A cross sectional analysis of pharmaceutical industry-funded events for HCPs in Australia_Fabbri_Mintzes
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Table 1 Illustrative examples <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>in</strong>dustry</strong>-sponsored <strong>events</strong>*<br />
Company Date Event content Venue<br />
AstraZeneca Sep. −15 Educational Event - D<strong>in</strong>ner<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Go<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> Goal: Optimis<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Treatment <strong>in</strong> Type 2 Diabetes and<br />
Incret<strong>in</strong> Based Therapies; and On<br />
the Road to Glycemic Control.<br />
2 hours educational content<br />
AstraZeneca Mar. −15 Educational Event - Lunch<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g Restless Legs. 1 hour<br />
educational content<br />
Novartis Feb. −15 Sponsorship <strong>of</strong> Journal Club on:<br />
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary<br />
Disease 1 hour educational<br />
content<br />
Novartis Mar. −14 Sponsorship <strong>of</strong> Day Sem<strong>in</strong>ar on:<br />
Immunosuppressant<br />
8 hours educational content<br />
Hotel Realm<br />
Barton,<br />
ACT<br />
The Golden Horse<br />
Footscray, VIC<br />
Gold Coast<br />
University Hospital<br />
Southport,<br />
QLD<br />
Alfred Health<br />
Melbourne, VIC<br />
Merck Sharp<br />
& Dohme<br />
<strong>Australia</strong><br />
Merck Sharp<br />
& Dohme<br />
<strong>Australia</strong><br />
Roche<br />
Products<br />
Roche<br />
Products<br />
Oct. −11 Oncology Journal Club [hours <strong>of</strong><br />
education=1]<br />
Oct. - 11 Even<strong>in</strong>g educational meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
‘Introduc<strong>in</strong>g Zoely and other<br />
Emerg<strong>in</strong>g Trends <strong>in</strong> Contraception’<br />
[hours <strong>of</strong> education=2.5]<br />
Apr. −14 Multi Discipl<strong>in</strong>ary Breast<br />
Cancer Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Review Meet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Educational Content=1 hour<br />
Jan. - 13 Grand Rounds<br />
Educational Content=1 hour 15<br />
m<strong>in</strong>s<br />
Pfizer <strong>Australia</strong> Apr. −13 Pfizer <strong>Australia</strong> provided<br />
Sponsorship <strong>for</strong> Healthcare<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional to attend The<br />
European Congress <strong>of</strong><br />
Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Microbiology and<br />
Infectious Disease (ECCMID)<br />
2013. Educational Content -<br />
33.75 hour(s).<br />
Mercy Women's<br />
Hospital,<br />
Heidelberg, VIC<br />
Boathouse by the<br />
Lake, Barton, ACT<br />
Royal Adelaide<br />
Hospital North<br />
Terrace<br />
Adelaide, SA<br />
Bunbury Regional<br />
Hospital Bussell<br />
Highway<br />
Bunbury,WA<br />
International<br />
Congress<br />
Centrum, Berl<strong>in</strong>,<br />
Germany<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional status <strong>of</strong><br />
attendees Hospitality provided<br />
Total cost <strong>of</strong><br />
hospitality<br />
Number <strong>of</strong><br />
attendees<br />
Total costs <strong>of</strong><br />
function<br />
General Practice<br />
Nurs<strong>in</strong>g Endocr<strong>in</strong>ology<br />
D<strong>in</strong>ner with Alcoholic<br />
and Non-Alcoholic<br />
Beverages<br />
$2087.27 32 $3305.45 <strong>in</strong>cludes 1<br />
speaker fee <strong>for</strong><br />
$1218.18<br />
General Practice<br />
Respiratory Medic<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Lunch $248.82 10 $848.82 <strong>in</strong>cludes<br />
speaker fee <strong>for</strong> $600<br />
Medical Students,<br />
Nurses, Pharmacists<br />
Cardiologists, Nurses,<br />
Registrars, Renal<br />
Physicians, Surgeons,<br />
Transplant Physicians<br />
Afternoon Tea $184 <strong>in</strong>cludes<br />
Food &<br />
Beverages <strong>for</strong> 20<br />
delegates $184<br />
Breakfast, C<strong>of</strong>fee,<br />
Lunch, Afternoon Tea,<br />
Light Refreshments,<br />
Morn<strong>in</strong>g Tea, Non-<br />
Alcoholic Beverages<br />
$2498 <strong>in</strong>cludes<br />
Food &<br />
Beverages <strong>for</strong><br />
120 delegates:<br />
$2498<br />
Oncologists, Nurses Food & beverages food & bev 19.64,<br />
Total Hospitality<br />
19.64<br />
Obstetricians and<br />
Gynaecologist<br />
Surgery Doctor<br />
Oncology Doctor<br />
Oncology Nurse<br />
Pathology Doctor<br />
Hospital Healthcare<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />
Food & beverages food & bev<br />
1432.72, Total<br />
Hospitality<br />
1432.72<br />
20 $184 <strong>in</strong>cludes Total<br />
Hospitality: $184<br />
120 $2,665 Includes<br />
Total Hospitality:<br />
$2,498 Speaker Costs:<br />
Meal (<strong>for</strong> 8 speakers):<br />
$167<br />
5 Total Costs $19.64<br />
25 speaker fee 688.36,<br />
speaker food & bev<br />
$59.07,Total Cost<br />
$2180.15<br />
Lunch 247 13 247<br />
Lunch $272 20 $272<br />
Infectious Disease<br />
Specialist<br />
Registration Fee<br />
(1 attendee $878),<br />
Travel (Flights $8,196,<br />
Transfers $219),<br />
Accommodation (6<br />
Room Nights $1,562)<br />
$10 855 1 $10 855.00<br />
Cont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
4 <strong>Fabbri</strong> A, et al. BMJ Open 2017;7:e016701. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016701
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