150 Meadowlands Parkway<br />
Secaucus, NJ 07094-2304<br />
Phone: 201-271-6044/800-223-8978<br />
Fax: 201-430-1044<br />
Web: www.physiciansworld.com<br />
E-mail: J.Clay@ahs.thomson.com<br />
Year founded: 2000<br />
New business contact: John Clay<br />
Description: Specializes in education, communication,<br />
advocate, and advisory strategies that impact the<br />
evolving/emerging healthcare market segments to<br />
include: managed care, elder care, long-term care,<br />
hospitals, government healthcare systems and<br />
employer groups. AHS delivers clinical and economic<br />
curricula and information in support of the delivery of<br />
quality, cost effective/efficient healthcare.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiaries.<br />
Alpha & Omega Worldwide, LLC<br />
370 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873<br />
Phone: 732-356-9266 Fax: 732-748-1370<br />
Web: www.alpha-and-omega-llc.com<br />
E-mail: joann@AandOMedEd.com<br />
Year founded: 1998 Employees: 15<br />
Parent company: Core-Create, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Jo Ann Mayer, PhD<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 10% 15%<br />
Editorial 25 15<br />
Publications 25 15<br />
Advisory boards 15 15<br />
Faculty meetings 15<br />
Internet<br />
Marketing affiliate strategic<br />
10 15<br />
planning meetings 10<br />
Speakers’ bureau 15<br />
2006 client list: ConvaTec, Coria Laboratories.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through Core-Create office in<br />
London.<br />
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American Academy of CME, Inc.<br />
186 Tamarack Circle, Skillman, NJ 08558<br />
Phone: 609-921-6622 Fax: 609-921-6428<br />
Web: www.academycme.org<br />
E-mail: smoylan@academycme.org<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 5<br />
New business contact: Sondra Moylan<br />
Description: A not-for-profit accredited provider of<br />
physician, pharmacy, nursing and dietician continuing<br />
education, our goal is to partner with non-accredited<br />
medical education/communication companies and<br />
other organizations to provide certified educational<br />
activities that conform to the standards and regulations<br />
of the accrediting and government agencies.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 70% 70%<br />
Publications 15 15<br />
Audiotapes<br />
On-demand teleconference,<br />
10 10<br />
satellite broadcast 5 5<br />
2006 client list: Advanced Medical Resources; Clinical<br />
Insights, Inc.; CPE; Interactive Network for Continuing<br />
Education; Lupis Foundation; MatureHealth Communications;<br />
New Jersey OB/GYN Society; New Jersey State Department<br />
of Health and Seniro Services; Nexus Communications, Inc.;<br />
OmegaMed; OnPoint Resources; Princeton <strong>Media</strong> Associates;<br />
Scherer Clinical Communications; Zemco Medical Education.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for four years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Dieticians: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through partnerships.<br />
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences<br />
39000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270<br />
Phone: 760-773-4500 Fax: 760-773-4513<br />
Web: www.annenberg.net<br />
E-mail: pdombrowski@annenberg.net<br />
Year founded: 1982 Employees: 35<br />
New business contact: George Hurrell, Philip<br />
Dombrowski<br />
Description: Nationally accredited and non-profit<br />
provider of trusted educational programs to healthcare<br />
professionals. A leader in developing medical<br />
education that effectively utilizes live meeting, print, or<br />
technology assisted learning modalities. A pioneer in<br />
distance learning. For over 25 years, pushing the<br />
delivery of educational programs to new frontiers.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2004<br />
10%<br />
Professional meetings 40<br />
Publications 20<br />
Video production 3<br />
Audiotapes 2<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Internet<br />
Database management,<br />
5<br />
local room rental, etc. 10<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Allergan, American Liver Foundation,<br />
Astellas, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Department of Defense,<br />
Eisenhower Medical Center, Ethicon, Eyetech,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Eli Lilly, Medimmune,<br />
Novartis, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis, Scios, Teva,<br />
Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 23 years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
ApotheCom Associates LLC<br />
800 Township Line Road, Suite 100<br />
Yardley, PA 19067<br />
Phone: 215-497-8800 Fax: 215-497-8801<br />
Web: www.apothecom.com<br />
E-mail: shelley.williams@apothecom.com<br />
Year founded: 1999 Employees: 100<br />
Parent company: AXIS Healthcare<br />
Communications LLC<br />
New business contact: Shelley Williams, President;<br />
Kurt Janson, SVP, Strategic Direction; David Dunn,<br />
Managing Director<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Curatio CME Institute LLC, Fusion Medical Education<br />
LLC, Helix Medical Communications LLC<br />
Description: ApotheCom is a global medical<br />
communications company that provides strategic<br />
communications planning, advocacy development,<br />
publication planning and implementation, and medical<br />
education services to the pharmaceutical,<br />
biotechnology, and medical device industries through<br />
its offices in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and London.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through UK subsidiary, AXIS<br />
Europe, based in London.<br />
AuGenix<br />
34 Mountain Boulevard, Building C, Suite 200<br />
Warren, NJ 07059<br />
Phone: 908-222-4907 Fax: 908-222-5930<br />
Web: www.augenix.com<br />
E-mail: jhagan@augenix.com<br />
Year founded: 2005<br />
Parent company: Phoenix <strong>Group</strong> Holdings<br />
New business contact: Judy Hagan<br />
Description: AuGenix specializes in audience<br />
generation and recruitment for medical education<br />
events. Offers consultative, solution-oriented services<br />
combining traditional and innovative recruitment
MEDICAL EDUCATION REVIEW 2006<br />
techniques. Each recruitment campaign is tailored to<br />
our clients’ budget, venue and calendar requirements.<br />
We work to ensure the greatest reach, attendance<br />
and awareness for your educational offering.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Audience generation 100%<br />
Bimark Center for Medical Education<br />
One University Plaza, Suite 512<br />
Hackensack, NJ 07601<br />
Phone: 201-457-8900 Fax: 201-883-6487<br />
Web: www.bimarkcme.org<br />
E-mail: sthomas@bimarkcme.org<br />
Year founded: 2001<br />
New business contact: Sandra J. Thomas, MBA<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 30% 15%<br />
Editorial 20 25<br />
Professional meetings 10<br />
Publications 25<br />
Video production 15<br />
Audiotapes 15<br />
Interactive 25<br />
Internet 20<br />
2006 client list: Amylin-Lilly, Novartis, Reliant, sanofi-aventis,<br />
Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes<br />
Bimark M4<br />
One University Plaza, Suite 507<br />
Hackensack, NJ 07601<br />
Phone: 201-498-7222 Fax: 201-498-7227<br />
Web: www.bimarkinc.com<br />
E-mail: dyardis@bimarkinc.com<br />
Year founded: 1991 Employees: 11<br />
New business contact: Dawn Marie Yardis, SVP, Client<br />
Services<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Bimark Center for Medical Education<br />
Description: As managed market communication<br />
specialists, we combine this expertise with our<br />
evidence-based medicine experience to develop<br />
successful stakeholder advisory programs, managed<br />
markets promotional programs, and account<br />
management and sales training programs. We deliver<br />
medical content innovatively, using digital, live, and<br />
print media creatively and strategically, and are<br />
focused on exceeding customer expectations.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Editorial 5% 5%<br />
Professional meetings 5 5<br />
Publications 5 5<br />
Video production 5 10<br />
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Audiotapes 10 10<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Advisory boards 35 35<br />
Faculty meetings 10 10<br />
Investigator meetings 5 10<br />
Internet 10 10<br />
2006 client list: Eisai, Inc.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals<br />
Corporation; Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical Services;<br />
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
BioCentric, Inc.<br />
700 Collings Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08107<br />
Phone: 856-854-3500 Fax: 856-854-3600<br />
Web: www.biocentricinc.com<br />
E-mail: saly@biocentricinc.com;<br />
ashultz@biocentricinc.com<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 23<br />
New business contact: Sherine O. Aly or Andrea<br />
Kraemer Shultz, RPh, MBA<br />
Description: BioCentric, Inc. is a full-service, global<br />
medical communications company committed to<br />
educational excellence and the highest level of<br />
customer service. We support the science of<br />
medicine and optimal patient care through unique<br />
educational programs. Capabilities include:<br />
Publication Planning; Scientific Publications; Advocate<br />
Development; Promotional Initiatives; Accredited<br />
Programs; and Congress Support.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2004<br />
5.0%<br />
Professional meetings 35.0<br />
Publications 35.0<br />
Interactive 2.5<br />
Advisory boards 20.0<br />
Investigator meetings 2.5<br />
2006 client list: Abbott Laboratories; Bristol-Myers Squibb;<br />
Centocor; Cephalon, Inc.; Cytogen Corporation; diaDexus,<br />
Inc.; FUJIFILM Medical Systems; GlaxoSmithKline; Johnson &<br />
Johnson Consumer Health; Novartis Pharmaceuticals;<br />
Replidyne, Inc.; sanofi-aventis; Schering-Plough Corporation.<br />
International capabilities: Yes.<br />
BioScience Communications<br />
1500 Broadway, New York, NY 10036<br />
Phone: 212-704-4539 Fax: 212-221-5085<br />
Web: www.bioscicom.net<br />
E-mail: mark.deitch@bioscicom.net<br />
Year founded: 1995 Employees: 70<br />
Parent company: Daniel J. Edelman, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Mark Deitch, Global Managing<br />
Director<br />
Description: Full-service medical communications<br />
emphasizing personal attention with a global reach.<br />
Capabilities include: strategic publication planning and<br />
execution, thought leader and advocacy programs;<br />
meetings and events; science identity and creative;<br />
and electronic education modules.<br />
2006 client list: We work with top academic accredtiors to<br />
ensure quality and compliance.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, seamless global service<br />
through full-service BioScience/London office; other<br />
BioScience offices in Frankfort, Paris, Sydney, and Toronto.<br />
Cadent Medical Communications<br />
1701 Market Place Boulevard, Suite 350<br />
Irving, TX 75063<br />
Phone: 972-929-1900 Fax: 972-929-1901<br />
Web: www.cadentmed.com<br />
E-mail: mrickards@cadentmed.com<br />
Year founded: 1995 Employees: 25<br />
Parent company: inChord Communications<br />
New business contact: Mark Rickards, President<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
The CBCE<br />
Description: A strategically driven medical communications<br />
company with more than 100 years of clientside<br />
brand management expertise. Provides a broad<br />
range of educational and promotional services to build<br />
advocacy for pharma and biotech brands. See how to<br />
stay one beat ahead SM at www.cadentmed.com.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Editorial 5% 5%<br />
Professional meetings 15 15<br />
Publications 10 10<br />
Advisory boards 30 30<br />
Faculty meetings<br />
Strategic planning/<br />
20 20<br />
consulting 20 20<br />
2006 client list: Aerocrine, Astellas, CTI, Genentech, MGI<br />
Pharma, Millennium, NovoNordisk, Protherics, Roche,<br />
Romark, SuperGen, TAP.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through internal capabilities<br />
and parent company.<br />
Carus Clinical Communications<br />
385 Oxford Valley Road, Suite 320<br />
Yardley, PA 19067<br />
Phone: 215-493-3542 Fax: 215-321-3768<br />
E-mail: m.kohlmayer@elsevier.com<br />
Year founded: 2005<br />
Parent company: Elsevier<br />
New business contact: Mary Kohlmayer
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Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Excerpta Medica<br />
Description: Carus Clinical Communications<br />
specializes in meeting clients’ needs for<br />
comprehensive, integrated medical communications<br />
and educational programs. Supported by the<br />
unmatched depth and breadth of Elsevier’s medical<br />
publishing resources, our expertise includes strategic<br />
analysis, publication planning, key opinion leader<br />
development and collaboration, advisory boards,<br />
accredited CME/CE programs, educational meetings,<br />
interactive media, and enduring materials.<br />
Caudex Medical<br />
842 Durham Road, Suite 2, Newtown, PA 18940<br />
Phone: 215-598-3600<br />
Westway House, Elms Parage, Botley, Oxford, UK<br />
OX2 9JW<br />
Phone: 011-44-865-254300<br />
Web: www.caudex.com<br />
E-mail: tom.drake@caudex.com<br />
Year founded: 1992 Employees: 80<br />
Parent company: McCann Healthcare Worldwide<br />
New business contact: Tom Drake<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Scientific Frontiers<br />
Description: Caudex Medical is a leading international<br />
medical communications agency with a heritage of<br />
excellence based on an established, effective blend of<br />
scientific expertise and creative thinking. Passionate,<br />
precise application of our six core services —<br />
marketing and KOL development; writing and editing;<br />
publication planning; creative design; multimedia;<br />
international meetings management — produces<br />
innovative, successful client programmes.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 20%<br />
Editorial 30 20%<br />
Publications 30 60<br />
Advisory boards 10 10<br />
Internet 10 10<br />
2006 client list: GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffman-LaRoche, Sanofi-<br />
Pasteur, Serono.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary.<br />
The CBCE (The Center for Biomedical<br />
Continuing Education)<br />
1707 Market Place Boulevard, Suite 370<br />
Irving, TX 75063<br />
Phone: 214-260-9024 Fax: 214-260-0408<br />
Web: www.theCBCE.com<br />
E-mail: info@theCBCE.com<br />
Year founded: 1995 Employees: 14<br />
Parent company: inChord Communications<br />
New business contact: Shawn Shinn<br />
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Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Cadent Medical Communications<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 60% 60%<br />
Editorial 10 10<br />
Publications 15 15<br />
Faculty meetings 15 15<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Berlex, Biomira,<br />
Bristol Myers-Squibb, CTI, EMD, Genentech, Genomic Health,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Ligand, Merck, MGI Pharma, Millennium,<br />
Novartis, Ortho Biotech, OSI, Pfizer, Roche, sanofi-aventis,<br />
SuperGen, Virologic.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for five years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through internal capabilities<br />
and parent company.<br />
CCG Metamedia Inc.<br />
625 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011<br />
Phone: 212-268-2100 Fax: 212-268-2105<br />
Web: www.ccgmetamedia.com<br />
E-mail: info@ccgmetamedia.com<br />
Year founded: 1985 Employees: 85<br />
New business contact: Buzz Woods, EVP<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
CCG West<br />
Description: CCG Metamedia provides integrated<br />
medical education and pharmaceutical<br />
communications, combining high-science content<br />
expertise with exceptional new media production<br />
capabilities. From the development of strategic<br />
product platforms to live meetings and Web casts, we<br />
deliver a broad range of peer-to-peer programs to<br />
shape and communicate your key messages.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Editorial 20%<br />
Professional meetings 10<br />
Publications 5<br />
Video production 15<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 15<br />
Advisory boards 15<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Internet 10<br />
2006 client list: AstraZeneca, Forest Laboratories,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Idenix, Merck, Novartis, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer,<br />
Schering-Plough, Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, internally.<br />
The CE Solution<br />
P.O. Box 191, Carle Place, NY 11514<br />
Phone: 516-354-7469 Fax: 516-616-6177<br />
Web: www.thecesolution.com<br />
E-mail: mjgarvey@thecesolution.com Employees: 10<br />
Parent company: PDQ Communications, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Mary Jane Garvey<br />
Description: The goal of The CE Solution is to offer<br />
pharmacists and other healthcare providers current<br />
information that will improve skills necessary for<br />
optimal therapeutic outcomes and in the process<br />
assist the pharmaceutical industry in their goal to<br />
educate these professionals to improve patient care<br />
through continuing education.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 50% 50%<br />
Professional meetings 5 5<br />
Publications 30 30<br />
Audiotapes 5 5<br />
Interactive 5 5<br />
Advisory boards 5 5<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer<br />
Consumer, Endo, Fougera, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer,<br />
PharmaDerm, Sanofi, Takeda.<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
Center for Bio-Medical<br />
Communication, Inc.<br />
433 Hackensack Avenue, 9th Floor<br />
Hackensack, NJ 07090<br />
Phone: 201-342-5300 Fax: 201-342-7555<br />
Web: www.cbcbiomed.com<br />
E-mail: cmeinfo@cbcbiomed.com<br />
Year founded: 1986<br />
Parent company: Parexel International<br />
New business contact: Susan Kammerman<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
PPSI, Parexel MMS<br />
Description: ACCME accredited since 1993, and<br />
respected by physicians and faculty for our annual live<br />
programs and board reviews in infectious disease,<br />
critical care, gynecology, pediatrics, and gynecology,<br />
among others, CBC is known for exceptional industryaware<br />
CME programming. Innovative formats,<br />
thought leader access, and extensive therapeutic<br />
area expertise are CBC’s hallmarks. Whether<br />
developing and maintaining foundations, managing<br />
meetings, recruiting faculty, or producing scientific<br />
literature, CBC’s vigilance ensures success.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 50% 50%<br />
Editorial 15 15<br />
Publications 15 15<br />
Audiotapes 10 10<br />
Interactive 10 10
MEDICAL EDUCATION REVIEW 2006<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, American Herpes Foundation,<br />
Amersham, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Aventis Pasteur, Bayer,<br />
Berlex, Berlex Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, California<br />
Hospital of Orange County, Cancer Education Consortium,<br />
Eisai, Enzon, Galderma, GE Healthcare, Genzyme, Gilead,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, Ortho-<br />
Biotech, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, Roche, Schering AG, Society for<br />
Integrated Oncology (SIO), Tyho-Galileo Research<br />
Laboratories.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 12 years.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
Cerebrio<br />
220 E. 42nd Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone: 212-209-7710 Fax: 212-209-7701<br />
Web: www.corbettaccel.com<br />
E-mail: janice_gelfond@cerebrio.com<br />
Year founded: 2003 Employees: 22<br />
Parent company: Corbett Accel Healthcare <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: Janice Gelfond<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Accel Health<br />
Description: Cerebrio is solely dedicated to providing<br />
certified educational activities and independent<br />
programming. Our team of scientific experts offers<br />
unmatched clinical insights in a variety of therapeutic<br />
areas. Services include CME/CE grand rounds and<br />
dinner meetings, innovative satellite symposia, interactive<br />
e-based learning, enduring materials, slide kit<br />
development and production of independent, multisponsored<br />
initiatives created specifically to increase<br />
awareness and education for healthcare<br />
professionals. Through Pragmaton Office of Medical<br />
Education (POME), Cerebrio has an ability to offer<br />
both CME Category 1 and ACPE accreditation<br />
services in a cost efficient and timely manner. Funding<br />
sources include both pharmaceutical companies and<br />
key national medical specialty associations.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 55%<br />
Editorial 10<br />
Publications 15<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
2006 client list: Alcon, Altana, Avanir, Boehringer Ingleheim,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic, Novartis, Roche, Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 12 years.<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
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The Chatham Institute<br />
26 Main Street, Suite 350, Chatham, NJ 07928-2402<br />
Phone: 973-738-5900 Fax: 973-701-2515<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 15<br />
Parent company: Medi<strong>Media</strong> USA<br />
New business contact: John Ruvane, SVP/Exec. Dir.<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Non-accredited Medi<strong>Media</strong> USA education companies<br />
include Medi<strong>Media</strong> Education <strong>Group</strong> and Medi<strong>Media</strong><br />
Managed Care<br />
Description: An accredited provider of CME for<br />
physicians and CE for pharmacists and nurses. TCI’s<br />
mission is to assist clinicians in their goal of improved<br />
patient care through the delivery of creative, relevant<br />
CME activities that provide the most current and<br />
reliable information about the prevention, diagnosis,<br />
treatment, and management of diseases of public<br />
health importance. All activities are developed and<br />
executed with full compliance with OIG, ACCME and<br />
PhRMA guidelines.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 25% 25%<br />
Professional meetings 20 10<br />
Publications 25 25<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Interactive 10 15<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 5 5<br />
Internet 10 5<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Atlantic Health<br />
Systems, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline,<br />
Novartis, Roche, sanofi-aventis, Schering-Plough, Ther-Rx,<br />
Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, through 2008.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
Churchill Communications<br />
150 Essex Street, Suite 201, Millburn, NJ 07041<br />
Phone: 973-467-5700 Fax: 973-467-5725<br />
Web: www.churchillcommunications.com<br />
E-mail: info@churchillcommunications.com<br />
New business contact: Frank Rodino<br />
Description: A scientific communications agency<br />
focusing on Clinical Edge TM strategic communications<br />
planning, professional advocacy programs, and<br />
clinical symposia. Staff of experienced, clinicallytrained,<br />
healthcare communications professionals<br />
manages all aspects of program development and<br />
implementation including strategic positioning,<br />
program branding, opinion leader development,<br />
content creation, and meetings management. Affiliate<br />
offices in Europe and Japan for international clients.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 10% 10%<br />
Editorial 10 10<br />
Professional meetings 10 10<br />
Publications 20 20<br />
Interactive 5 5<br />
Advisory boards 20 20<br />
Faculty meetings 10 10<br />
Investigator meetings 10 10<br />
Internet 10 10<br />
2006 client list: Elan, Hospira, Physiometrix, ZLB Behring.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Clinical CONNEXION<br />
6 Terry Drive, Newtown, PA 18940<br />
Phone: 215-944-9400 Fax: 215-944-9444<br />
Web: www.clinicalconnexion.com<br />
Year founded: 1999 Employees: 40<br />
Parent company: CONNEXION Healthcare, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Amy Singer<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
XME - Excellence in Medical Education<br />
Description: Whether you need a strategic extension<br />
of your marketing or medical department or expert<br />
deployment on a project, CCX is a full-service<br />
healthcare education and communications agency<br />
with a highly experienced, dedicated team to help you<br />
meet and exceed your objectives. By creating and<br />
disseminating accurate scientific information in unique<br />
and compelling ways to improve patient health, CCX is<br />
a preeminent partner and leader in medical education<br />
and communications.<br />
Financial data:<br />
2004<br />
Worldwide $15.00 mil<br />
U.S. 12.00 mil<br />
International 3.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
5%<br />
Editorial 20<br />
Professional meetings 15<br />
Publications 20<br />
Video production 5<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Advisory boards 10<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Investigator meetings 5<br />
Internet 5<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers<br />
Squibb, Cephalon, Daiichi Sankyo, DuPuy, Eisai, Endo<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Esprit, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Genzyme,<br />
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Ligand, McNeil,<br />
Pfizer, Schering-Plough.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.
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CME LLC<br />
2801 McGaw Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614<br />
Phone: 800-993-2632 Fax: 949-250-0445<br />
Web: www.CMELLC.com<br />
E-mail: william.mino@cmellc.com<br />
Year founded: 1978 Employees: 100<br />
Parent company: CMP Medica<br />
New business contact: William Mino<br />
Description: CME LLC is a leading accredited provider<br />
of quality continuing medical education, with over 25<br />
years of experience producing lifelong learning<br />
initiatives through live meetings, congresses,<br />
publications, home study and Web learning. CME<br />
maintains a strong commitment to outcomes<br />
research, and is the sponsor of U.S. Psychiatric &<br />
Mental Health Congress, U.S. Medical Congress,<br />
Advances in Primary Care Medicine, Advances in<br />
Pediatric Medicine, and Advances in Neurology.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 15% 30%<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Professional meetings 60 30<br />
Publications 10<br />
Audiotapes 4 25<br />
Interactive 10 5<br />
Internet 5<br />
Teleconferences 1<br />
2006 client list: The list of companies for whom we have<br />
received educational grants from thus far during 2006 is:<br />
Abbott; AstraZeneca; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company;<br />
Cephalon Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Forest Pharmaceuticals<br />
Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen LP; Merck & Co. Inc.;<br />
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.; Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical<br />
Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; sanofi-aventis U.S. Inc.; Schwarz Pharma, Inc.;<br />
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc.; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals<br />
Inc.; and others.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1987.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through our parent<br />
company, CMP Medica.<br />
CME Enterprise<br />
630 W. Carmel Drive, Suite 200, Carmel, IN 46032<br />
Phone: 317-208-3600 Fax: 317-208-3650<br />
Web: www.cmeenterprise.com<br />
E-mail: dan_sloan@dwainc.com<br />
Year founded: 1994 Employees: 15<br />
New business contact: Dan Sloan, Manager of<br />
Business Development, 317-208-3678<br />
Description: CME Enterprise, the ACCME-accredited<br />
subsidiary of Deborah Wood Associates Healthcare<br />
Communications <strong>Group</strong>, produces local, national, and<br />
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international CME programs, compelling enduring<br />
materials, and multivenue series activities through<br />
extensive needs-based education linking desired<br />
results with outcomes. Our industry experts work in<br />
compliance with ACCME, AMA, FDA, AdvaMed, OIG,<br />
PhRMA, and other industry guidelines.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 58% 50%<br />
Professional meetings 27 5<br />
Publications 5 7<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 8<br />
Faculty meetings 5 5<br />
Internet 5<br />
Audioconferences 20<br />
2006 client list: University and Association partners: Indiana<br />
University School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine,<br />
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,<br />
McMahon Publishing <strong>Group</strong>, American Academy of Family<br />
Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Pain Management<br />
(AAPM), American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM),<br />
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<br />
(AAPMR), American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry<br />
(AAGP), American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE),<br />
American Association of Neuromuscular and<br />
Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), American College of<br />
Emergency Physicians (ACEP), American College of<br />
Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American College of<br />
Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), American College of<br />
Physicians (ACP), American Geriatric Society (AGS), American<br />
Osteopathic Association (AOA), American Pain Society (APS),<br />
American Psychiatric Association (APA), Anxiety Disorders<br />
Association of America (ADAA), Collegium Internationale<br />
Neuro-Psychopharmacologium (CINP), National Association of<br />
Directors of Nursing Administration (NADONA).<br />
Commercial supporters: Abraxis Oncology, Amgen,<br />
AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb-Sanofi, Boehringer<br />
Ingelheim, Eisai, Genentech, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company,<br />
Roche, sanofi-aventis, Teva Neuroscience, Wyeth<br />
Pharmaceuticals.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for four years.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary, parent company, partnership and strategic<br />
alliances.<br />
CME Outfitters, LLC<br />
2400 Research Boulevard, Suite 425<br />
Rockville, MD 20850<br />
Phone: 877-CME-PROS Fax: 240-243-1033<br />
Web: www.cmeoutfitters.com<br />
E-mail: stordoff@cmeoutfitters.com<br />
Year founded: 2002 Employees: 20<br />
New business contact: Sharon Tordoff<br />
Description: Award-winning, accreditation with<br />
commendation, multidisciplinary, unparalleled KOL<br />
relationships, independent, experienced in<br />
commercially supported CME, evidence-based, deep<br />
industry knowledge, full content development and<br />
production capabilities, expert joint sponsorship<br />
services, engaged members of accreditation<br />
community, satellite broadcasts, web casts, pod<br />
casts, audio conferences, symposia, CD-ROMs,<br />
audiotapes, videotapes, and print.<br />
2006 client list: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cephalon, Cytyc,<br />
Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Eli Lilly and Company, NPS,<br />
Otsuka, Pfizer, Solvay, Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for six years with commendation.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes.<br />
cme 2<br />
5 Paragon Drive, Montvale, NJ 07645<br />
Phone: 866-749-2632 Fax: 973-847-5234<br />
Web: www.cme-2.com<br />
E-mail: smankofsky@cme-2.com<br />
Parent company: cme 2 is a wholly owned subsidiary of<br />
Advanstar Communications Inc.<br />
New business contact: Steve Mankofsky<br />
Description: cme 2 supports the continuing education<br />
of physicians and other healthcare professionals to<br />
reinforce current standards of care, impart new<br />
knowledge and skills, disseminate information on<br />
current trends and research, and enhance the<br />
healthcare environment for clinicians and their<br />
patients. We strive to improve the quality,<br />
effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare delivery<br />
with innovative, clinically relevant, unbiased outcomesdriven<br />
medical education that achieves a minimum of<br />
Kirkpatrick level 2 metrics.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
40%<br />
Publications 32<br />
Video production 7<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 2<br />
Investigator meetings 2<br />
Internet 10<br />
Interactive audio and/or CDs 2<br />
2006 client list: Actelion, Abbott, Alcon, Allergan, Astellas,<br />
AstraZeneca, Bausch & Lomb, Berlex, Bristol-Meyers Squibb,<br />
Connectics, Esprit, Ethicon-Gynecare, Eyetech, GenenTech,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffman La-Roche, Ista, Janssen, Eli Lilly,<br />
Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Organon, Ortho McNeil, Pfizer,<br />
Pharmion, Reliant, Roche, Ross/Mead, sanofi-aventis,<br />
Sepracor, Takeda, Teva Neuroscience, UCB Pharma, Watson,<br />
Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, the programs are provided<br />
through strategic alliances.<br />
Complete Healthcare<br />
Communications, Inc.<br />
One Dickinson Drive, Chadds Ford, PA 19317<br />
Phone: 610-358-3600 Fax: 610-358-3636<br />
Web: www.CHCinc.com<br />
E-mail: Kevin.Doty@CHCinc.com<br />
Year founded: 1994 Employees: 100<br />
New business contact: Kevin Doty
Description: CHC is a quality- and service-driven<br />
strategic medical communications agency. Our<br />
commitment is delivered through focused publication<br />
planning for our healthcare clients. Key elements of a<br />
CHC publication plan typically include strategy<br />
development, key opinion leader interaction, tactical<br />
implementation and execution, and database<br />
management. Other value-added capabilities include<br />
CME, enduring materials, managed care solutions,<br />
sales training materials, graphics and Web design,<br />
and meeting management. The underpinning of all<br />
CHC offerings is sound scientific and medical writing<br />
resulting in strong content development. During the<br />
past 10 years of success, CHC has grown to<br />
represent one of the largest dedicated medical writing<br />
and editorial staffs working within the medical<br />
communications marketplace.<br />
Financial data:<br />
2005<br />
Worldwide $13.75 mil<br />
U.S. 10.00 mil<br />
International 3.75 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 5% 5%<br />
Publications 75<br />
Advisory boards 10 5<br />
Investigator meetings 10<br />
Internet 5<br />
Strategic publication<br />
planning 85 75<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cephalon,<br />
CVT, Endo Pharmaceuticals, MedImmune, Organon, Ortho-<br />
McNeil, PDL, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis, Schering-Plough, Shire,<br />
Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, CME accreditation is<br />
executed through Academic Medical Centers, partnership and<br />
strategic alliances.<br />
Complete Medical <strong>Group</strong><br />
20 Waterview Bouelvard, Parsippany, NJ 07054<br />
Phone: 973-263-1980 Fax: 973-263-3952<br />
Web: www.complete-grp.com<br />
E-mail: info@complete-grp.com<br />
Year founded: 1990 Employees: 200<br />
Parent company: McCann Healthcare Worldwide<br />
New business contact: Tim Collinson, 973-331-8355<br />
or Erika Hedden, 609-434-0630<br />
Description: The global powerhouse in medical<br />
education and communications, strategic<br />
consultancy, learning and development, regulatory<br />
writing, and market access is structured to handle<br />
both domestic and global accounts. Our offices in<br />
Parsippany, N.J. and Ewing, N.J. are seamlessly<br />
aligned with the “Complete” global presence in the<br />
UK/Europe, Canada, and Japan. This affords clients<br />
complete access to integrated medical<br />
communications capabilities for everything from local<br />
projects to global initiatives.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 22%<br />
Editorial 30<br />
Publications 30<br />
Advisory boards 8<br />
Internet 2<br />
Evidence-based medicine, health outcomes,<br />
regulatory writing 8<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Avanir, Bayer, DePuy,<br />
Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Roche,<br />
Schering, Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through integrated<br />
resourcing with Canadian, EU, and Japanese divisions.<br />
Continuing Edge<br />
99 Park Avenue, Suite 801, New York, NY 10016<br />
Phone: 212-293-2302 Fax: 212-293-2316<br />
E-mail: atornow@globaledge-us.com<br />
Year founded: 2004 Employees: 19<br />
Parent company: Global Edge, Inc.<br />
Description: Continuing Edge is the division of Global<br />
Edge, Inc. exclusively dedicated to accredited and<br />
peer-reviewed (independent) educational<br />
programming. Like Global Edge, Inc., Continuing Edge<br />
is dedicated to the rigorous development and<br />
implementation of quality medical education that best<br />
supports healthcare partnerships and solutions that<br />
improve patient outcomes. The team is comprised of<br />
seasoned pharmaceutical and scientific professionals<br />
who collectively represent the diversity of skill sets<br />
and the depth of experience required to develop and<br />
produce optimal educational programming.<br />
Continuing Edge’s clients also benefit from in-depth<br />
understanding of industry and CME rules and<br />
regulations, 11+ years of medical association<br />
partnerships that afford unique collaborations and<br />
foster new concepts in educational programming and<br />
unparalleled global expertise.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
40%<br />
Editorial 25<br />
Publications 15<br />
Audiotapes 7<br />
Interactive 5<br />
FoREMS (Fellows programs) 8<br />
2006 client list: Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck,<br />
Novartis, Roche, Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through U.S. based staff<br />
(multilinqual employees involved in global CME).<br />
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ConvenePro, LLC<br />
114 Dennis Drive, Lexington, KY 40503<br />
Phone: 859-276-0065 Fax: 859-276-0121<br />
Web: www.convenepro.com<br />
E-mail: info@convenepro.com<br />
Year founded: 2004<br />
New business contact: Jeffrey Gray, PharmD,<br />
Executive Director<br />
Description: ConvenePro offers a full-range of medical<br />
communications with extensive experience in meeting<br />
planning, roundtables, speaker trainings, advisory and<br />
consultant meetings, field force logistics, and<br />
research consortia. With a proprietary targeted<br />
attendance generation process, ConvenePro provides<br />
turnkey delivery of meeting logistics. We feature a<br />
high level of efficiency, tight budget management, and<br />
full compliance with federal and state regulations.<br />
Corexcel<br />
201 Webster Building, 3411 Silverside Road<br />
Wilmington, DE 19810<br />
Phone: 888-658-6641 Fax: 302-477-9744<br />
Web: www.corexcel.com<br />
E-mail: learn@corexcel.com<br />
Year founded: 1984 Employees: 4<br />
New business contact: Sue Bowlby<br />
Description: Corexcel develops, accredits and<br />
administers continuing medical education (CE)<br />
courses, activities, articles and publications from<br />
concept to market. Courses can be developed for<br />
nurses, clinical research personnel or anyone that<br />
may influence decisions about your products. Reach<br />
your target audience with written CE articles, online<br />
courses, workshops or seminars. We specialize in<br />
customized self-study activities across multiple<br />
platforms including print, multimedia and the Internet.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Publications 66% 70%<br />
Internet 34 30<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
CPE Communications<br />
84 Headquarters Plaza, West Tower, 6th Floor<br />
Morristown, NJ 07960<br />
Phone: 973-971-0700 Fax: 973-971-0350<br />
Web: www.cpecommunications.com<br />
E-mail: knowledge@cpeducate.com<br />
Year founded: 1985 Employees: 70<br />
Parent company: Donahoe Purohit Miller, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Mark J. Miller, President<br />
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Description: CPE Communications is a full-service<br />
medical education group that utilizes adult learning<br />
principles and interactive technology in combination<br />
with scientific/clinical expertise and accuracy to<br />
ensure the success of our clients’ programs. We apply<br />
creative and strategic solutions in the planning and<br />
implementation of educational programs that meet<br />
the needs of healthcare professionals in order to<br />
improve patient outcomes. We routinely exceed the<br />
expectations of our clients.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 25% 35%<br />
Editorial 10 2<br />
Professional meetings 5 6<br />
Publications 10<br />
Video production 5 2<br />
Audiotapes 4 4<br />
Interactive 25 5<br />
Advisory boards 10 16<br />
Grand rounds 3<br />
Faculty meetings 5 10<br />
Investigator meetings 1 1<br />
Internet 10 6<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Creative Educational Concepts, Inc.<br />
116 Dennis Drive, Lexington, KY 40503<br />
Phone: 859-260-1717 Fax: 859-276-6118<br />
Web: www.ceconcepts.net<br />
E-mail: info@ceconcepts.net<br />
Year founded: 2000<br />
New business contact: Janet Cline, RPh; Joan Fowler,<br />
PharmD; Teresa German, PharmD<br />
Description: CEC provides high-quality, comprehensive,<br />
lifelong learning opportunities for health<br />
professionals with a special emphasis towards<br />
physicians and pharmacists. Live and enduring<br />
educational activities developed by CEC are: tailored<br />
to adult learners and the target audience; high in<br />
quality with scientifically valid content; innovative with<br />
cutting-edge multimedia technology; responsive to<br />
advances in medicine and current healthcare needs;<br />
fair-balanced and unbiased; and oriented to outcomes<br />
that advance lifelong practice skills.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
50%<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Publications 5<br />
Audiotapes 15<br />
Internet 25<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Aventis, Boehringer<br />
Ingelheim, Cardinal Health, Janssen, McKesson Automation,<br />
Merck Novo Nordisk, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble,<br />
Shire, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for four years.<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
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Curatio CME Institute, LLC<br />
100 Campbell Boulevard, Suite 103<br />
Exton, PA 19341<br />
Phone: 610-363-1619 Fax: 610-363-7410<br />
Web: www.curatiocme.com<br />
E-mail: elayne.baker@curatiocme.com<br />
Year founded: 1999 Employees: 12<br />
Parent company: AXIS Healthcare<br />
Communications, LLC<br />
New business contact: Elayne Baker, V.P., Medical<br />
Education Programs<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
ApotheCom Associates LLC, Fusion Medical<br />
Education LLC, Helix Medical Communications LLC<br />
Description: Curatio CME Institute is an accredited, fullservice,<br />
medical education company. Committed to<br />
providing physicians with CME that will enable them to<br />
provide better and more cost-effective patient care,<br />
Curatio relies on leading academic physicians and<br />
scientific staff as the primary source for content for<br />
live and enduring initiatives.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2004<br />
Symposia 50%<br />
Professional meetings 5<br />
Publications 10<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
Internet 5<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genzyme,<br />
Kyowa, Ligand, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, NPS,<br />
PDL BioPharma, Pfizer, Schering-Plough.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for two and one-half years.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through UK subsidiary, AXIS<br />
Europe, based in London.<br />
The Curry Rockefeller <strong>Group</strong>, LLC<br />
660 White Plains Road, Suite 410<br />
Tarrytown, NY 10591<br />
Phone: 914-631-0019 Fax: 914-631-6158<br />
Web: www.curryrockefellergroup.com<br />
E-mail: info@curryrockefellergroup.com<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 34<br />
New business contact: Michael R. Curry/Charles A.<br />
Rockefeller<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
CRG Connect, CRG Oncology, CRG Neuroscience,<br />
CRG Publishing<br />
Description: The Curry Rockefeller <strong>Group</strong> of<br />
Companies is dedicated to thought-leader-focused<br />
medical education and is a primary source of<br />
innovative education and training for influential<br />
healthcare practitioners. CRG currently has four key<br />
divisions: Oncology, Neuroscience, Publishing, and<br />
Connect. CRG Oncology provides ground-breaking<br />
medical education programs for the oncology market<br />
and CRG Neuroscience provides pioneering medical<br />
education programs for the rapidly changing needs of<br />
both the neurology and neuro-psychiatric markets.<br />
CRG Publishing specializes in strategic publication<br />
planning, creating, and publishing of articles,<br />
handbooks, and textbooks in a variety of clinical and<br />
scientific areas; and CRG Connect provides thoughtleader-focused<br />
teleconferences and dinner meetings<br />
and develops custom reporting systems for our<br />
clients.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 6% 10%<br />
Editorial 25<br />
Professional meetings 27 5<br />
Publications 24 15<br />
Video production 2 5<br />
Audiotapes 2<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 21 20<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 3 5<br />
Investigator meetings 5<br />
Internet 3<br />
Speaker training 12<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, Inc.; Berlex Laboratories;<br />
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol-Myers<br />
Squibb Company; Cell Therapeutics, Inc.; Centocor, Inc.;<br />
Cephalon; Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Enzon<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; EpiCept Corporation; Genta,<br />
Incorporated; Genzyme Corporation; Kanisa Pharmaceuticals,<br />
Inc.; McNeil Consumer Healthcare; Medimmune, Inc.; MGI<br />
Pharma, Inc.; Novartis Corporation; Ortho Biotech Products,<br />
LP; OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;<br />
Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Watson Pharma, Inc.; Wyeth<br />
Pharmaceuticals.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Custom Learning Designs, Inc. (CLD)<br />
375 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478<br />
Phone: 617-489-1702 Fax: 617-484-0660<br />
Web: www.cldinc.com<br />
E-mail: sales@cldinc.com<br />
Year founded: 1979 Employees: 70<br />
New business contact: Eileen Mathews, Sr. Manager,<br />
Business Development<br />
2006 client list: Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific,<br />
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Eisai,<br />
Merck, Pfizer, Serono, Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes
Dannemiller Memorial Educational<br />
Foundation<br />
5711 Northwest Parkway, Suite 100<br />
San Antonio, TX 78249<br />
Phone: 210-641-8311 Fax: 210-697-9318<br />
Web: www.dannemiller.com<br />
E-mail: edd@dannemiller.com<br />
Year founded: 1984 Employees: 22<br />
New business contact: Ed Dyer, Director of CME<br />
Description: An ACCME accredited provider since<br />
1984. Multiple source needs assessments for<br />
directly and/or jointly sponsored activities in any<br />
specialty. Complete conflict of interest resolution<br />
through an external peer review process. Quality<br />
evaluation summaries provided for every activity.<br />
Outcomes studies conducted for over 90% of all<br />
activities through a proprietary outcomes process<br />
generating a 24% response rate in its initial year of<br />
operation.<br />
Financial data:<br />
2005<br />
Worldwide $35.00 mil<br />
U.S. $35.00 mil<br />
International N/A<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
30%<br />
Publications 5<br />
Interactive 20<br />
Internet 25<br />
Teleconferences/Teleweb 20<br />
2006 client list: Pfizer, Genentech, Purdue Pharma, Amgen,<br />
Ortho McNeil, Takeda, Sanofi, Allergan, Otsuka, Cephalon.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 22 years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through partnerships and<br />
strategic alliances.<br />
DiMedix<br />
34 Mountain Boulevard, Building A, Suite 201<br />
Warren, NJ 07059<br />
Phone: 908-222-4900 Fax: 908-222-4930<br />
Web: www.dimedix.com<br />
E-mail: hliston@dimedix.com<br />
Year founded: 2003 Employees: 35<br />
Parent company: Phoenix <strong>Group</strong> Holdings<br />
New business contact: Heidi Liston, PharmD<br />
Description: DIMEDIX is a medical education company<br />
programs. DIMEDIX partners with leading experts to<br />
deliver quality education that translates science into<br />
practice. Services include live events, Web-based<br />
events, and enduring material. DIMEDIX brings<br />
audience generation solutions that increases the<br />
success of live CME.<br />
DirecTeam CME, LLC<br />
811 Ayrault Road, Fairport, NY 14450<br />
Phone: 585-425-0332/800-390-5660<br />
Fax: 585-223-2601<br />
Web: www.directeamcme.com<br />
E-mail: pbolger@directeamcme.com<br />
Parent company: The Caswood <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: Patrick Bolger<br />
Description: DirecTeam CME builds audiences for live<br />
continuing medical education events. DirecTeam CME<br />
is a separate division of The Caswood <strong>Group</strong>, Inc. By<br />
using our resources, CME providers can dramatically<br />
increase their target audience while staying strictly in<br />
compliance with the ACCME and OIG Guidelines.<br />
Discovery Chicago<br />
35 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 2200, Chicago, IL 60601<br />
Phone: 312-220-1500 Fax: 312-220-1505<br />
Web: www.discoverymeded.com<br />
E-mail: greg.thompson@mededgroup.com<br />
Year founded: 1987 Employees: 107<br />
Parent company: Publicis <strong>Group</strong>e<br />
New business contact: Greg Thompson<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Discovery Institute of Medical Education, Science &<br />
Medicine, Scientific Voice<br />
Description: Discovery Chicago’s expertise centers on<br />
full-service medical education and scientific<br />
communications in the following consultative and non-<br />
CME: strategic scientific communications consulting,<br />
non-CME programming, account management,<br />
scientific and editorial services, meeting and event<br />
services, and creative services.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Editorial 15%<br />
Professional meetings 10<br />
Publications 12<br />
Audiotapes 7<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 15<br />
Faculty meetings 15<br />
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Investigator meetings 12<br />
Internet 5<br />
Strategic planning 8<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, sanofi-aventis,<br />
AMGEN, Mead Johnson.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent<br />
company/global network, internal resoucres, and<br />
partnerships.<br />
Discovery Institute of Medical<br />
Education (DIME)<br />
35 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60601<br />
Phone: 312-553-8000 Fax: 312-553-8080<br />
105 Madison Avenue, 16th Fl., New York, NY 10016<br />
Phone: 212-448-5600 Fax: 212-448-5615<br />
Web: www.DIMedEd.org<br />
E-mail: DIMEInfo@dimeded.org<br />
Year founded: 2004 Employees: 48<br />
New business contact: Don Young<br />
Description: The Discovery Institute of Medical<br />
Education (DIME) is a full-service medical education<br />
company handling only accredited programming with<br />
offices in Chicago and New York. DIME has received<br />
two-six year accreditations by the ACCME and was<br />
cited for exemplary performance. Our mission is to<br />
develop CME activities that improve patient health.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
40%<br />
Editorial 40<br />
Publications 9<br />
Audiotapes 2<br />
Interactive 2<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Internet 2<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Berlex,<br />
Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, ESP Pharma,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, sanofi-aventis, Schwarz, Talecris.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1993.<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
EDC Communications International<br />
525 Wanaque Avenue, Suite 201<br />
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442<br />
Phone: 973-616-5606 Fax: 973-616-5607<br />
Web: www.edcrg.com<br />
E-mail: jhutzel@edcrg.com<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 1<br />
New business contact: James S. Hutzel<br />
Description: The premier provider of customized<br />
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Description: The premier provider of customized<br />
physician speaker training, product launch and<br />
meeting moderation services for the medical and<br />
pharmaceutical industries. EDC trainers are<br />
communication strategists with a proven track record<br />
for helping thousands of physicians, nurses, and<br />
executive leaders improve their speaking and meeting<br />
leadership skills. The training programs offered are<br />
customized to fit audiences of all sizes, including key<br />
note presentations, small group training, and one-onone<br />
coaching. All EDC programs blend the results of<br />
the latest communication research with step-by-step<br />
techniques and practical, real world experience. The<br />
company also maintains a team of bi-lingual trainers.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Ad boards and other<br />
speaker training 100%<br />
The Eden Communications <strong>Group</strong><br />
515 Valley Street, Suite 200<br />
Maplewood, NJ 07040<br />
Phone: 973-275-6500 Fax: 973-275-9792<br />
Web: www.edencomgroup.com<br />
E-mail: eden@edencomgroup.com<br />
Year founded: 1997 Employees: 30<br />
Parent company: Adelphi <strong>Group</strong>, an Omnicom Inc.<br />
<strong>Group</strong> Company<br />
New business contact: Maggie Helmig<br />
Description: Healthcare communications agency<br />
serving the pharmaceutical industry with high-quality<br />
education programs for patients, medical<br />
professionals, and organizational customers.<br />
Extensive marketing and communication expertise in<br />
health literacy and patient advocacy focused on<br />
improving health outcomes. Specializes in programs<br />
that give providers the tools they need to become<br />
effective listeners and communicators, and patients<br />
to become active participants in their own healthcare.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 5% 5%<br />
Editorial 50 35<br />
Professional meetings 5 20<br />
Video production 5 5<br />
Interactive 10 10<br />
Advisory boards 10 10<br />
Faculty meetings 10 10<br />
Internet 5 5<br />
2006 client list: Abbott Laboratories; Berlex Laboratories,<br />
Inc.; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Novartis<br />
Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical,<br />
Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; sanofi-aventis, UCB Pharma.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
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Educational Awareness Solutions<br />
One Selleck Street, Norwalk, CT 06855<br />
Phone: 800-686-9624 Fax: 203-299-1441<br />
Web: www.educationalawarenesssolutions.com<br />
E-mail: smiller@eassuasion.com<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 24<br />
Parent company: Suasion <strong>Group</strong>, LLC<br />
New business contact: Susan Miller<br />
Description: EAS is a full-service CME provider. We<br />
bring together thought leaders, professional groups<br />
and healthcare companies to create seamless<br />
multidimensional learning experiences for medical<br />
professionals. Our educational activities encompass<br />
live events and enduring materials developed in a<br />
balanced manner by esteemed faculty. Program<br />
effectiveness is measured through leading-edge<br />
evaluation methodologies.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 35%<br />
Publications 17<br />
Internet 20<br />
Local CME dinner meetings 28<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, Merck, Pfizer, Stiefel Laboratories.<br />
International capabilities: Yes.<br />
Elsevier/International Medical News<br />
<strong>Group</strong> (IMNG)<br />
60B Columbia Road, Morristown, NJ 07960<br />
Phone: 973-290-8200 Fax: 973-290-8250<br />
Web: www.imng.com<br />
E-mail: s.reitman@elsevier.com<br />
Year founded: 1966 Employees: 123<br />
Parent company: Elsevier, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Sylvia Reitman<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Skin Disease Education Foundation, Elsevier Office of<br />
CME<br />
Description: IMNG provides continuing medical<br />
education (CME) program management from concept<br />
to delivery that helps build awareness. IMNG<br />
specializes in creating customized CME enduring<br />
materials, symposia, conferences, Web casts and<br />
other Internet packages. Enduring materials are<br />
delivered with IMNG’s highly-read medical newspapers<br />
that serve nearly 420,000 primary care and specialty<br />
physicians each month. IMNG’s Elsevier Society News<br />
<strong>Group</strong> also provides CME enduring materials that are<br />
delivered with several of its society publications.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 5% 5%<br />
Publications 75 75<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Internet 15 10<br />
2006 client list: Abbott Laboratories, Aspreva<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Chester Valley Pharmaceuticals, CollaGenex<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Ligand, Pharmaceuticals, Neutrogena,<br />
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, OrthoNeutrogena,<br />
Pfizer Inc., sanofi-aventis, Schering-Plough Corporation, Stiefel<br />
Laboratories, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, 3M<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Unilever.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, directly from IMNG and with<br />
parent company.<br />
Embryon<br />
50 Division Street, Somerville, NJ 08876<br />
Phone: 908-231-6000 Fax: 908-575-7336<br />
Web: www.embryoninc.com<br />
E-mail: info@embryoninc.com<br />
Year founded: 1996 Employees: 205<br />
Parent company: Centeon Management <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: Greg Mason, 908-231-6002<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Genesis Healthcare, Novus Communications<br />
Financial data:<br />
Worldwide<br />
2005<br />
$36.90 mil<br />
U.S. 34.40 mil<br />
International 2.50 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
5%<br />
Editorial 10<br />
Professional meetings 35<br />
Publications 15<br />
Video production 5<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Investigator meetings 5<br />
Internet 5<br />
2006 client list: Alpharma, Amylin, AstraZeneca, Baxter,<br />
Cephalon, Genentech, J & J, Novartis, Pfizer, Procter &<br />
Gamble, Reliant, sanofi-aventis, Serono, Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through internal resources.<br />
eMedicine from WebMD<br />
Web: www.emedicine.com<br />
Description: Please see the WebMD Health Network<br />
for Professionals listing.
Emeritus Educational Sciences<br />
400 Connell Drive, Suite 602<br />
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2705<br />
Phone: 908-288-0110 Fax: 908-288-0150<br />
E-mail: lisa.emusov@eesciences.com<br />
Year founded: 2000 Employees: 45<br />
Parent company: Sudler & Hennessey/Young &<br />
Rubicam Brands/WPP<br />
New business contact: Lisa Emusov<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
FCG Institute for Continuing Education (accredited);<br />
HealthAnswers; Current Medical Directions; IntraMed<br />
Educational <strong>Group</strong>; IntraMed West; Acumentis;<br />
Academic Alliances in Medical Education, Inc.; Imprint<br />
Sciences; Emeritus Educational Sciences West<br />
Description: Emeritus Educational Sciences<br />
(Emeritus) is a full-service healthcare communications<br />
company that focuses exclusively on independent and<br />
CME-certified educational initiatives that support the<br />
needs of the healthcare community. Committed to<br />
the highest standards, our excellent reputation is<br />
based on the strong, scientific acumen of our full-time<br />
medical affairs group, relationships with thought<br />
leaders, associations, and providers, as well as our<br />
logistical expertise. Emeritus Educational Sciences<br />
— giving education all it merits. Emeritus is an<br />
independent division of Precept Medical<br />
Communications, which focuses specifically on<br />
professional relations, education, and communication<br />
solutions in the healthcare community.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 35%<br />
Professional meetings 10<br />
Publications 30<br />
Video production 5<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Internet 10<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through affiliated network<br />
companies.<br />
ENA Healthcare Communications<br />
788 Shrewsbury Avenue, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724<br />
Phone: 800-229-9590<br />
Web: www.ena-inc.com<br />
E-mail: tnewland@ena-inc.com<br />
Year founded: 1997 Employees: 12<br />
Parent company: Edward Newland Associates, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Ted Newland<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
ProMed Institute<br />
Description: ENA Healthcare Communications,<br />
formerly ENA Global Medical Communications, offers<br />
complete development and implementation of<br />
branded and non-branded educational initiatives for<br />
healthcare professionals, patients, families, and<br />
caregivers. Our expertise and services include KOL<br />
and advocacy development, advisory<br />
boards/symposia/workshops, monographs,<br />
convention planning, educational and social events,<br />
speakers’ bureaus, tele/video conferencing, Web<br />
casts, peer dinner meetings, patient-focused<br />
publications, CD-ROM and Web-based learning, and<br />
health literacy services. Creating Communities TM ,<br />
ENA’s brand of patient-centric communications,<br />
emerged from years of work with chronic care<br />
therapies and specialized markets, where sensitivity<br />
and individualized patient care are what set<br />
companies and brands apart.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 25% 20%<br />
Editorial 10 10<br />
Professional meetings 15 10<br />
Publications 5<br />
Video production 5<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 10 10<br />
Advisory boards 10 15<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 10 5<br />
Investigator meetings 5 5<br />
Internet 5 10<br />
Web casts 5<br />
2006 client list: Baxter, Matria, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Wyeth,<br />
ZLB Behring.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through partnership in<br />
international agency network, ComVort.<br />
The Endocrine Society Continuing<br />
Medical Education Services<br />
8401 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 900<br />
Chevy Chase, MD 20815<br />
Phone: 301-941-0229, Fax: 301-941-0259<br />
Web: www.endo-society.org<br />
E-mail: tzumbach@endo-society.org<br />
Year founded: 1916 Employees: 12<br />
Parent company: The Endocrine Society<br />
New business contact: Teresa Zumbach<br />
Description: Continuing medical education is an<br />
important avenue to reach physicians treating<br />
endocrine disorders. The Endocrine Society provides<br />
unmatched credibility as all CMES programs are<br />
planned with the exceptional scientific standards that<br />
make the Society the premiere source for high quality<br />
education programs in the field.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1975.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
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Epocrates, Inc.<br />
1800 Gateway Drive, Ste. 300, San Mateo, CA 94404<br />
Phone: 650-227-1700<br />
Web: www.epocrates.com<br />
E-mail: meded@epocrates.com<br />
Year founded: 1998<br />
New business contact: Mark Swan<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
MobileCME (PDA and<br />
2005 2004<br />
SmartPhone) 100% 100%<br />
2006 client list: 17 different pharma companies have<br />
provided commercial support for MobileCME activities<br />
distributed on the Epocrates network.<br />
Euro RSCG Life ManagedEdge<br />
729 7th Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10019<br />
Phone: 212-287-3054 Fax: 212-287-3084<br />
Web: www.eurorscglife.com<br />
E-mail: chris.vandenburg@eurorscg.com<br />
Year founded: 1996 Employees: 10<br />
Parent company: Euro RSCG Life Worldwide<br />
New business contact: Christopher Van Denburg<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Euro RSCG Life Medical Education; Medical Education<br />
<strong>Group</strong>, LLC<br />
Description: Creates innovative managed markets<br />
business solutions that give clients a competitive<br />
edge. Provides unbeatable client support in<br />
communicating product value to formulary decision<br />
makers in order to maximize reimbursement. Core<br />
competencies include integrated managed care<br />
strategy, formulary access and pull-through, including<br />
managed markets account manager sales tools,<br />
expanded market reach, care and disease<br />
management, provider and MCO education, and<br />
managed markets training, as well as health<br />
economics and outcomes research. To further<br />
support promotional programs to and through<br />
managed markets, ManagedEdge also delivers<br />
symposia, dinner meetings, teleconferences, CD-<br />
ROMs, slide kits, publication planning, and print<br />
materials that offer comprehensive initiatives<br />
designed to motivate and educate healthcare<br />
professionals and payors.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Editorial 40% 20%<br />
Professional meetings 10 10<br />
Publications 20 20<br />
Video production 15<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Advisory boards 10 10<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
Internet 10<br />
Other 5<br />
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2006 client list: Genzyme BioSurgery, Roche Diagnostics,<br />
sanofi-aventis, McNeil Pediatrics, Endo Pharmaceuticals,<br />
Abbott Pharmaceuticals.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, accredited medical<br />
education for any professional audience is available through<br />
collaboration with the Medical Education <strong>Group</strong>, another Euro<br />
RSCG Life company.<br />
Euro RSCG Life Medical Education<br />
729 7th Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10019<br />
Phone: 212-307-7000 Fax: 212-287-3043<br />
Web: www.erlmed.com<br />
E-mail: richard.hendrixson@eurorscg.com<br />
Year founded: 1985 Employees: 10<br />
Parent company: Euro RSCG Life Worldwide<br />
New business contact: Richard Hendrixson, PhD<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Euro RSCG Life Cytocom, Medical Education<br />
<strong>Group</strong> LLC<br />
Description: Need a market-shaping strategic<br />
framework? How about a new, compelling brand<br />
lexicon to differentiate your brand? This global<br />
company develops medical education initiatives<br />
designed to maximize sales of a product in all stages<br />
using life cycle management as a guide. Tailored<br />
offerings include clinical experience programs,<br />
screening surveys, publication planning and<br />
execution, CME initiatives, patient education, and<br />
Web-based programming combined with traditional<br />
medical education ventures (i.e., symposia,<br />
teleconferences, CD-ROMs, slide kits, print materials)<br />
to offer comprehensive initiatives aimed to motivate<br />
and educate healthcare professionals. We change<br />
prescribing behavior to advance good medical<br />
practice! Two Centers of Expertise: New York City and<br />
London. URL: www.ERLMedEd.com<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through global parent<br />
company.<br />
Excerpta Medica<br />
685 Route 202/206, Bridgewater, NJ 08807<br />
Phone: 908-547-2100 Fax: 908-547-2200<br />
Web: www.excerptamedica.com<br />
E-mail: excerptamedica@elsevier.com<br />
Year founded: 1946 Employees: 150<br />
Parent company: Elsevier, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Mark Flanick<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Carus Clinical Communications<br />
Description: At Excerpta Medica we bring an<br />
experienced team of professionals from healthcare<br />
and publishing that thinks, creates and delivers<br />
strategic communication solutions in publications<br />
planning, medical communications, and medical<br />
publishing. We help our clients realize their goals by<br />
ensuring that medical professionals caring for<br />
patients have the information needed to make<br />
informed treatment decisions.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 10%<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Professional meetings 10<br />
Publications 50<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Internet 5<br />
Publication planning 10<br />
2006 client list: Alcon, AstraZeneca, Astellas, Boehringer<br />
Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, Esprit, GlaxoSmithKline, Ipsen,<br />
Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Merck Sharp & Dohme,<br />
Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Organon, Ortho Biotech, Procter &<br />
Gamble, Roche, sanofi-aventis.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 11 years through Elsevier’s<br />
Office of Continuing Medical Education.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through Excerpta Medica<br />
offices in The Netherlands and Japan.<br />
ExtendMed, Inc.<br />
(formerly ConferenceSeek)<br />
1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 410<br />
Evanston, IL 60201<br />
Phone: 847-733-8410 Fax: 847-733-8450<br />
Web: www.extendmed.com<br />
E-mail: bswann@extendmed.com<br />
Year founded: 2000<br />
New business contact: Beth Swann, VP, Business<br />
Development<br />
Description: ExtendMed, Inc. (formerly<br />
ConferenceSeek) manages online medical education<br />
events for our partners at medical education firms,<br />
pharmaceutical companies, and accreditors. We<br />
provide expert management of: live Web conferences<br />
for CME, promotional programs, speaker trainings,<br />
advisory boards, sales trainings and investigator<br />
meetings; online CME testing and certification;<br />
complete Web site customization; and<br />
marketing/registration support.<br />
2006 client list: Medical education/communications firms:<br />
Alliance Medical Communications, Ameripath, Antidote<br />
Education Co., CPE Communications, DPM Advertising, Eden<br />
Communications <strong>Group</strong>, Educational Concepts <strong>Group</strong>, Fusion<br />
Medical Education, <strong>Haymarket</strong> Medical Continuing Education,<br />
InforMEDical, Innovia, Optima, Quintiles, Ryan Mitchell, SCS<br />
Healthcare Marketing. Industry supporters: Allergan, Altana,<br />
AstraZeneca, Cephalon, CIBAVision, Dynavax, Forest, Merial,<br />
Novartis, Orqis, Ortho Biotech, Pfizer, Roche, sanofi pasteur,<br />
Solvay, Wyeth. Accreditors: AACME, Antidote Education,<br />
ASAM, Boston University, Johns Hopkins, Medical Education<br />
Collaborative, Medical Education Resources, Scepter,<br />
University of Wisconsin.<br />
International capabilities: Yes<br />
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FCG Institute for Continuing<br />
Education, LLC<br />
1140 Welsh Road, Suite 210, North Wales, PA 19454<br />
Phone: 215-412-5938 Fax: 215-412-9686<br />
Web: www.fcgint.com<br />
E-mail: wamberg@fcgint.com<br />
Year founded: 1999 Employees: 9<br />
Parent company: Sudler & Hennessey Company<br />
New business contact: Bill Amberg<br />
Description: The FCG Institute for Continuing<br />
Education (The Institute), LLC is an independent<br />
accredited provider of continuing education for<br />
physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and psychologists.<br />
The Institute’s mission is to provide healthcare<br />
providers with superior quality, scientifically rigorous,<br />
independent, and balanced educational activities that<br />
are intended to improve the quality of patient care and<br />
healthcare outcomes. The Institute’s staff consists of<br />
experienced, knowledgeable experts who understand<br />
adult learning principles, continuing professional<br />
development, and the complexities of the current<br />
regulatory environment regarding CME/CE. Extensive<br />
experience enables The Institute to bring compliance<br />
to business objectives without compromising<br />
innovation and creativity in educational programming.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 25% 20%<br />
Professional meetings 10 10<br />
Publications 2 5<br />
Audiotapes 3 5<br />
Interactive 5 10<br />
Grand rounds 10<br />
Monographs 15 10<br />
e-Learnings 30 10<br />
Teleconferences 5 10<br />
Newsletters 5 10<br />
Handheld CME 5<br />
2006 client list: We are working with most grantors from<br />
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as nonaccredited<br />
medical communication companies.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, first medical education company to<br />
receive six years accreditation from ACCME with<br />
commendations.<br />
International capabilities: Yes<br />
Fission Communications<br />
150 E. 42nd Street, 4th Floor<br />
New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone: 646-742-3600 Fax: 212-213-9156<br />
Web: www.fissioncommunications.com<br />
E-mail: michael.platt@fissioncommunications.com,<br />
mario.nacinovich@fissioncommunications.com<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 55<br />
Parent company: McCann Erickson Healthcare<br />
Worldwide<br />
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New business contact: Michael Platt, CEO or Mario<br />
Nacinovich, SVP, CCO<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Complete Medical Communications, Caudex<br />
Medical/Scientific Frontiers, The Medicine <strong>Group</strong><br />
Description: Fission Communications, a division of<br />
McCann-Erickson Healthcare Worldwide, is a global,<br />
full-service medical education and communications<br />
company. We constantly strive to find new ways to<br />
engage key target audiences and discover the ideas<br />
that will cut through to create demand. For the past<br />
five years, Fission has provided a powerful mix of<br />
strategic planning, thought-provoking content,<br />
superior publication planning, award-winning creative<br />
and logistical management. Fission is a proud<br />
member of the North American Association of<br />
Medical Education and Communication Companies.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 15% 10%<br />
Editorial 15 15<br />
Professional meetings 10 15<br />
Publications 10 10<br />
Video production 5<br />
Audiotapes 5 5<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 10 15<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 5 10<br />
Investigator meetings 5 5<br />
Internet 5 5<br />
KOL identification, development, and<br />
management, speaker training, moderating,<br />
strategic consulting 10 5<br />
2006 client list: Alcon, Altus, AstraZeneca, Barrier, Bayer,<br />
Biogen Idec, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boiron, Cadence,<br />
Cephalon, Dey, Elan, Enzon, EMD, Favrille, Genzyme, Guilford,<br />
Healthcare Marketing & Communication Council, Ligand,<br />
Merck, Organon, OrthoNeutrogena, Pfizer, ProEthic, Radical<br />
<strong>Group</strong>, sanofi-aventis, Sepracor, Torre Lazur Managed<br />
Markets.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through Fission (global),<br />
parent company, partnership, and strategic alliances.<br />
freeCME.com<br />
3525 Piedmont Road, Building Six, Suite 400<br />
Atlanta, GA 30305<br />
Phone: 866-373-3263 Fax: 800-284-3291<br />
Web: www.freecme.com<br />
E-mail: sales@freecme.com<br />
Year founded: 2004 Employees: 80<br />
New business contact: Joel Ring<br />
Description: freeCME.com is owned by American<br />
Health Consultants (AHC), one of the nation’s leading<br />
publishers of medical information. freeCME.com<br />
offers online distribution solutions for CME-certified<br />
activities to medical professionals. AHC has a strong<br />
foundation of trust and recognition within the<br />
physician community and is able to leverage these<br />
strong physician relationships to provide unique reach<br />
and exposure.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Interactive 100%<br />
CME accreditation: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
Fusion Medical Education LLC<br />
301 Edgewater Place, Suite 300<br />
Wakefield, MA 01880<br />
Phone: 781-246-6646 Fax: 781-246-2822<br />
Web: www.fusion-meded.com<br />
E-mail: kevin.flynn@fusion-meded.com<br />
Year founded: 1999 Employees: 18<br />
Parent company: AXIS Healthcare<br />
Communications LLC<br />
New business contact: Kevin Flynn, Managing Director<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Curatio CME Institute LLC, Helix Medical<br />
Communications LLC, ApotheCom Associates LLC<br />
Description: Fusion is a global medical communications<br />
company that provides strategic communications<br />
planning, publication planning and implementation,<br />
advocacy development and medical education<br />
services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and<br />
medical device industries.<br />
Financial data:<br />
2004<br />
Worldwide $7.00 mil<br />
U.S. 7.00 mil<br />
International 0.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2004<br />
Symposia 20%<br />
Publications 20<br />
Video production 5<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 20<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Investigator meetings 5<br />
Internet 10<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through UK subsidiary, AXIS<br />
Europe, based in London.<br />
Gardiner-Caldwell<br />
5 Paragon Drive, Montvale, NJ 07645-1725<br />
Phone: 201-358-7400 Fax: 201-722-2463<br />
Web: www.gcus.thomson.com<br />
E-mail: david.thompson@gcus.thomson.com<br />
Year founded: 1983 Employees: 320<br />
Parent company: Thomson Healthcare, Inc.<br />
New business contact: David Thompson<br />
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Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Advanced Healthmarket Strategies, Interphase,<br />
Physicians World, Professional Postgraduate<br />
Services, Scientific Connexions<br />
Description: Through our unique scientific credentials,<br />
Gardiner-Caldwell provides superior strategy, service,<br />
and content for medical communications programs,<br />
designed in partnership with pharmaceutical<br />
companies to enhance the education of healthcare<br />
professionals about today’s advanced medicines.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiaries.<br />
Global Edge, Inc.<br />
99 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016<br />
Phone: 212-293-2300 Fax: 212-293-2301<br />
Web: www.globaledge-us.com<br />
E-mail: jcohen@globaledge-us.com<br />
Year founded: 2000 Employees: 23<br />
New business contact: Janis Cohen<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Continuing Edge<br />
Description: Global Edge, Inc. is dedicated to the<br />
rigorous development and implementation of quality<br />
medical education that best supports healthcare<br />
partnerships and solutions that improve patient<br />
outcomes. The team is comprised of seasoned<br />
pharmaceutical and scientific professionals who<br />
collectively represent the diversity of skill sets and the<br />
depth of experience required to develop and produce<br />
optimal strategic educational programming. In<br />
addition to its strategic approach and seamless<br />
tactical implementation, Global Edge, Inc.’s clients<br />
benefit from unparalleled global expertise, in-depth<br />
understanding of industry and CME rules and<br />
regulations (U.S. and global), ìboutiqueî approach to<br />
program development and ongoing support, and 11+<br />
years of medical association partnerships that afford<br />
unique collaborations and foster new strategic<br />
concepts in educational programming.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 25% 25%<br />
Editorial 25 20<br />
Professional meetings 10<br />
Publications 15 15<br />
Audiotapes 5 7<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 15 15<br />
Investigator meetings 8<br />
Internet 5<br />
Observational studies 5<br />
2006 client list: Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck,<br />
Novartis, Roche, Somaxon, Wyeth, ZLB Behring.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through U.S.-based staff<br />
(multi-lingual employees involved in global medical education).<br />
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<strong>Haymarket</strong> Medical Continuing<br />
Education<br />
25 Philips Parkway, Suite 105, Montvale, NJ 07645<br />
Phone: 201-799-4800 Fax: 201-799-4820<br />
E-mail: david.helgans@haymarketmedical.com<br />
Year founded: 1979 Employees: 50<br />
Parent company: <strong>Haymarket</strong> <strong>Media</strong> Inc.<br />
New business contact: David Helgans<br />
Description: Over twenty years’ experience in<br />
developing medical education programming and<br />
publications. Specializing in symposia,<br />
Webcasts/teleconferences, advisory boards, and<br />
enduring materials including educational audio<br />
programming, slide kits, print supplements, and<br />
monographs.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Publications 20% 20%<br />
Audiotapes 5 10<br />
Advisory boards 15 10<br />
Web/teleconferences 15 20<br />
Print 10 15<br />
Symposia/Live 35 25<br />
Health Learning Systems<br />
402 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, NJ 07054<br />
Phone: 973-352-2000 Fax: 973-335-0143<br />
Web: www.CommonHealth.com<br />
E-mail: ssinger@commonhealth.com<br />
Year founded: 1971<br />
Parent company: CommonHealth<br />
New business contact: Stacey Singer, President<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
ProCom International<br />
Description: HLS turns learning into a science, using<br />
learning theory to educate physicians. The core of<br />
HLS’ pioneering efforts in medical education is<br />
thorough understanding of the current science driving<br />
how physicians diagnose and treat, and an<br />
understanding of the market systems influencing<br />
decision making. For over three decades, HLS has<br />
used that understanding to produce innovative,<br />
attitude-changing results.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 4.3%<br />
Editorial 16<br />
Professional meetings 10.8<br />
Publications 5.7<br />
Video production 1.4<br />
Audiotapes 1.2<br />
Advisory boards 12.7<br />
Grand rounds 1.2<br />
Faculty meetings 9.6<br />
Investigator meetings 1.9<br />
Internet 4.1<br />
Other 30.9<br />
2006 client list: Allergan, AstraZeneca, Boehringer<br />
Ingelheim/Pfizer/Serono, ConvaTec, Daiichi, Ethicon, INO<br />
Therapeutics, Johnson & Johnson, Ortho-Biotech, Ortho-<br />
McNeil Neurologics, PGSM, Roche, Schering-Plough, Shire.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
Health Science Center for Continuing<br />
Medical Education<br />
711 Third Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone: 212-849-7700 Fax: 212-849-7710<br />
Web: www.hsccme.com<br />
E-mail: prubinstein@health-ny.com<br />
Year founded: 1998 Employees: 120<br />
Parent company: Omnicom<br />
New business contact: Pesha Rubinstein<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 15%<br />
Editorial 15<br />
Publications 5<br />
Video production 5<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Grand rounds 20<br />
Faculty meetings 15<br />
Internet 5<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1998.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, in-house.<br />
Health Science Communications, Inc.<br />
711 Third Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone: 212-849-7900 Fax: 800-873-5393<br />
Web: www.hsci.com<br />
E-mail: ddubois@health-ny.com<br />
Year founded: 1988 Employees: 150<br />
Parent company: Omnicom <strong>Group</strong>/Diversified Agency<br />
Services/Healthcare Consultancy <strong>Group</strong> (HCG)<br />
New business contact: Delphine Dubois, MD<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
20%<br />
Editorial 10<br />
Publications 10<br />
Video production 2<br />
Audiotapes 3<br />
Interactive 15<br />
Advisory boards 10<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
Internet<br />
Message development,<br />
10<br />
branding 10<br />
2006 client list: Biotech and pharmaceutical companies.<br />
International capabilities: Yes<br />
MEDICAL EDUCATION REVIEW 2006<br />
Helix Medical Communications LLC<br />
1400 Fashion Island Boulevard, Suite 400<br />
San Mateo, CA 94404<br />
Phone: 650-357-8600 Fax: 650-357-8602<br />
Web: www.helix-medcom.com<br />
E-mail: donna.schroeder@helix-medcom.com<br />
Year founded: 1999 Employees: 75<br />
Parent company: AXIS Healthcare<br />
Communications LLC<br />
New business contact: Donna Schroeder, President<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Curatio CME Institute LLC, Fusion Medical Education<br />
LLC, ApotheCom Associates LLC<br />
Description: Helix is a global medical communications<br />
company that provides strategic communications<br />
planning, publication planning and implementation,<br />
advocacy development and medical education<br />
services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and<br />
medical device industries through its offices in San<br />
Francisco and San Diego, CA; Bridgewater, NJ;<br />
Seattle, WA; and London, England.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 10% 25%<br />
Editorial 10<br />
Publications 40 40<br />
Interactive 10 10<br />
Advisory boards 10 10<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Investigator meetings 10 10<br />
Internet 5<br />
Publication planning 10<br />
2006 client list: CancerVax Corporation; Centocor, Inc.;<br />
Genentech, Inc.; Genomic Health Inc.; Idenix; ImClone<br />
Systems Inc.; Janssen Pharmaceutical Products L.P.;<br />
LifeScan, Inc.; McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceutical;<br />
National Oncology Alliance; Novartis; Novo Nordisk<br />
Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Sanofi-Synthelabo; Schering-<br />
Plough; TAP Pharmaceuticals; Tibotec Therapeutics (a division<br />
of Ortho Biotech Products L.P.); Novacea; AstraZeneca;<br />
Wyeth; Serono.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through our UK office, Helix<br />
Europe, based in London.<br />
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STI IME Innovations<br />
505 Morris Avenue, Third Floor,<br />
Springfield, NJ 07081<br />
Phone: 973-376-5655 Fax: 973-376-0611<br />
Web: www.stimedinfo.com<br />
Year founded: 1985 Employees: 10<br />
Parent company: Scientific Therapeutics<br />
Information, Inc.<br />
New business contact: John A. Romankiewicz, PharmD<br />
Description: STI IME Innovations excels in providing<br />
independent and continuing education services.<br />
These consist of live programs and enduring<br />
materials, including content development, faculty<br />
recruitment, program promotion, logistics<br />
management, and outcomes measurements. Our<br />
product offerings include scientific symposia,<br />
Web/tele/audioconferences, supplements,<br />
monographs, newsletters, slide kits, and fellows’ and<br />
young investigators’ conferences.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
IMED Communications<br />
518 Route 513, Califon, NJ 07830<br />
Phone: 908-832-4156 Fax: 908-832-9083<br />
Year founded: 1996<br />
Parent company: Ascend <strong>Media</strong><br />
New business contact: Donna Calvani,<br />
dcalvani@ascendmedia.com, 908-832-4182<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
SynerMed Communications<br />
Description: IMED Communications produces highly<br />
credible and scientifically vigorous medical education<br />
initiatives. These initiatives are intended to<br />
disseminate current, clinically relevant information<br />
designed to enhance the clinician’s clinical practice to<br />
effect positive behavior change for improved disease<br />
management and outcomes. IMED maintains<br />
excellent relationships with faculty, universities, and<br />
medical organizations.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 12.3%<br />
Editorial 3<br />
Publications 64.1<br />
Interactive 0.7<br />
Advisory boards 4.2<br />
Faculty meetings 10.3<br />
Teleconference, slide kits 5.5<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Imedex, Inc.<br />
4325 Alexander Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30022<br />
Phone: 770-751-7332 Fax: 770-751-7334<br />
Web: www.imedex.com<br />
E-mail: meetings@imedex.com<br />
Year founded: 1985 Employees: 50+<br />
Parent company: AmerisourceBergen Specialty <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: Anne Rojas, a.rojas<br />
Description: Providing the best in accredited,<br />
independent continuing medical education for 20<br />
years. We develop high quality, scientific programs<br />
that translate the latest research into clinically relevant<br />
information. The programs have a proven sustained<br />
impact on disease management, exceptional<br />
organization and outstanding educational value.<br />
Financial data:<br />
Worldwide<br />
2004<br />
$13.50 mil<br />
U.S. 8.78 mil<br />
International 4.73 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
10%<br />
Professional meetings 75<br />
Publications 5<br />
Video production 2<br />
Audiotapes 2<br />
Interactive 2<br />
Investigator meetings 2<br />
Internet 1<br />
Fundraising 1<br />
2006 client list: Imedex has worked with more than 100<br />
pharmaceutical and biotech companies.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 13 years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, directly through Imedex.<br />
Impact Communications<br />
330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone: 212-490-2300 Fax: 212-338-9827<br />
Web: www.impactmeded.com<br />
E-mail: barbara.keane@impactmeded.com<br />
Year founded: 1969 Employees: 100<br />
Parent company: Impact <strong>Group</strong> Holdings, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Barbara Keane<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Spectrum Healthcare Communications, Academy for<br />
Healthcare Education<br />
Description: Impact Communications provides<br />
seamless development and execution of educational<br />
programs for healthcare professionals in a wide<br />
variety of formats. Activities include speaker<br />
development, investigator meetings, advisory board<br />
meetings, consultants meetings, dinner series<br />
meetings, and faculty training meetings. Enduring<br />
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materials include publications, slide kits, Web sites,<br />
and CD-ROMS. Impact’s staff of full-time medical<br />
directors and account managers demonstrate a<br />
commitment to quality educational content. This staff<br />
is supported by a full-time staff of editors, art directors<br />
and slide developers, as well as a meetings division<br />
including 51 meetings service professionals who work<br />
on national, regional, and local meetings.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 20%<br />
Editorial 25% 12<br />
Professional meetings 5 13<br />
Publications 8<br />
Audiotapes 3 7<br />
Advisory boards 21 8<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 22 10<br />
Investigator meetings 8 3<br />
Internet 2 5<br />
Congresses 9<br />
Audioconferences, consulting/<br />
management 14<br />
2006 client list: AccuMetrics, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Astellas,<br />
Pfizer.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary.<br />
Imprint Science<br />
(formerly IntraMed Scientific Solutions)<br />
230 Park Avenue South, 10th Floor<br />
New York, NY 10003<br />
Phone: 212-614-5111 Fax: 212-598-5677<br />
Web: www.imprintscience.com<br />
E-mail: jeanne.cloppse@imprintscience.com<br />
Year founded: 2003 Employees: 20<br />
Parent company: Sudler & Hennessey<br />
New business contact: Jeanne Cloppse<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
IntraMed Educational <strong>Group</strong>, IntraMed West, Precept<br />
Medical Communications, Emeritus, Current Medical<br />
Directions, Acumentis<br />
Description: Imprint Science creates independent and<br />
CME-accredited programs to fill the educational needs<br />
of the healthcare community. Imprint Science<br />
collaborates with CME providers, leading medical<br />
educators and top institutions to develop innovative<br />
programs. These include national, regional, local, and<br />
satellite symposia, roundtables, dinner meetings,<br />
congress courses, Web casts, monographs,<br />
supplements, case studies, and interactive CD-ROMs.<br />
2006 client list: Allergan, AstraZeneca, Berlex, Biogen,<br />
Cyberonics, Forest Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Guidant,<br />
Roche.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary.<br />
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INNOVIA Education Institute, LLC<br />
9722 Patuxent Woods Drive, Columbia, MD 21046<br />
Phone: 410-312-3606 Fax: 410-715-9195<br />
Web: www.InnoviaEducation.com<br />
E-mail: smooney@innoviaeducation.com<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 23<br />
Parent company: Columbia MedCom <strong>Group</strong>, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Sarah Mooney<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Medicalliance, Inc.<br />
Description: Continuing medical education programs<br />
contribute to healthcare professionals’ ability to<br />
improve patient care. At INNOVIA, we blend highcaliber,<br />
cutting-edge science with strategic marketing<br />
to deliver programs that engage, educate, and<br />
motivate healthcare professionals. Unique, credible,<br />
and scientifically rigorous. That’s the INNOVIA<br />
difference.<br />
Financial data:<br />
Worldwide<br />
2005<br />
$4.20 mil<br />
U.S. 4.20 mil<br />
International 0.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
70%<br />
Publications 5<br />
Audiotapes 15<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Internet 5<br />
2006 client list: AstraZeneca, sanofi-aventis, Bristol-Myers<br />
Squibb, Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals, EMD<br />
Pharmaceuticals.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for five years.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, directly.<br />
inRx LLC<br />
One South Broad Street, 20th Floor<br />
Philadelphia, PA 19107<br />
Phone: 267-765-5970 Fax: 888-337-1326<br />
Web: www.inrx.com<br />
E-mail: inrx@inrx.com<br />
Year founded: 2004 Employees: 12<br />
Parent company: Dorland Global Corporation<br />
New business contact: Mark Christmyer, Managing<br />
Director<br />
Description: With core competencies in educational<br />
content development, project direction, clinical<br />
communications and professional relationship<br />
management, inRx Medical Education provides a<br />
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broad range of clinical, educational, Continuing<br />
Medical Education (CME) and third-party initiatives.<br />
Our staff of physicians, scientists and associated<br />
healthcare and education professionals is well<br />
positioned to conceive, develop and implement<br />
programs across a diverse range of medical, and<br />
surgical specialties. inRx expertise includes live<br />
events (symposia, investigator and advisory board<br />
meetings, grand rounds, roundtables, web casts),<br />
enduring materials (monographs, proceedings,<br />
newsletters, CD-ROMs, Internet programs) and clinical<br />
communications/publications (articles, supplements,<br />
abstracts, posters, podiums, etc.). inRx LLC is a<br />
wholly-owned subsidiary of Dorland Global<br />
Corporation.<br />
Financial data:<br />
2004<br />
Worldwide $4.00 mil<br />
U.S. 3.00 mil<br />
International 1.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 20% 20%<br />
Editorial 20 20<br />
Professional meetings 10 10<br />
Publications 15 15<br />
Video production 5 5<br />
Audiotapes 5 5<br />
Advisory boards 15 15<br />
Grand rounds 10 10<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through inRx Medical<br />
Education partnerships and strategic alliances.<br />
Insight Exchange<br />
156 W. Saddle River Road, Saddle River, NJ 07458<br />
Phone: 201-934-7770 Fax: 201-934-5775<br />
Web: www.insightexchange.com<br />
E-mail: jack.davis@groupdca.com<br />
Year founded: 2000 Employees: 25<br />
Parent company: <strong>Group</strong> DCA<br />
New business contact: Jack Davis<br />
Description: eCME is here! Insight Exchange’s Active<br />
CME programs are the next generation in online<br />
medical education. Using approaches to online<br />
learning pioneered by DCA, Insight Exchange’s CME<br />
programs take existing content and bring it to life<br />
online. Insight Exchange’s interactive CME programs<br />
provide participants with a richer, more engaging<br />
experience that facilitates learning in an interesting<br />
and enjoyable manner.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Online CME and KOL<br />
programs 100% 100%<br />
2006 client list: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, Johnson &<br />
Johnson, Novartis, Roche, Schering.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Institute for Continuing Healthcare<br />
Education, Inc.<br />
601 Walnut Street, Suite 275-W<br />
Philadelphia, PA 19106<br />
Phone: 215-446-8808 Fax: 215-592-9085<br />
Web: www.iche.edu<br />
E-mail: education@iche.edu<br />
Year founded: 1986<br />
Parent company: Vox Medica, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Dyan Bryson<br />
Description: The Institute for Continuing Healthcare<br />
Education is a model continuing education provider for<br />
physicians, pharmacists, nurses, allied healthcare<br />
professionals, and patients. Our high-quality,<br />
scientifically rigorous education offerings aim to<br />
enhance patient care, impact professional practice,<br />
and improve healthcare outcomes. As identified by<br />
our needs assessment and educational gap analysis<br />
process, activities are strategically developed to<br />
integrate education with the individual needs of the<br />
learner. Communication channels include but are not<br />
limited to national symposia, regional meetings, grand<br />
rounds, evening seminars, lecture series,<br />
teleconferences, CD-ROMS, Web, monographs,<br />
newsletters, and certified literature carriers. The<br />
educational and behavioral impact of all initiatives is<br />
measured by a multilevel outcomes measurement<br />
program.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
40%<br />
Publications 10<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Grand rounds 20<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
Internet 10<br />
2006 client list: Abbott Laboratories, Allergan, ALTANA,<br />
Amylin, Amylin-Lilly, Baxter, Biogen Idec, Centers for Disease<br />
Control and Prevention (CDC), International Myeloma<br />
Foundation, LifeScan, Roche Laboratories, Schering-Plough,<br />
Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 14 years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
Institute for Postgraduate Healthcare<br />
Education, LLC<br />
1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003<br />
Phone: 973-954-9300 Fax: 973-954-9302<br />
E-mail: ccolatriano@iphealthed.com;<br />
spanetta@iphealthed.com; hwood@iphealthed.com;<br />
twaerness@iphealthed.com<br />
Year founded: 2006 Employees: 15<br />
Parent company: Jobson Medical Information, LLC
New business contact: Susan Panetta, Heather Wood,<br />
Trond Waerness, Chris Colatriano<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, DesignWrite LLC,<br />
International Center for Postgraduate Medical<br />
Education<br />
Description: Through our medical education division,<br />
we provide full-service, multimedia capabilities to our<br />
portfolio of healthcare clients. We conduct live<br />
meetings, both domestic and international, and<br />
produce educational material available in print,<br />
audio/video, CD-ROM and online. In addition, through<br />
our parent company, we can provide accredited CME<br />
activities for physicians, physician assistants, nurses,<br />
nurse practitioners and pharmacists.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 15% 15%<br />
Professional meetings 15 15<br />
Publications 45 45<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Interactive 10 10<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Internet 10<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Altana, B-I, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Shire,<br />
Teva, Takeda, Forest, Becton Dikinson, Amgen, Novo Nordisk,<br />
Merck, Lifescan, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter & Gamble, Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1997.<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
International Center for Postgraduate<br />
Medical Education (ICPME)<br />
179 Graham Road, Suite E, Ithaca, NY 14850<br />
Phone: 607-257-5860 Fax: 607-257-5891<br />
Web: www.icpmed.com<br />
New business contact: Lisa Schleelein, MEd, V.P., ext.<br />
16, lschleelein@icpmed.com; Vickie Phoenix, Assoc.<br />
Dir., CME, ext. 13, vphoenix@icpmed.com; Tracey<br />
Becken Sherwood, CME Documentation and<br />
Compliance, ext. 15, tsherwood@icpmed.com<br />
Description: ICPME has provided independent, quality<br />
continuing education for physicians and other<br />
healthcare professionals since 1997; the goal being<br />
improved medical care for patients and their<br />
communities. ICPME is accredited by the<br />
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical<br />
Education, the American Council for Pharmacy<br />
Education, and is approved as a provider of<br />
continuing education in nursing. ICPME has special<br />
educational expertise in the field of radiology. The<br />
ultimate goal of all ICPME programs is unbiased,<br />
relevant quality education, planned and produced to<br />
ensure compliance with the agencies and policies that<br />
govern the CME enterprise.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1997.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International Meetings & Science<br />
1010 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901<br />
Phone: 203-905-1200 Fax: 203-905-1225<br />
Web: www.aboutimsci.com<br />
E-mail: bblasso@mtgsci.com; dstewart@mtgsci.com<br />
Year founded: 1998 Employees: 70<br />
Parent company: Grey Healthcare <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: Donald Stewart<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
CME Scholar, Phase Five Communications, Summit<br />
Grey, DarwinGrey, Grey Healthcare <strong>Group</strong>, Insight<br />
Medical Communications<br />
Description: IMsci is a full-service medical<br />
communications agency specializing in advocacy<br />
development, speaker bureaus and innovative<br />
learning systems. Renowned Opinion Leader Registry<br />
(OLR) program identifies thought leaders, monitors<br />
positions, and individualizes communications<br />
programs. HyperCD combines CD and Internet. Sister<br />
division CME Scholar is ACCME-certified. Seventy-plus<br />
staff includes M.D.s and Ph.D.s to ensure scientific<br />
rigor and educational effectiveness.<br />
2006 client list: Allergan, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Eisai,<br />
Encysive, Esprit, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Merck<br />
Vaccines (MVD), Par Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Sucampo,<br />
Takeda.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes<br />
Interphase<br />
5 Paragon Drive, Montvale, NJ 07645-1725<br />
Phone: 201-358-7550 Fax: 201-722-2698<br />
E-mail: Kathleen.Marley-<br />
Matts@interphase.thomson.com<br />
Year founded: 2003<br />
New business contact: Kathleen Marley-Matts<br />
Description: Interphase is a full-service company<br />
dedicated to delivering timely, academically rigorous<br />
continuing medical education activities. Our goal is<br />
your goal: a well fashioned, well executed, and well<br />
received program that meets the needs of faculty and<br />
attendees. Together, we at Interphase, are dedicated<br />
to enriching the medical education experience.<br />
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IntraMed Educational <strong>Group</strong><br />
230 Park Avenue South, 10th Floor<br />
New York, NY 10003<br />
Phone: 212-614-3800 Fax: 212-598-6978<br />
Web: www.intramedgroup.com<br />
E-mail: ruben_gutierrez@intramedgroup.com<br />
Year founded: 1973 Employees: 115<br />
Parent company: Sudler & Hennessey<br />
New business contact: Ruben Gutierrez, Jo-Anne<br />
Callahan<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Imprint Science, Acumentis<br />
Description: Specializes in developing and managing<br />
strategically aligned educational programs as well as<br />
market development and opinion leader development<br />
programs for healthcare professionals, patients,<br />
families of patients, and other caregivers. Programs<br />
cover a broad range of media and communication<br />
techniques, including print, audiovisual, live meetings,<br />
and interactive learning.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 20% 20%<br />
Editorial 11 11<br />
Professional meetings 10 10<br />
Publications 15 15<br />
Video production 2 2<br />
Audiotapes 2 2<br />
Interactive 10 10<br />
Advisory boards 10 10<br />
Grand rounds 5 5<br />
Faculty meetings 5 5<br />
Investigator meetings 2 2<br />
Internet 15 15<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Berlex, Cephalon,<br />
Cyberonics, Daiichi, Forest Laboratories, Genentech,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, TAP Pharmaceutical<br />
Products, Vasogen.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary.<br />
i3DLN<br />
180 Regent Court, State College, PA 16801<br />
Phone: 814-321-9353 Fax: 814-321-9347<br />
Web: www.i3dln.com<br />
E-mail: sandra.weaver@i3dln.com<br />
Year founded: 1996 Employees: 50<br />
Parent company: Ingenix<br />
New business contact: Sandra Weaver<br />
Financial data:<br />
2005<br />
Worldwide $$13.00 mil<br />
U.S. $13.00 mil<br />
International $ 0.00 mil<br />
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U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
25%<br />
Video production 25<br />
Audiotapes 25<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Live TV 25<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb,<br />
Celgene, Eli Lilly, Roche, Sanofi, Scios, Shire, Takeda, Wyeth.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for four years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
L&M Healthcare Communications<br />
1906 Westfield Avenue, Suite C<br />
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076<br />
Phone: 908-322-2626 Fax: 908-322-2642<br />
Web: www.LMHCare.com<br />
E-mail: Adam.Margolis@LMHcare.com<br />
Year founded: 2005 Employees: 8<br />
New business contact: Adam Margolis<br />
Description: L&M is a full-service medical education<br />
and communications agency specializing in developing<br />
highly strategic and medically accurate programs<br />
for pharmaceutical, biotech and device companies.<br />
Our highly experienced staff has partnered with clients<br />
in an array of specialties, including neuroscience,<br />
dermatology, wound healing, gastrointestinal disease,<br />
autoimmune diseases, and many others.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
5%<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Professional meetings 25<br />
Publications 10<br />
Advisory boards 25<br />
Internet 10<br />
Other 20<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Lippincott CME Institute, Inc.<br />
770 Township Line Road, Suite 300<br />
Yardley, PA 19067<br />
Phone: 267-757-3533 Fax: 267-757-0651<br />
Web: www.lww.com<br />
E-mail: Jay.Magrann@wolterskluwer.com<br />
Year founded: 2006<br />
Parent company: A subsidiary company of Wolters<br />
Kluwer Health<br />
New business contact: James T. Magrann<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
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Adis International, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins<br />
Description: LCMEI is the recently incorporated<br />
subsidiary company of Wolters Kluwer Health, one of<br />
the largest health publishing companies in the world.<br />
LCMEI is accredited to provide medicine and<br />
pharmacy CE programs, as well as nursing CE<br />
through WKH’s Lippincott Williams & Wilkins brand.<br />
LCMEI offers complete accreditation services for jointand<br />
co-sponsored CE activities across all platforms —<br />
journal supplements, monographs, article and<br />
textbook chapter reprints, satellite symposia,<br />
Internet, journals, newsletters, and electronic media.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 5%<br />
Publications 80<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Internet 10<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1993.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company,<br />
partnership, and strategic alliances.<br />
MBL Communications, Inc.<br />
333 Hudson Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10013<br />
Phone: 212-328-0800 Fax: 212-328-0600<br />
Web: www.mblcommunications.com<br />
E-mail: DLB@mblcommunications.com<br />
Year founded: 1994 Employees: 21<br />
New business contact: Darren Brodeur, CEO &<br />
Publisher<br />
Description: MBL Communications, Inc. publishes the<br />
monthly journals Primary Psychiatry and CNS<br />
Spectrums, as well as Psychiatry Weekly, a weekly<br />
psychiatric news service. With its accredited partner,<br />
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, MBL develops CME<br />
programs in the CNS market including HyperCDs,<br />
monograph supplements, CD-ROM multimedia<br />
programs, pod casts, and Web-based programs.<br />
Financial data:<br />
Worldwide<br />
2005<br />
$1.58 mil<br />
U.S. 1.58 mil<br />
International 0.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Publications<br />
2005<br />
70%<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 20<br />
Internet 5<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, GlaxoSmithKline, Jazz<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, Myriad, Ortho-McNeil Janssen,<br />
Pfizer, Roche, sanofi-aventis.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through U.S.-based<br />
accreditor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and European<br />
accreditor, EACIC.<br />
MEBN<br />
6 Partridge Lane, Londonderry, NH 03053<br />
Phone: 603-432-7099 Fax: 413-638-9953<br />
Web: www.mebn.net<br />
E-mail: ContactUs@mebn.net<br />
Year founded: 1998 Employees: 12<br />
New business contact: Susan Specht<br />
Description: MEBN’s mission is to change the way<br />
healthcare learns. Through its signature publications<br />
CME-TODAY TM , CE-TODAY TM and GME-TODAY TM , MEBN<br />
delivers peer-reviewed medical education that enables<br />
busy clinicians to improve performance and patient<br />
health outcomes. MEBN’s expertise is blending the<br />
latest technology with proven adult learning models to<br />
translate evidence-based medicine into clinical<br />
practice.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Publications 25% 25%<br />
Audiotapes 25 25<br />
Interactive<br />
Live Web/Teleconference<br />
25 25<br />
events 25 25<br />
2006 client list: All major pharmaceutical and biotechnology<br />
companies.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
Medical Communications <strong>Media</strong>, Inc.<br />
2288 Second Street Pike, Wrightstown, PA 18940<br />
Phone: 215-598-9100 Fax: 215-598-9108<br />
Web: www.medcommedia.com<br />
E-mail: willard@medcommedia.com<br />
Year founded: 1995 Employees: 24<br />
New business contact: David Willard<br />
Description: Medical Communications <strong>Media</strong> is a fullservice<br />
healthcare communications company that has<br />
built its reputation on innovation and medical<br />
association partnerships. MCM has demonstrated<br />
particular strength in the primary care, senior care,<br />
managed care and oncology market places including<br />
partnerships with key associations such as AANP,<br />
AAPA, NAMCP, ASCP and NADONA.<br />
Financial data:<br />
2005<br />
Worldwide $6.30 mil
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 17%<br />
Editorial 2<br />
Professional meetings 17<br />
Publications 8<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 13<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 2<br />
Internet 8<br />
Distance learning (Web,<br />
audioconference) 23<br />
2006 client list: AstraZeneca, Forest, Roche, Takeda, Pfizer,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Ortho Biotech, Veridex, Medtronic Diabetes,<br />
EMMES Corp., Schering-Plough, Bristol-Myers Squibb, sanofiaventis.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Medical Education Collaborative, Inc.<br />
651 Corporate Circle, Suite 104, Golden, CO 80401<br />
Phone: 866-420-3252 Fax: 303-420-3252<br />
Web: www.meccme.org<br />
E-mail: inquire@meccme.org<br />
Year founded: 1988 Employees: 12<br />
New business contact: Annika Gill-Ladd, Darren Fogel<br />
Description: MEC is a not-for-profit, independent<br />
accreditation services and certification organization<br />
established in 1988. Our efficient procedures and<br />
multiple accreditations — including ACCME, ANCC,<br />
ACPE and other boards — guarantee compliance,<br />
quick response, and cost effectiveness.<br />
Financial data:<br />
2005<br />
Worldwide $1.50 mil<br />
U.S. 1.50 mil<br />
International 0.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Joint sponsorship of CME/<br />
CE activities 100%<br />
2006 client list: Medical education organizations, U.S. and<br />
international professional associations, universities,<br />
healthcare providers, publishing companies.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since 1988.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through partnership.<br />
Medical Education <strong>Group</strong> LLC<br />
7 Neshaminy Interplex, Suite 411<br />
Trevose, PA 19053-6917<br />
Phone: 215-604-0400 Fax: 215-604-0345<br />
Web: www.megcme.com<br />
E-mail: ce@mededgrp.com<br />
Year founded: 1996 Employees: 10<br />
Parent company: Euro RSCG Life<br />
New business contact: Marilyn Gross, ext. 306<br />
Description: Medical Education <strong>Group</strong> LLC (MEG) is<br />
committed to producing continuing medical education<br />
programs that are scientifically rigorous, independent,<br />
balanced, objective, and address the needs of the<br />
practitioner/clinician and allied healthcare providers.<br />
MEG strictly adheres to the policies and procedures of<br />
the ACCME, ACPE, ANCC, and other agencies.<br />
Furthermore, MEG follows the requirements of the<br />
OIG, AMA, PhRMA, and AdvaMed. Our mission is to be<br />
recognized as a leader in education through the<br />
development and delivery of transformational<br />
programming that positively affects the outcomes of<br />
patient care. At MEG we develop and implement<br />
educational activities that enable physicians and<br />
healthcare professionals to remain current and<br />
respond to advances in medical care and research.<br />
We apply cost-effective, high-impact methods that use<br />
various modalities to ensure that participants<br />
understand and retain the content of the activity, and<br />
apply the learning in their clinical practice, thus<br />
making informed patient care decisions resulting in<br />
positive outcomes.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 14%<br />
Editorial 14<br />
Video production 14<br />
Audiotapes 14<br />
Interactive 14<br />
Advisory boards 14<br />
Faculty meetings 14<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for eight years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through partnership.<br />
Medical Education Resources, Inc.<br />
1500 W. Canal Court, Littleton, CO 80120<br />
Phone: 303-798-9682 Fax: 303-798-5731<br />
Web: www.mer.org<br />
E-mail: info@mer.org<br />
Year founded: 1983 Employees: 20<br />
New business contact: Stephen Mattingly<br />
Description: MER is a non-profit, medical education<br />
company providing accredited continuing medical<br />
education programs for physicians, pharmacists,<br />
nurses, and other health professionals for over 20<br />
years. Widely recognized as providing high-quality<br />
CME symposia and educational materials on a wide<br />
range of medical topics, MER partners with<br />
communication companies and is known for its<br />
experience and service.<br />
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Financial data:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Worldwide $8.00 mil $6.50 mil<br />
U.S. 7.50 mil 6.50 mil<br />
International 0.50 mil 0.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 75% 60%<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Professional meetings 10<br />
Publications 5 10<br />
Audiotapes 5 10<br />
Interactive 5 10<br />
2006 client list: Almost all pharmaceutical companies,<br />
medical education companies, and medical organizations.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 21 years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through partnership.<br />
Medical Education Solutions<br />
<strong>Group</strong> (MESG)<br />
5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 220<br />
Baltimore, MD 21228<br />
Phone: 443-543-5200 Fax: 443-543-5210<br />
Web: www.MESG.org<br />
E-mail: info@mesg.org<br />
Year founded: 2004 Employees: 13<br />
Parent company: Med-IQ<br />
New business contact: Scott Weber, President,<br />
sweber@mesg<br />
Description: MESG provides high quality education<br />
using the newest technology and media. Our<br />
expertise includes development and implementation<br />
of needs assessment and educational outcome<br />
platforms. ACCME has recognized our work in these<br />
two areas. We are committed to all ACCME, OIG,<br />
PhRMA, and other regulatory guidelines. MESG<br />
provides powerful learning experiences that enhance<br />
physician delivery of better patient care.<br />
2006 client list: American College of Allergy, Asthma and<br />
Immunology, Association of Dermatology Administrators/<br />
Managers, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists,<br />
American Gastroenterological Association, American<br />
Academy of HIV Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston<br />
Scientific, Cephalon, Duke University Medical Center,<br />
Galderma, Roche Laboratories Inc., Physicians Practice,<br />
Schering-Plough, sanofi-aventis U.S.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for three years.<br />
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Medical Learning Systems<br />
3 Terry Drive, Suite 202, Newtown, PA 18940<br />
Phone: 215-860-9600 Fax: 215-860-9558<br />
Web: www.mls-cme.com<br />
E-mail: sanzel@mls-cme.com<br />
Year founded: 2006 Employees: 12<br />
New business contact: Scott Anzel<br />
Description: Medical Learning Systems (MLS) is an<br />
independent company that arranges continuing<br />
education credits for physicians, nurses, and<br />
pharmacists. MLS coordinates and administers print<br />
and electronic programs that are accredited for<br />
continuing education through leading medical,<br />
nursing, and pharmacy schools. MLS assumes all<br />
duties for the CE projects that the company has<br />
delivered in conjunction with some 40 medical,<br />
nursing, and pharmacy schools throughout the U.S.<br />
For example, MLS has been affiliated and accredited<br />
with the Baylor College of Medicine; Northwestern<br />
University’s Feinberg School of Medicine; The Ochsner<br />
Clinic; Tufts University School of Medicine; the<br />
University of California, San Diego; the University of<br />
Virginia; and the Weill Medical College of Cornell<br />
University. The ultimate goal of MLS is to provide<br />
medical education that enhances the clinical<br />
knowledge of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists,<br />
and thereby help them improve patient care. MLS<br />
offers a range of services, including original singlesponsored<br />
publications, clinical and patient<br />
handbooks, symposium management with medical<br />
school affiliation, video and audio presentations, Webbased<br />
educational programs, specialty media such as<br />
posters, and others. MLS is considering future<br />
medical education programs via alternative media<br />
such as CD-ROM, E-books, Palm Pilot downloads of<br />
our most popular handbooks, and Internet publishing.<br />
2006 client list: Abbott Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline,<br />
Pfizer, sanofi-aventis, King Pharmaceuticals.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Medical Marketing Service, Inc.<br />
(MMS)<br />
185 Hansen Court, Suite 110<br />
Wood Dale, IL 60191-1150<br />
Phone: 800-633-5478 Fax: 630-350-1896<br />
Web: www.mmslists.com<br />
E-mail: sales@mmslists.com<br />
Year founded: 1929<br />
New business contact: Sales<br />
Description: MMS, the Original, Genuine AMA<br />
Database Licensee, pinpoints perfect prospects for<br />
multimedia promotions — mail, fax, phone. MMS’s<br />
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Med-E-Mail SM reaches over 220,000 physicians. Lists<br />
include: AMA Physicians with CME Type/Topic Preferences;<br />
AADE Diabetes Educators; ASHP Hospital<br />
Pharmacists; HFMA CFOs; AAPA Pas; Verispan NPs;<br />
ACNM Nurse-Midwives; and ADA Dentists.<br />
MediCom Worldwide, Inc.<br />
101 Washington Street, Morrisville, PA 19067<br />
Phone: 215-337-9991 Fax: 215-337-0959<br />
Web: www.medicaled.com<br />
E-mail: joan@medicaled.com<br />
Year founded: 1993 Employees: 5<br />
New business contact: Joan Meyer<br />
Description: MediCom Worldwide is an ACCME-, ACPEaccredited<br />
medical education company specializing in<br />
the production of live, online and multimedia distance<br />
learning programs for physicians, pharmacists and<br />
nurses. More than one million clinicians in the<br />
therapeutic areas of psychiatry, neurology,<br />
cardiology, pulmonology, critical care, oncology, pain<br />
and addiction medicine, women’s health, and urology<br />
have been educated through MediCom’s awardwinning<br />
activities and programs.<br />
Financial data:<br />
2005<br />
Worldwide $7.00 mil<br />
U.S. $7.00 mil<br />
International $0.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 45%<br />
Video production 10<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Interactive 15<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Internet 10<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for six years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through partnership.<br />
MediSpin Inc.<br />
505 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10018<br />
Phone: 646-452-1647 Fax: 212-255-9957<br />
Web: www.medispin.com<br />
E-mail: newbusiness@medispin.com<br />
Year founded: 1999 Employees: 15<br />
New business contact: Brian Shanahan<br />
Description: MediSpin is a New-York based multimedia<br />
medical communications company that specializes in<br />
maximizing the reach of traditional communications<br />
programs by adding to the media mix such eLearning<br />
enduring materials as Web based CME, interactive<br />
case studies, eDetailing, CDs, DVDs, video, and digital<br />
animations. Full-time medical writing, editing, creative,<br />
live-symposia recording crew, and multimedia<br />
production staff are experienced in developing<br />
content from scratch or repurposing content from<br />
existing events to deliver to wider audiences to<br />
achieve greater ROI.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 15%<br />
Editorial 20<br />
Professional meetings 5<br />
Publications 10<br />
Audiotapes 20<br />
Interactive 30<br />
2006 client list: NIMH, Duke University, Cornell University,<br />
University of Pittsburgh, WebMD, Medscape, Pfizer, Wyeth,<br />
Merck.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary.<br />
MedLearning Inc.<br />
611 Route 46 West, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604<br />
Phone: 201-727-0035 Fax: 201-727-0036<br />
Web: www.medlearning.com<br />
E-mail: mark.williams@medlearning.com<br />
Year founded: 1997 Employees: 46<br />
New business contact: Mark B. Williams<br />
Description: MedLearning is a dynamic, full service<br />
medical communications agency providing excellence<br />
in strategic content development and logistical<br />
program implementation to the healthcare industry.<br />
MedLearning designs, develops and executes<br />
customized, content-driven programs that are<br />
current, compelling and directly applicable to the<br />
educational needs of healthcare professionals.<br />
Financial data:<br />
Worldwide<br />
2005<br />
$23.00 mil<br />
U.S. $23.00 mil<br />
International $0.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
5%<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Professional meetings 25<br />
Publications 15<br />
Audiotapes 3<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Grand rounds 2<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
Internet 5<br />
Teleconferences 25<br />
2006 client list: Actelion, Amylin, Aspreva, Cephalon, Forest,<br />
Eli Lilly, Schering, Shire, Wyeth, ZLB Behring.
Medscape from WebMD<br />
Web: www.medscape.com<br />
Description: Please see the WebMD Health Network<br />
for Professionals listing.<br />
Medscape, LLC<br />
76 Ninth Avenue, Suite 719, New York, NY 10011<br />
Phone: 212-301-6700 Fax: 212-301-6710<br />
Web: www.medscape.com<br />
Description: Please see the WebMD Health Network<br />
for Professionals listing.<br />
North American Center for CME<br />
(NACCME)<br />
83 General Warren Boulevard, #100<br />
Malvern, PA 19355<br />
Phone: 610-560-4145 Fax: 610-560-0502<br />
Web: www.naccme.com<br />
E-mail: tlevy@naccme.com<br />
Year founded: 2004 Employees: 8<br />
Parent company: HMP Communications<br />
New business contact: Donna Nickerson, National<br />
Sales Director<br />
Description: The NACCME is an accredited medical<br />
education provider committed to continuing<br />
education in health professions. Our CME mission is<br />
to provide an educational forum to examine<br />
healthcare issues, technologies, and therapies<br />
designed for the advancement of science and<br />
medicine. The scope of our activities includes but is<br />
not limited to: primary care, internal medicine, family<br />
practice and geriatrics. Special areas of emphasis<br />
have included cardiology, dermatology, wound care,<br />
podiatry and oncology.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 15% 20%<br />
Professional meetings 5 20<br />
Publications 30 20<br />
Audiotapes 15 20<br />
Interactive 25 20<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
2006 client list: AstraZeneca, Centocor, Cordis Corporation,<br />
GlaxoSmithKline, Healthpoint, J & J, Merck, Purdue, sanofiaventis,<br />
Tyco-Kendall.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for eight years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes.<br />
Ogilvy Healthworld Medical Education<br />
100 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013<br />
Phone: 212-625-4433 Fax: 212-925-4780<br />
Web: www.ogilvyhealthworld.com<br />
E-mail: martin.skelton@ogilvyhealthworld.com<br />
Year founded: 1986 Employees: 40<br />
Parent company: Ogilvy Healthworld<br />
New business contact: Martin E. Skelton, PhD<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Ogilvy Healthworld Medical Education, Europe; Ogilvy<br />
4D, 4D Communications; Ogilvy Healthworld Medical<br />
Education, Asia/Pacific; Ogilvy Healthworld Medical<br />
Education, Spain<br />
Description: One of the only globally integrated<br />
networks offering medical education services in all<br />
world markets. The New York-based U.S. office offers<br />
clients the scientific acumen from an industry-leading<br />
team of doctoral level bioscientists and clinicians,<br />
matched with superlative client and meeting services,<br />
and cutting-edge mixed media creative solutions.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 10% 15%<br />
Editorial 10 5<br />
Professional meetings 10 5<br />
Publications 10 15<br />
Video production 10 2<br />
Audiotapes 10 2<br />
Interactive 10 5<br />
Advisory boards 10 10<br />
Faculty meetings 2 10<br />
Investigator meetings 2 3<br />
Internet<br />
Enduring materials, display<br />
10 3<br />
and exhibits, incentives 6 25<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary.<br />
Omnia Education, Inc.<br />
220 Commerce Drive, Suite 400,<br />
Ft. Washington, PA 19034<br />
Phone: 800-889-4944 Fax: 215-358-0556<br />
Web: www.OmniaEducation.com<br />
E-mail: info@OmniaEducation.com<br />
Year founded: 1995<br />
Parent company: US HealthConenct, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Jim Mullen, Director of Business<br />
Development<br />
Description: Conducts various CME programs (from<br />
the traditional to the novel) with an exclusive focus on<br />
women’s health. Women’s health is all we do — each<br />
day, everyday. Because of our established presence<br />
in this area, we have built a solid reputation and<br />
receive praising evaluations. Omnia Education is fully<br />
accredited by the ACCME and is committed to being<br />
innovative and bringing cutting-edge content and<br />
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materials to the medical community. US<br />
HealthConnect is a marketing and education company<br />
that has comprehensive capabilities, personal<br />
relationships with the key opinion leaders in the<br />
women’s health industry and has an exceptional staff.<br />
We understand the women’s health space, create<br />
tailored initiatives effectively reaching a specific<br />
audience and consistently deliver quality outcomes.<br />
2006 client list: Client names are kept confidential. However,<br />
they are in the pharmaceutical, diagnostic, biotech, medical<br />
group and medical device field that target women’s healthcare<br />
professionals and consumers.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for ten years.<br />
International capabilities: Yes<br />
Optima Educational Solutions, Inc.<br />
3265 N. Arlington Heights Road<br />
Arlington Heights, IL 60004<br />
Phone: 847-342-1900 Fax: 847-342-8090<br />
Web: www.OptimaEd.com<br />
E-mail: info@OptimaEd.com<br />
Year founded: 2000<br />
Parent company: HealthSTAR Communications, Inc.<br />
Description: One of North America’s leading fully integrated<br />
medical education solution providers specializing<br />
in the strategic development and delivery of<br />
compliant, cutting-edge CME programs. With leading<br />
technology and experience in the field of medical<br />
education, Optima Educational Solutions helps<br />
facilitate active dialogue between thought leaders and<br />
practicing clinicians through the development of<br />
clinically-relevant, fair-balanced CME programs.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 25% 20%<br />
Editorial 5 5<br />
Professional meetings 25 30<br />
Publications 5 5<br />
Video production 5 5<br />
Audiotapes 5 5<br />
Advisory boards 5 10<br />
Faculty meetings 15 10<br />
Investigator meetings 5 5<br />
Internet 5 5<br />
2006 client list: Allergan, Dey LP, Eli Lilly and Company,<br />
Forest Laboratories, NitroMed, Novo Nordisk, Shire<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth-Solvay.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, directly and through parent<br />
company.<br />
The Peer <strong>Group</strong><br />
379 Thornall Street, Edison, NJ 08837<br />
Phone: 732-321-3670 ext. 8713<br />
Fax: 732-321-0390<br />
Web: www.peergroupinc.com<br />
E-mail: kevin.danylchuk@peergroupinc.com<br />
Year founded: 1983 Employees: 450<br />
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Parent company: Informed Medical Communications<br />
(www.informedmedical.com)<br />
New business contact: Kevin Danylchuk, SVP, New<br />
Business Development<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
HealthTalk, RxDialogue<br />
Description: The Peer <strong>Group</strong>, an Informed Medical<br />
Communications (IMC) company, is the market leader<br />
in interactive, moderated physician programs and<br />
discussions. These programs include small group<br />
peer to peer forums, advisory boards,<br />
teleconferences, key opinion leader programs and<br />
Web casts which leverage the company’s<br />
comprehensive technology and recruiting capabilities.<br />
IMC delivers targeted healthcare programming via<br />
alternative marketing channels, improving the<br />
patient/physician dialogue through engaging<br />
educational and promotional programs.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Professional meetings 60%<br />
Audiotapes 2<br />
Interactive 25<br />
Advisory boards 3<br />
Faculty meetings 2<br />
Internet 8<br />
2006 client list: Top 15 pharma; Top biotech.<br />
PeerPoint Medical Education<br />
Institute, LLC<br />
620 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201<br />
Phone: 847-563-9500 Fax: 847-440-8800<br />
Web: www.peerpt.com<br />
E-mail: cme@peerpt.com<br />
Year founded: 1991 Employees: 12<br />
Parent company: PeerPoint is an independent, whollyowned<br />
subsidiary of MedPoint Communications, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Barbara Martin, MD and Steve<br />
Singer, PhD, Co-directors<br />
Description: At PeerPoint, our singular goal is to<br />
improve patient outcomes by creating memorable,<br />
independent medical education that enhances<br />
healthcare delivery. We strive to build long-term,<br />
personalized relationships with each clinician<br />
participant, so that professional development may be<br />
tailored to an individual’s ever-changing need for<br />
practice improvement.<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Genentech, MedImmune, Merck,<br />
Roche, sanofi-aventis, TAP Pharmaceuticals.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for four years.<br />
International capabilities: Yes.<br />
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Phase Five Communications<br />
114 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011<br />
Phone: 212-886-3047 Fax: 212-886-3220<br />
Web: www.phase-five.com<br />
E-mail: wbalter@ghgroup.com<br />
Year founded: 1987 Employees: 75<br />
Parent company: Grey Healthcare <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: Wendy Balter<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
International Meetings & Science (IMsci), Insight<br />
Medical Communications<br />
Description: Phase Five Communications is a U.S.based<br />
full-service medical communications company<br />
with global reach. An innovator in the practice of<br />
market conditioning, Phase Five offers a full range of<br />
services, including strategic advisory boards,<br />
speakers’ bureau management, faculty meetings,<br />
OLR (Opinion Leader Registry), publication planning<br />
and execution, symposia, online capabilities, speaker<br />
training, consultant meetings, Web casts, strategic<br />
planning and messaging, competitive intelligence,<br />
Case in Point, MOA visualization, scientific<br />
dissemination, sales training, and HyperCD.<br />
2006 client list: Actelion, Aegerion Pharmaceuticals,<br />
AstraZeneca, Baxter, Berlex, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-<br />
Myers Squibb, Daiichi, Forest, INO Therapeutics, Janssen<br />
Pharmaceutica, JDS Pharmaceuticals, Jed Foundation,<br />
Johnson & Johnson, Millennium, Novartis, Organon, Ortho-<br />
Biotech, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Prism Pharmaceuticals,<br />
Roche, sanofi-aventis, Schwarz Pharma, Therakos.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, through IMsci.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes<br />
Phoenix Marketing Solutions<br />
34 Mountain Boulevard, Building C, Suite 201<br />
Warren, NJ 07059<br />
Phone: 908-222-4800 Fax: 908-222-4830<br />
Web: www.phoenixmsolutions.com<br />
E-mail: afiordilino@phoenixgrp.net<br />
Year founded: 2002 Employees: 40<br />
Parent company: Phoenix <strong>Group</strong> Holdings<br />
New business contact: Angela Fiordilino<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
DiMedix<br />
Description: Phoenix Marketing Solutions moves your<br />
brand forward. A full-service medical education<br />
company that specializes in promotional programs,<br />
Phoenix services include strategy, content, advisory<br />
boards, speaker training, dinner meetings, and sales<br />
force effectiveness solutions. Phoenix offers<br />
innovative services for various customer-segments<br />
including advocacy and multi-cultural markets.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2004<br />
Editorial 35%<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Advisory boards 25<br />
Speaker training and<br />
dinner meetings 35<br />
Physicians World<br />
200 W. Madison Street, 11th Floor<br />
Chicago, IL 60606<br />
Phone: 201-271-6000<br />
Web: www.physiciansworld.com<br />
E-mail: Hans.Wernke@thomson.com<br />
Year founded: 1973 Employees: 100<br />
Parent company: Thomson Healthcare<br />
New business contact: Hans Wernke<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services,<br />
Thomson Scientific Connexions, Thomson Advanced<br />
HealthMarket Strategies, Thomson Gardiner-Caldwell<br />
<strong>Group</strong><br />
Description: Thomson Physicians World is a medical<br />
education and communications company with more<br />
than 30 years experience. As a division of Thomson<br />
Healthcare, we are uniquely positioned to maximize<br />
the impact of our clients’ communication efforts by<br />
integrating a wide range of exceptional<br />
communications solutions, including thought leader<br />
management, outcomes measurement, managedcare<br />
education, as well as advanced speakers’ bureau<br />
and interactive media services.<br />
2006 client list: 8 firms.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine<br />
367 Inverness Parkway, Suite 215<br />
Englewood, CO 80112<br />
Phone: 303-799-1930 Fax: 303-858-8848<br />
Web: www.pimed.com<br />
E-mail: information@pimed.com<br />
Year founded: 1979 Employees: 16<br />
Parent company: Wicks Healthcare Education and<br />
Communications<br />
New business contact: Michael Lemon<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
DesignWrite, PharmaWrite, International Center for<br />
Postgraduate Medical Education (ICPME), MEDCON<br />
Description: Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM)<br />
is accredited by the ACCME and ACPE and is<br />
approved as a provider of continuing education in
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nursing. PIM is focused exclusively on partnering with<br />
non-accredited organizations to jointly sponsor<br />
continuing education activities and is comprised of a<br />
team of CME professionals that posses a clear<br />
understanding of the complex regulatory issues and<br />
operational guidelines of commercially supported<br />
continuing education.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Accreditation services 100%<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, ACCME since 1994; ACPE since<br />
1996; Colorado Nurses Association since 1997; California<br />
Board of Registered Nursing since 2001.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes.<br />
Power-Pak C.E.<br />
1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003<br />
Phone: 800-825-4696 Fax: 973-954-9307<br />
Web: www.powerpak.com<br />
E-mail: sbatesko@jobson.com<br />
Year founded: 1984 Employees: 25<br />
Parent company: Jobson Medical Information, LLC<br />
New business contact: Dave Leyden<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PIM), DesignWrite,<br />
PharmaWrite, MedCom<br />
Description: Power-Pak C.E. is the source of<br />
continuing education for healthcare professionals.<br />
Our accredited programs assist in meeting the<br />
requirements of licensure.<br />
2006 client list: Abbott Laboratories; Adams Laboratories;<br />
Amgen; Becton Dickinson; Forest Laboratories;<br />
GlaxoSmithKline; Home Diagnostics, Inc.; Lifescan; Merck and<br />
Co., Inc.; Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals; Roche<br />
Laboratories, Shire Laboratories, Takeda.<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
Precept Medical Communications<br />
400 Connell Drive, Suite 601<br />
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-2705<br />
Phone: 908-288-0100 Fax: 908-288-0123<br />
E-mail: donna_michalizysen@preceptmedical.com<br />
Year founded: 2000 Employees: 45<br />
Parent company: Sudler & Hennessey/Young &<br />
Rubicam Brands/WPP<br />
New business contact: Donna Michalizysen<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
FCG Institute for Continuing Education (accredited);<br />
HealthAnswers; Current Medical Directions; IntraMed<br />
Educational <strong>Group</strong>; IntraMed West; Acumentis;<br />
Academic Alliances in Medical Education, Inc.; Imprint<br />
Sciences; Emeritus Educational Sciences West<br />
Description: Precept Medical Communications<br />
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(Precept) is a full-service healthcare communications<br />
company that focuses specifically on professional<br />
relations, education, and communication solutions in<br />
the healthcare community. Experience, passion, and<br />
an ability to create programs that get results from<br />
early clinical development through patent expiration<br />
make Precept unique in the way we provide our<br />
services to healthcare professionals. Emeritus<br />
Educational Sciences, an independent division of<br />
Precept, is responsible for development of all<br />
independent and CME-certified programs.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 2% 17%<br />
Editorial 13<br />
Professional meetings 9<br />
Publications 25 15<br />
Video production 3 1<br />
Audiotapes 4<br />
Interactive 5 2<br />
Advisory boards 30 15<br />
Grand rounds 5<br />
Faculty meetings 15 12<br />
Investigator meetings 5 1<br />
Internet 5 2<br />
Strategic consulting 10 5<br />
2006 client list: Forest Laboratories, Ortho-McNeil, Janssen,<br />
Pfizer, Shire US, Solstice.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through affiliated network<br />
companies.<br />
Pri-Med<br />
101 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02199<br />
Phone: 617-406-4000 Fax: 617-406-4001<br />
Web: www.pri-med.com<br />
Year founded: 1994 Employees: 185<br />
Parent company: M|C Communications<br />
New business contact: Richard Watson<br />
Description: Pri-Med enables physicians to gain<br />
knowledge they can use immediately on behalf of their<br />
patients via a network of live, print, and online<br />
continuing medical education programs. Currently, 1<br />
out of 3 U.S. physicians uses Pri-Med to meet their<br />
educational goals. Pri-Med’s deep knowledge of<br />
physicians, including their learning behaviors, patient<br />
populations, and therapeutic areas of interest,<br />
coupled with comprehensive experience with adult<br />
learning principles, enables exponential learning<br />
among physicians as they move through Pri-Med’s<br />
multi channel approach.<br />
2006 client list: Major pharmaceutical companies including<br />
AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck,<br />
Novartis, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, since July, 2002.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through its subsidiary Pri-<br />
Med programs in Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico,<br />
Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Japan.<br />
ProCE, Inc.<br />
848 W. Bartlett Road, Bartlett, IL 60103<br />
Phone: 630-540-2848 Fax: 630-540-2849<br />
Web: www.ProCE.com<br />
E-mail: info@proce.com<br />
Year founded: 1999<br />
New business contact: Richard Lewis<br />
2006 client list: Allergan, Bracco, Complete Rx, FFF<br />
Enterprises, Federation of American Hospitals, Hospira,<br />
National Association of Managed Care Physicians, National MS<br />
Society, NCI, Pulmonary Hypertension Association,<br />
Summerdale Enterprises, Takeda, Teva Neuroscience,<br />
University of Illinois at Chicago, Wyeth.<br />
ProCom<br />
30 Lanidex Plaza West, Parsippany, NJ 07054<br />
Phone: 973-884-2200 Fax: 973-463-5682<br />
Web: www.commonhealth.com<br />
E-mail: ctama@commonhealth.com<br />
Year founded: 1983<br />
Parent company: CommonHealth<br />
New business contact: Chris Tama, President<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Health Learning Systems<br />
Description: For 23 years ProCom, has been an<br />
innovator and leader in content development and<br />
delivery of world class medical education. Excelling in<br />
the identification and development of KOLs, creating<br />
compelling content, and implementing flawless<br />
programs across a wide range of venues have made<br />
ProCom a valued partner to our pharmaceutical<br />
clients.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 30%<br />
Publications 20<br />
Video production 5<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 25<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Internet 5<br />
2006 client list: GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Altana,<br />
Novartis, Wyeth, Enzon, Berlex.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.
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ProEd Communications, Inc.<br />
25101 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 230<br />
Beachwood, OH 44122<br />
Phone: 216-595-7919 Fax: 216-595-0757<br />
Web: www.proedcom.com<br />
E-mail: george.glatcz@proedcom.com<br />
Year founded: 1991 Employees: 100<br />
Parent company: Omnicom <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: George Glatcz<br />
Description: A fully integrated health science communications<br />
company with diverse perspectives to<br />
execute flawless communications programs, globally<br />
and domestically. Brad is a hybrid approach for<br />
developing brands and the communities they influence<br />
by balancing clinical and social science perspectives<br />
with market conditioning and brand expertise.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
15%<br />
Publications 40<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Advisory boards 25<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Internet 2<br />
Web-design and portals 8<br />
2006 client list: Client groups range from large<br />
pharmaceutical organizations to small biomedical companies.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, ProEd uses strategic<br />
alliances with other companies to fulfill accreditation needs.<br />
Professional Postgraduate Services<br />
150 Meadowlands Parkway,<br />
Secaucus, NJ 07094-2304<br />
Phone: 201-271-6000<br />
Web: www.ppscme.org<br />
E-mail: chris.stevenson@thomson.com<br />
Year founded: 1973 Employees: 100<br />
Parent company: Thomson Healthcare<br />
New business contact: Chris Stevenson<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Thomson Physicians World, Thomson Scientific<br />
Connexions, Thomson Advanced HealthMarket<br />
Strategies, Thomson Gardiner-Caldwell <strong>Group</strong><br />
Description: A leader in educating clinicians in ways<br />
that have the most impact, Thomson Professional<br />
Postgraduate Services has been designing both<br />
traditional and cutting-edge medical education<br />
programs for more than 20 years. For proof, look no<br />
further than our award-winning, multi-faceted CME<br />
initiatives (NDEI, NIPC, CCMD, NCCH ) that strike just<br />
the right balance.<br />
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U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 10%<br />
Editorial 20<br />
Professional meetings 5<br />
Publications 10<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 2<br />
Faculty meetings 3<br />
Internet 15<br />
Dinner meetings 20<br />
2006 client list: 15 firms.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for 15 years, since 1991.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
ProHealth<br />
100 W. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001<br />
Phone: 212-672-2402 Fax: 212-885-3711<br />
Web: www.fcbhealthcare.com<br />
E-mail: ewasserman@fcb.com<br />
Year founded: 1988 Employees: 28<br />
Parent company: FCB Healthcare<br />
New business contact: Ellen Wasserman, President<br />
Description: The highest level of excellence in content<br />
and program development, including: advisory<br />
boards, advocacy development, publication planning,<br />
symposia, faculty training, interactive programs,<br />
enduring materials, and consensus development. Our<br />
experienced and knowledgeable staff provides<br />
strategic depth and is dedicated to supporting the<br />
goals of our clients through flawless implementation.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 7%<br />
Editorial 10%<br />
Publications 55 65<br />
Video production 2<br />
Audiotapes 3<br />
Advisory boards 15 5<br />
Faculty meetings 10 8<br />
Slide lecture kits 5<br />
KOL development 10 5<br />
2006 client list: Bristol-Myers Squibb, J & J, Novartis,<br />
Encysive, Schering AG, Berlex.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, directly, as well as in<br />
partnership with FCB Healthcare affiliates and through<br />
strategic alliances.<br />
ProMed Institute<br />
788 Shrewsbury Avenue, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724<br />
Phone: 732-389-6400 Fax: 732-389-8282<br />
Web: www.ena-inc.com<br />
E-mail: tnewland@ena-inc.com<br />
Year founded: 2006 Employees: 6<br />
Parent company: Edward Newland Associates, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Ted Newland<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
ENA Healthcare Communications<br />
Description: ProMed Institute is the new professional<br />
healthcare education arm of Edward Newland<br />
Associates. All CME, CE, and CEU accredited<br />
education is guided by this division. At this time,<br />
accreditation is provided in partnership with other<br />
organizations. ProMed Institute is comprised of a staff<br />
of highly experienced medical education professionals<br />
with vast expertise in working with faculty and<br />
academia to provide quality education programs<br />
including, symposia, on-line programs, print<br />
supplements, and on-demand programs.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 30%<br />
Editorial 10<br />
Publications 10<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Web casts 40<br />
2006 client list: ZLB Behring.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through partnership in<br />
international agency network, ComVort.<br />
Quintiles Medical Communications<br />
8 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532<br />
Phone: 914-829-4100 Fax: 914-829-4105<br />
10 Waterview Drive, Parsippany, NJ 07054<br />
Phone: 973-257-4550 Fax: 973-257-4539<br />
Web: www.quintiles.com/qmc<br />
E-mail: qmc@quintiles.com<br />
Year founded: 1988 Employees: 150<br />
Parent company: Quintiles Transnational<br />
New business contact: Tracy Tsuetaki<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Promotional: Medical Action Communications/MAC<br />
(NJ), Soniq (NY); CME: QED Communications (NY),<br />
Cospective (NJ), Scepter (NY)<br />
Description: As part of the world’s largest CRO,<br />
Quintiles Medical Communications draws upon a<br />
wealth of scientific and medical resources to design<br />
innovative and compelling physician education<br />
programs that advance practitioner knowledge and<br />
the adoption of appropriate therapies. We offer stateof-the-art<br />
educational programs—both accredited and<br />
non-accredited—for every step of the product<br />
lifecycle. Services include advisory boards, advocacy<br />
development, peer-to-peer meetings, slide kits and<br />
educational materials (print and interactive),<br />
publication planning, symposia and all aspects of<br />
developing and executing CME programs. ACCMEaccredited<br />
provider (Scepter).<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Alpharma, AstraZeneca, Bayer,<br />
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Centocor, Eli Lilly, Merck, OrthoBiotech,<br />
Pfizer, Ranbaxy, Roche.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for six years.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through U.S. offices and a<br />
corporate-owned subsidiary.
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R&R Healthcare Communications, Inc.<br />
630 Brooker Creek Boulevard, Suite 300<br />
Oldsmar, FL 34677<br />
Phone: 813-855-5533 Fax: 813-855-5889<br />
Web: www.rrhealthcare.com<br />
E-mail: lroth@rrhealthcare.com<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 30<br />
New business contact: Lawrence Roth<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
HLR Communications<br />
Description: R&R is a full-service medical education<br />
company with a focus on specialty therapeutic areas.<br />
We deliver innovative programming through a broad<br />
range of media including: live events, publications,<br />
Internet, and other interactive vehicles. Our CME/CE<br />
activities are delivered in conjunction with prestigious<br />
university affiliations that enhance credibility while<br />
providing additional independence.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 10%<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Publications 10<br />
Video production 5<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Advisory boards 15<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Investigator meetings 10<br />
Internet 10<br />
Speakers’ bureaus<br />
(CME and promo) 15<br />
2006 client list: Abbott, Pfizer, Medicis, Ovation, Valeant,<br />
Ortho Biotech, Roche, J&J, Virco, Boehringer-Ingelheim,<br />
Gilead Sciences (HLR).<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
ROI <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Group</strong>, Inc.<br />
101 Washington Street, Suite 110<br />
Morrisville, PA 19067<br />
Phone: 215-337-6100 Fax: 800-329-9755<br />
Web: www.ROImg.com<br />
E-mail: sgavinski@ROImg.com<br />
Year founded: 2004 Employees: 5<br />
New business contact: Sheri Gavinski<br />
Description: ROI <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Group</strong> is a medical communications<br />
agency specializing in creative approaches to<br />
promotional education. Through cost-effective<br />
utilization of interactive, multimedia technologies and<br />
dynamic approaches to blended learning, ROI <strong>Media</strong><br />
<strong>Group</strong> specializes in extending the reach of<br />
educational messages to hard-to-reach target<br />
audiences. Therapeutic expertise includes psychiatry,<br />
pain and addiction medicine, neurology, cardiology,<br />
oncology, pulmonology, women’s health and urology.<br />
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U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 10%<br />
Video production 10<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Interactive 15<br />
Advisory boards 5<br />
Internet 50<br />
The Schwartz <strong>Group</strong> Inc.<br />
325 Essjay Road, Suite 205, Williamsville, NY 14221<br />
Phone: 866-835-8669 Fax: 716-635-9503<br />
Web: www.theschwartzgroup.com<br />
E-mail: rschwartz@theschwartzgroup.com<br />
Year founded: 2002 Employees: 40<br />
New business contact: Robert A. Schwartz<br />
Description: A healthcare exclusive tele-services<br />
company that specializes in generating audiences for<br />
CME and promotional medical meetings, The<br />
Schwartz <strong>Group</strong> has partnered with leading medical<br />
communication and education organizations on<br />
programs sponsored by the world’s most respected<br />
pharmaceutical companies. The Schwartz <strong>Group</strong> uses<br />
full-time degreed marketing professionals to execute<br />
all of its audience generation programs.<br />
The Scienomics <strong>Group</strong><br />
One E. Weaver Street, 3rd Floor<br />
Greenwich, CT 06831<br />
Phone: 203-813-4200 Fax: 203-813-4295<br />
Web: www.scienomicsgrp.com<br />
E-mail: info@scienomicsgrp.com<br />
Year founded: 2003 Employees: 103<br />
Parent company: Omnicom <strong>Group</strong>/Diversified Agency<br />
Services/Healthcare Consultancy <strong>Group</strong> (HCG)<br />
New business contact: Amy Overton, President<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
HCG: Health Science Communications (HSC), ProEd<br />
Communications<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Symposia 2%<br />
Editorial 5<br />
Professional meetings 5<br />
Publications 5<br />
Video production 3<br />
Interactive 5<br />
Advisory boards 20<br />
Grand rounds 30<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
Investigator meetings 5<br />
Internet 10<br />
2006 client list: Genentech, Pfizer, Bausch & Lomb, Becton<br />
Dickinson, SenoRx, Novartis.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, many of our global initiatives<br />
are developed and implemented solely by the experienced<br />
staff at TSG. We are able to leverage partnership opportunities<br />
and strategic alliances within the Omnicom <strong>Group</strong>.<br />
Scienta Healthcare Education<br />
2511 Old Cornwallis Road, Suite 290<br />
Durham, NC 27713<br />
Phone: 919-544-0052 Fax: 919-544-2416<br />
Web: www.scienta-edu.com<br />
E-mail: sherrif@scienta-edu.com<br />
Year founded: 1992 Employees: 12<br />
New business contact: Sherri Foster, General<br />
Manager/Director of Medical Education<br />
Description: ACCME-accredited provider of CME. We<br />
know CME. We understand commercial support. We<br />
make the connection. Scienta pairs physician<br />
education with commercial support to improve patient<br />
outcomes. We choose the right medium to assist<br />
learning and deliver high-impact CME in the chosen<br />
venue. Visit us at www.scienta-edu.com.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 45% 30%<br />
Publications 10 10<br />
Video production 5 10<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Interactive 5 5<br />
Grand rounds 5 10<br />
Faculty meetings 5 20<br />
Internet<br />
CME Web archives<br />
5 5<br />
(not DVD interactive) 20<br />
2006 client list: Baxter BioSciences, GlaxoSmithKline, UCB<br />
Pharma, Vernalis.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for nine years. Current status is<br />
four-year accreditation.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, Scienta directly hosts<br />
symposia at international conferences and also produces<br />
enduring materials from those events.<br />
Scientific Connexions<br />
105 Terry Drive, Suite 118, Newtown, PA 18940<br />
Phone: 215-860-2202 Fax: 215-860-2207<br />
Web: www.sciconnex.com<br />
E-mail: marc.eisenberg@thomson.com<br />
Year founded: 1993 Employees: 41<br />
New business contact: Marc Eisenberg<br />
Description: Scientific Connexions is a full-service<br />
medical communications company specializing in<br />
publication planning and content development for<br />
more than 13 years. Scientific Connexions provides<br />
comprehensive strategic and tactical publication<br />
planning and has become well known for its staff<br />
expertise and high-quality editorial and client services.<br />
International capabilities: Global publication planning; other<br />
services available through wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Scientific Frontiers<br />
842 Durham Road, Newtown, PA 18940<br />
Phone: 215-598-3600 Fax: 215-598-3637<br />
Web: www.scientific-frontiers.com<br />
E-mail: tom.drake@scientific-frontiers.com<br />
Year founded: 1995 Employees: 20<br />
Parent company: Caudex Medical<br />
New business contact: Tom Drake<br />
Description: A full-service medical communications<br />
company specializing in the development and implementation<br />
of strategic communications, advocacy<br />
development and continuing medical education. Our<br />
experience in developing and managing programs in<br />
over 30 therapeutic areas has allowed us to establish<br />
and maintain relationships with medical societies, universities,<br />
and key associations throughout the world.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 30% 40%<br />
Editorial 20 30<br />
Publications 10<br />
Interactive 10 20<br />
Advisory boards 20<br />
Faculty meetings 10<br />
Internet 10<br />
International capabilities: Yes, directly and through parent<br />
company and McCann Healthcare Worldwide.<br />
Scientific Therapeutics<br />
Information, Inc.<br />
505 Morris Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081<br />
Phone: 973-376-5655 Fax: 973-376-0611<br />
Web: www.stimedinfo.com<br />
Year founded: 1985 Employees: 40<br />
New business contact: John A. Romankiewicz,<br />
PharmD, President<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
STI IME Innovations<br />
Description: STI specializes in clinical therapeutics and<br />
is staffed with writers and editors with advanced degrees<br />
in pharmacy and expertise in clinical therapeutics,<br />
plus skilled project managers, meeting planners,<br />
designers, and technology specialists. Published<br />
proceedings, advisory boards, clinical monographs,<br />
FDA presentation support, and other services.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2004<br />
Symposia 20%<br />
Editorial 30<br />
Publications 20<br />
Audiotapes 10<br />
Advisory boards 20<br />
Scientific Voice<br />
35 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 2200, Chicago, IL 60601<br />
Phone: 312-592-8203 Fax: 312-220-6926<br />
E-mail: laura.lynner@mededgroup.com<br />
Employees: 80<br />
Parent company: Publicis <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: Laura Marsh Lynner<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Discovery Chicago, Science and Medicine, Discovery<br />
Institute of Medical Education<br />
Description: Scientific Voice provides complete<br />
speaker bureau solutions with a combination of high<br />
level customer service and state-of-the-art technology<br />
and compliance management. SV offers: efficient and<br />
compliant (Federal and State) speaker bureau<br />
programming and field force logistics; automated<br />
speaker compliance training; speaker utilization<br />
analysis and reporting; speaker contract<br />
management and fair market value analysis; audience<br />
generation; registration and state attendance and<br />
spending reporting.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Professional meetings 85%<br />
Internet 5<br />
Other 10<br />
2006 client list: Amgen, AstraZeneca, Mead Johnson, PDL,<br />
sanofi-aventis, Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through parent company.<br />
SciMed LLC<br />
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 902<br />
New York, NY 10170<br />
Phone: 212-661-8333 Fax: 212-661-8338<br />
Web: www.scimedny.com<br />
E-mail: info@scimedny.com<br />
Year founded: 2004<br />
Parent company: Medical Knowledge <strong>Group</strong> LLC<br />
New business contact: Leon Behar, PharmD, CEO or<br />
Jeffrey Schab, COO<br />
Description: SciMed is accredited by the Accreditation<br />
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to<br />
provide continuing medical education for physicians,<br />
and by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy<br />
Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for<br />
pharmacists. We continuously strive to improve<br />
patient outcomes through the design of national CEcertified<br />
medical education initiatives that positively<br />
influence physician behavior by bridging the gap<br />
between current and ideal clinical practice.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for one year.<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
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Scinexa, LLC<br />
Office Center at Princeton Meadows<br />
Suite 440, Building 400, Plainsboro, NJ 08536<br />
Phone: 609-716-7778 Fax: 609-716-0455<br />
Web: www.scinexa.com<br />
E-mail: info@scinexa.com<br />
Year founded: 2004<br />
New business contact: Tighe Blazier, General Manager<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
10%<br />
Professional meetings 10<br />
Video production 15<br />
Audiotapes 25<br />
Interactive 25<br />
Internet 15<br />
2006 client list: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, sanofi-aventis,<br />
UCB Pharma.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
The Selva <strong>Group</strong><br />
260 Broadway, 2nd Floor<br />
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866<br />
Phone: 518-226-4161/866-735-8247<br />
Fax: 518-226-4102<br />
Web: www.theselvagroup.com<br />
E-mail: dstpeter@theselvagroup.com<br />
Year founded: 2003 Employees: 20<br />
Parent company: inVentiv<br />
New business contact: David St. Peter, MD<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Cadent<br />
Description: The Selva <strong>Group</strong> delivers engaging<br />
medical education and event management services<br />
on strategy, on time and on budget. From international<br />
advisory boards and consultant/consensus meetings<br />
to physician/nurse slide kit development and<br />
speaker/media training, Selva offers unmatched<br />
enduring and event-based educational experiences.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 10% 10%<br />
Editorial 10 10<br />
Professional meetings 25 25<br />
Publications 5 5<br />
Interactive 10 10<br />
Advisory boards 20 20<br />
Faculty meetings 5 5<br />
Investigator meetings 10 10<br />
Internet 5 5<br />
2006 client list: Cephalon, GlaxoSmithKlline, Pfizer,<br />
Novartis, Millennium, MGI Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, Ortho<br />
Biotech, Serono<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary.<br />
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MEDICAL EDUCATION REVIEW 2006<br />
JL Shapiro Associates, Inc.<br />
292 Fernwood Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837<br />
Phone: 732-346-0444 Fax: 732-346-0442<br />
Web: www.jlshapiro.com<br />
E-mail: rplucinski@jlshapiro.com<br />
Year founded: 1971 Employees: 39<br />
New business contact: Rob Plucinski<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
JL Shapiro Medical Communications (promotional<br />
med ed), Healthco Innovations, Inc. (CME), Clinical<br />
Support Services (CSS)<br />
Description: Recognized throughout the global<br />
medical community for proven expertise and<br />
excellence in medical communication and marketing.<br />
One of the earliest groups to meet the healthcare<br />
industry’s communication and educational needs, JLS<br />
is equally well known for investing in the intellectual<br />
capital and new technology required to meet today’s<br />
challenges. JLS has evolved from a medical writing<br />
and editing communications group (still a cornerstone<br />
of our activities and the foundation of every project we<br />
develop) to a full-service organization specializing in<br />
premarketing, prelaunch/launch, brand development,<br />
and post-launch services that satisfy clients’ needs<br />
throughout their products’ lifecycles. JL<br />
Shapiro...Scientific Excellence...Innovative Ideas.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 4% 2%<br />
Editorial 35 31<br />
Professional meetings 4 2<br />
Publications 30 25<br />
Video production 1 1<br />
Audiotapes 2<br />
Interactive 4 3<br />
Advisory boards 3 2<br />
Faculty meetings 3 2<br />
Investigator meetings 3 2<br />
Internet<br />
Phase 3 clinical trial, patient<br />
6 5<br />
recruitment and retention 30 25<br />
2006 client list: Merck & Co., Astellas, Cubist, Novartis,<br />
Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sigma Tau, Triax.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
Spectrum Healthcare<br />
Communications<br />
1140 Route 22 East, Suite 201<br />
Bridgewater, NJ 08807<br />
Phone: 908-203-0300 Fax: 908-203-0333<br />
Web: www.impactgroup1.com<br />
E-mail: norman.phillips@spectrumnj.com<br />
Year founded: 1998 Employees: 75<br />
Parent company: Impact <strong>Group</strong> Holdings Inc.<br />
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New business contact: Norm Phillips<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Impact Communications, Shared Resources <strong>Group</strong>,<br />
the Academy for Healthcare Education, Inc.<br />
(accredited provider of CME and CPE)<br />
Description: A leader in developing innovative live and<br />
Web-based strategic communications programs and<br />
publication planning, including slide kits, advisory<br />
boards, consultant meetings, medical center<br />
briefings, roundtable programs, pod casting and<br />
interactive DVD case studies. Spectrum offers<br />
significant experience across a wide range of<br />
therapeutic areas and physician specialty groups.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 25%<br />
Editorial 14% 20<br />
Professional meetings 12 5<br />
Publications 8<br />
Audiotapes 5<br />
Advisory boards 48 35<br />
Grand rounds 3<br />
Faculty meetings 5<br />
Internet<br />
Needs assessment/<br />
12 2<br />
market research 6 1<br />
2006 client list: Astellas, Cephalon, GlaxoSmithKline.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through in-house staff and<br />
strategic alliances.<br />
Summit Grey<br />
114 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011<br />
Phone: 212-886-3402 Fax: 212-886-3058<br />
Web: www.ghgroup.com<br />
E-mail: scallahan@ghgroup.com<br />
Year founded: 1998<br />
Parent company: Grey Healthcare <strong>Group</strong><br />
New business contact: Sharon Callahan<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Phase Five Communications, International Meetings &<br />
Science, CME Scholar, DarwinGrey, Insight Medical<br />
Communications<br />
Description: Summit Grey specializes in utilizing<br />
unique e-technologies to efficiently and effectively<br />
extend the value of offline medical education<br />
programs online. One of its premier offerings is<br />
HyperCD, a proprietary online technology that is as<br />
credible as offline symposia, and that extends the<br />
value of offline medical education programs. In<br />
addition, Summit Grey is known for its integrated<br />
solutions approach that promotes the synthesis of<br />
strategy, creativity, design, and technology. It has an<br />
integrated team of MDs, PhDs, PharmDs, Web<br />
designers, architects, and writers who know how to<br />
use the unique qualities of the Web to drive brand<br />
awareness and loyalty among consumers and<br />
patients.<br />
2006 client list: Boehringer Ingelheim, Cytyc, Dade Behring,<br />
Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, Takeda, Wyeth.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through our wholly-owned<br />
network of global Grey Healthcare <strong>Group</strong> CME companies.<br />
Synapse Medical Communications LLC<br />
666 Third Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10017<br />
Phone: 212-661-3337 Fax: 212-661-7488<br />
Web: www.synapseny.com<br />
E-mail: info@synapseny.com<br />
Year founded: 2004<br />
Parent company: Medical Knowledge <strong>Group</strong> LLC<br />
New business contact: Leon Behar, PharmD, CEO or<br />
Jeffrey Schab, COO<br />
Description: Synapse Medical Communications is a<br />
full-service, strategic medical communications<br />
agency specializing in market conditioning for the<br />
launch of novel pharmaceutical brands and new<br />
indications. Our extensive experience and enduring<br />
relationships with key opinion leaders across diverse<br />
medical specialties and therapeutic areas is the<br />
foundation for our ability to design and flawlessly<br />
execute innovative and scientifically rigorous medical<br />
communication initiatives across all media and<br />
communication channels.<br />
SynerMed Communications<br />
405 Trimmer Road, Califon, NJ 07830<br />
Phone: 908-832-4134 Fax: 908-832-7098<br />
Web: www.synermed.com<br />
E-mail: info@synermed.com<br />
Year founded: 1985 Employees: 60<br />
Parent company: Ascend <strong>Media</strong><br />
New business contact: Pete Rizzuto,<br />
prizzuto@synermed.com<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
IMED Communications<br />
Description: SynerMed Communications, an Ascend<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Company, is a full-service medical education<br />
company that creates/produces customized thirdparty<br />
medical education programs for physicians,<br />
nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare<br />
professionals. Programs include scientific<br />
publications and posters, clinical monographs and<br />
newsletters, meeting highlights, slide lecture kits,<br />
CDs, Web-based learning programs, CME symposia,<br />
videotapes, visiting faculty programs, etc. SynerMed<br />
contractually represents several professional medical<br />
organizations in developing and producing CME<br />
programs for their members. Also, SynerMed works<br />
closely with leading teaching institutions to develop<br />
certified programs in a variety of disease areas and<br />
therapeutic categories. SynerMed has also<br />
established close relationships with Federal<br />
healthcare agencies — these include the Centers for<br />
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S.<br />
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),<br />
and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Financial data:<br />
Worldwide<br />
2005<br />
$24.80 mil<br />
U.S. $24.80 mil<br />
International $ 0.00 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
15%<br />
Publications 54<br />
Video production 1<br />
Interactive 15<br />
Advisory boards<br />
Teleconferences, slide kids,<br />
5<br />
CD-ROMs, posters, etc. 10<br />
2006 client list: At least 20 companies have provided grant<br />
money to fund educational programs thus far in 2006.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
theheart.org from WebMD<br />
Web: www.theheart.org<br />
Description: Please see the WebMD Health Network<br />
for Professionals listing.<br />
Trinity Communications, Inc.<br />
Two W. Baltimore Avenue, Suite 333<br />
<strong>Media</strong>, PA 19063<br />
Phone: 610-892-3000 Fax: 610-892-7252<br />
Web: www.trinitycom.com<br />
E-mail: rross@trinitycom.com<br />
Year founded: 1991 Employees: 22<br />
New business contact: Roger A. Ross<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Tri-Med Communications, Conventional Wisdom<br />
Description: Trinity identifies, develops, and executes<br />
publication strategies that maximize awareness<br />
through data dissemination and enhance credibility<br />
through third-party endorsement. Our well-respected<br />
senior medical writers, with broad therapeutic<br />
expertise, work closely with authors and investigators<br />
to develop publishable manuscripts and reviews that<br />
meet client objectives and withstand rigorous peer<br />
review.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 10% 15%<br />
Editorial 10 10<br />
Professional meetings 5 5<br />
Publications 70 65<br />
Advisory boards 5 5<br />
2006 client list: AstraZeneca, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis,<br />
Schering-Plough, TAP Pharmaceuticals.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, directly.<br />
Upside Endeavors, LLC<br />
55 Sunnybrook Road, Sanatoga, PA 19464<br />
Phone: 610-819-0016 Fax: 603-843-1128<br />
Web: www.upsideendeavors.com<br />
E-mail: mearly@ue4u.com<br />
Year founded: 2000 Employees: 19<br />
New business contact: Maureen Early<br />
Description: Discover genuine strategic solutions<br />
delivered with passion. Upside Endeavors is a fullservice<br />
medical communications firm supporting<br />
healthcare companies developing ethical products for<br />
cardiovascular disease, CNS, infectious disease and<br />
oncology. Industry-side professionals provide<br />
comprehensive management for a complete array of<br />
medical affairs and marketing projects. Discover the<br />
Upside!<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 20% 20%<br />
Professional meetings 5 10<br />
Publications 40 30<br />
Audiotapes 5 10<br />
Advisory boards 30 30<br />
2006 client list: Centocor, Johnson & Johnson, Ligand<br />
Pharmaceuticals, MPex, Nabi, Novacea, sanofi-aventis, Wyeth<br />
Pharmaceuticals.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, Upside Endeavors directly<br />
manages large and small international programs as well as<br />
global publication initiatives.<br />
Veritas Institute for Medical<br />
Education, Inc.<br />
611 Route 46 West, 3rd Floor<br />
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604<br />
Phone: 201-727-1115 Fax: 201-727-1529<br />
Web: www.veritasime.com<br />
Year founded: 2001 Employees: 26<br />
New business contact: Patty Camerota, Sean<br />
Gregory, PhD<br />
Financial data:<br />
Worldwide<br />
2005<br />
$6.00 mil<br />
U.S. 5.50 mil<br />
International 0.50 mil<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
40%<br />
Editorial 10<br />
Publications 30<br />
Internet 20<br />
2006 client list: We are an independent CME provider, so we<br />
don’t “perform work” for companies. Our supporters in 2006<br />
have included McNeil, Novartis, sanofi-aventis, Ortho Biotech.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for three years.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
Accreditation for Pharmacists: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through joint sponsorship.<br />
MEDICAL EDUCATION REVIEW 2006<br />
Vindico Medical Education<br />
6900 Grove Road, Building 100, Thorofare, NJ 08086<br />
Phone: 856-994-9400 Fax: 856-384-6680<br />
Web: www.VindicoMedEd.com<br />
E-mail: wmccourt@vindicomeded.com<br />
Year founded: 2005 Employees: 30<br />
Parent company: SLACK Incorporated, an ACCMEaccredited<br />
provider since 1996, established Vindico<br />
as an independent continuing medical education<br />
company with separate staff and management.<br />
New business contact: Wayne B. McCourt<br />
Description: Vindico Medical Education is accredited<br />
by the ACCME and New Jersey State Nurses<br />
Association, offering continuing medical education<br />
with the ultimate goal of improving patient health.<br />
Vindico develops live and enduring CME activities and<br />
has access to more than 300,000 healthcare<br />
professionals through medical publications from<br />
SLACK Incorporated.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Symposia<br />
2005<br />
40%<br />
Publications 33<br />
Audiotapes 2<br />
Faculty meetings 15<br />
Internet 10<br />
2006 client list: Alcon, Allergan, AstraZeneca, Bausch &<br />
Lomb, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Forest Labs, Gate<br />
Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Intralase, ISTA<br />
Pharmaceuticals, MedImmune, Merck, Nidek, Novo Nordisk,<br />
Pfizer, Refractec, Sage Products, Stryker, Zimmer.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for four years, full accreditation.<br />
Accreditation for Nurses: Yes<br />
International capabilities: Yes<br />
Vital Issues in Medicine,<br />
a PDI company<br />
200 Dryden Road, Building 2, Dresher, PA 19025<br />
Phone: 800-225-5846 Fax: 215-283-2380<br />
Web: www.expertsandevidence.com<br />
E-mail: bamstutz@pdi-inc.com<br />
Year founded: 2000 Employees: 15<br />
Parent company: PDI<br />
New business contact: Barbara Amstutz, Executive<br />
Director, Educational Services<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Pharmakon (promotional)<br />
Description: Vital Issues in Medicine (VIM), a PDI<br />
company, is a leading ACCME-accredited provider of<br />
continuing education for healthcare professionals. By<br />
using adult learning principles and the most effective<br />
educational models, we strive to enhance<br />
practitioners’ knowledge, maximize impact on<br />
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practice behavior, and optimize patient care. Our<br />
customized offerings address individual learning<br />
styles with a choice of live events, enduring materials<br />
and Internet-based self-study courses.<br />
Expertsandevidence.com, a unique Web-based portal<br />
to CE, developed and sponsored by VIM, provides ondemand<br />
courses and access to all types of<br />
educational programming opportunities — delivered<br />
when and how clinicians want.<br />
2006 client list: Collagenex, GlaxoSmithKline, Shire<br />
Pharmaceutical, Esprit Pharma and sanofi-aventis.<br />
CME accreditation: Yes, for six years.<br />
WebMD Health Network<br />
for Professionals<br />
111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011<br />
Phone: 212-624-3700 Fax: 212-624-3800<br />
E-mail: dgemmell@webmd.net<br />
New business contact: Dorothy Gemmell, SVP, Sales<br />
Description: The WebMD Health Network for<br />
Professionals is comprised of three complementary<br />
Web sites — Medscape.com, theheart.org and<br />
eMedicine.com — and Medscape, LLC, an accredited<br />
provider of free online continuing education. More<br />
than one million physicians visit the network monthly.<br />
Medscape.com<br />
Web: www.medscape.com<br />
E-mail: dgemmell@webmd.net<br />
New business contact: Dorothy Gemmell, SVP, Sales<br />
Description: Medscape is the #1 source of medical<br />
information and education for physicians. More physicians<br />
earn CME credits on Medscape than anywhere<br />
else on the Web. Medscape offers free CME activities<br />
developed by Medscape, LLC and other accredited<br />
organizations. A wide variety of formats are available<br />
including case-based, video and live Web casts.<br />
theheart.org<br />
Web: www.theheart.org<br />
E-mail: mcollins@webmd.net<br />
New business contact: Mike Collins, <strong>Group</strong> VP, Sales<br />
Description: theheart.org is the leading online provider<br />
of cardiology news and expert insight. It features<br />
cardiac-focused video education and satellite<br />
programs including CME, forum discussions, a slide<br />
library, news, and monthly topic-specific newsletters.<br />
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eMedicine.com<br />
Web: www.emedicine.com<br />
E-mail: dgemmell@webmd.net<br />
New business contact: Dorothy Gemmell, SVP, Sales<br />
Description: eMedicine is the leading online point-ofcare<br />
clinical reference. Provides clinical reference<br />
information and tools relevant to the diagnosis and<br />
treatment of a broad range of medical conditions,<br />
including over 6.500 topics that including current<br />
medication tables, point-of-care tools, DDX search,<br />
CME, PDA downloads and more.<br />
Medscape, LLC<br />
76 Ninth Avenue, Suite 719, New York, NY 10011<br />
Phone: 212-301-6700 Fax: 212-301-6710<br />
Web: www.medscape.com<br />
E-mail: jarata@medscape.net<br />
New business contact: Joan Arata, VP, Medical<br />
Education Services<br />
Description: Since 1996, Medscape, LLC has been an<br />
accredited provider of free continuing education<br />
activities for physicians and other healthcare<br />
professionals. Outcomes studies are available on<br />
Medscape educational activities.<br />
The Wellington <strong>Group</strong><br />
390 Claymont Drive, Earlysville, VA 22936<br />
Phone: 434-973-1577 Fax: 434-973-0611<br />
Web: www.wellgroup.com<br />
E-mail: kosvath@wellgroup.com<br />
Year founded: 1988 Employees: 4<br />
New business contact: Kathy Osvath<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
Professional meetings<br />
2004<br />
10<br />
Interactive 10<br />
Advisory boards 10<br />
Internet<br />
Sales training and<br />
10<br />
education 60<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.<br />
WentzMiller & Associates, LLC<br />
90 Goodwives River Road, Darien, CT 06820<br />
Phone: 203-662-9690 Fax: 203-655-2904<br />
Web: www.wentzmiller.org<br />
E-mail: lew@wentzmiller.org<br />
Year founded: 2004<br />
New business contact: Lewis A. Miller, Principal<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005<br />
Consulting 100%<br />
2006 client list: CECity, Convergent Health Solutions,<br />
Discover Health Channel, International Guidelines Center,<br />
Paragon Communications, Health Information Technology,<br />
Pfizer, PhotoSound.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, with associates in Europe,<br />
Asia, and Latin America.<br />
XME—Excellence in Medical Education<br />
6 Terry Drive, Newtown, PA 18940<br />
Phone: 215-550-8101 Fax: 215-550-8111<br />
Web: www.xmedicaleducation.com<br />
E-mail: mwebster@xmedicaleducation.com<br />
Year founded: 2005 Employees: 15<br />
Parent company: CONNEXION Healthcare, Inc.<br />
New business contact: Meg Webster, RN, MBA<br />
Other CME companies under same corporate umbrella:<br />
Clinical CONNEXION<br />
Description: XME is committed to improving patient<br />
care by educating healthcare professionals through<br />
scientific evidence-based medical information, driven<br />
by renowned faculty and thought leaders. In today’s<br />
rapidly evolving regulatory environment, XME has<br />
established systems and protocols to ensure<br />
consistent and dependable compliance — from<br />
program development through implementation.<br />
U.S. billings by services:<br />
2005 2004<br />
Symposia 10% 5%<br />
Editorial 10<br />
Professional meetings 40<br />
Publications 5 25<br />
Video production 2<br />
Audiotapes 4 25<br />
Interactive 4 15<br />
Grand rounds 35<br />
Internet 20<br />
2006 client list: Actelion, Genzyme Biosurgery, Johnson &<br />
Johnson, Ligand, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Shire.<br />
International capabilities: Yes, through strategic alliances.
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