Government Supported Benefits

Faculty Disclosure

As an accredited provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of the Educational Review Systems to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational programs. In accordance with this policy, faculty must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with the commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of this continuing pharmaceutical education program. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a person with a significant financial or other relationship from participating in the planning or review of programs, but rather to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. It remains for the audience to determine whether the interests or relationships of planning committee members, reviewers, or cosponsors may influence the presentation with regard to exposition or conclusion.

Dr. Edwards has a financial relationship or affiliation with following organizations that include consultant status and research support. These companies include: Biogen, Genentech, Savient and Takeda.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. University of Utah College of Pharmacy do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. 

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

The entire faculty for this program has reported that they will not discuss unapproved drug or device uses.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.