Citario/El dijo que...CME(Continuing medical education) is not philantropy, it is marketing

"Companies readily pay hundreds of millions of dollars annually to support 'continuing medical education' for one very simple reason -- it sells their products,"

"Industry funded CME is not philanthropy, it is marketing."

Dr. Steve Nissen, Cleveland Clinic's chair of cardiology

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Nearly all U.S. physicians are required to take continuing education classes to keep their medical certification. Professional societies like the American College of Cardiology and dozens of others sponsor conferences each year on the latest treatments.

Over the past 10 years, drug and device companies have increased their funding for such meetings by over 300 percent, according to industry figures. Companies now provide more than half of the $2.5 billion spent annually on medical education