Meetings are non-promotional
All educational meetings are managed by our Medical Affairs department which is separate from the commercial side of our business. These educational meetings do not focus on a single drug but disease areas. Medicine brand names are not used and any discussion about specific treatments has to be balanced and factual.
Content
The content and programme of meetings are developed by external expert Scientific Committees and/or Medical Associations. They select the topics that they judge to be educationally relevant and choose the presenters to lead the sessions. The speakers are responsible for their presentations. J&J Innovative Medicine only review materials to ensure they are up to date, fair and balanced in terms of information about our medicines.
Conflict of interest
All speakers have to declare any conflict of interest, including which pharmaceutical companies have paid them, and in what capacity, e.g. as presenters, sitting on advisory boards, congress participation etc.
Format
The key focus of these meetings is science, the agenda must reflect it, the choice of location and the hospitality provided must be secondary to this main purpose. The amount of time spent on the scientific programme needs to far exceed the break times.
External validation
To ensure the quality of the education and training provided, we work with external educational bodies at both country and regional level.