Faculty Disclosure

Faculty Disclosure and Resolution of COI

As an provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of the Educational Review Systems (ERS) and ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is our policy to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review by the accredited provider(s) and/or ScientiaCME.

Randall T. Shapiro, M.D. discloses that he has no financial interest in the manufacturers of any products discussed in his presentation. He does have consulting and/or speaking agreements with EMD Serono, Pfizer, Questcor, and Acorda.

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

Commercial Support Disclosure:

This program is supported by an educational grant from Bayer Healthcare