Conditions

1. Statement of Purpose: Program is for scientific and educational purposes only and will not promote the company's products, directly or indirectly.
2. Control of Content and Selection of Presentation and Moderators: Sponsor is responsible for control of content and selection of presenters and moderators. The Company agrees not to direct the content of the program. The Company, or its agents, will respond only to Sponsor-initiated requests for suggestions of presenters or sources of possible presenters. The Company will suggest more than one name (if possible); will provide speaker qualifications; will disclose financial or other relationships between Company and speaker, and will provide this information in writing. Sponsor will record role of Company, or its agents, in suggesting presenter(s); will seek suggestions form other sources, and will make selection of presenter(s) based on balance and independence.
3. Disclosure of Financial Relationships: Sponsor will ensure meaningful disclosure to the audience, at the time of the program, of (a) Company funding and (b) any significant relationship between the Sponsor and the Company (e.g., grant recipient) or between individual speakers or moderators and the Company.
4. Involvement in Content: There will be no "scripting", emphasis, or direction of content by the Company or its agents.
5. Ancillary Promotional Activities: No promotional activities will be permitted in the same room as the educational activity. No product advertisements will be permitted in the program room.
6. Objectivity and Balance: Sponsor will make every effort to ensure that data regarding the company's products (or competing products) are objectively selected and presented, with favorable and unfavorable information and balanced discussion of prevailing information on the product(s) and/or alternative treatments.
7. Limitations on Data: Sponsor will ensure, to the extent possible, meaningful disclosure of limitations on data, e.g., ongoing research, interim analyses, preliminary data, or unsupported opinion.
8. Discussion of Unapproved Uses: Sponsor will require that presenters disclose when a product is not approved in the United States for the use under discussion.
9. Opportunities for Debate: Sponsor will ensure meaningful opportunities for questioning or scientific debate.
10. Independence of Sponsor in the use of Contributed Funds:
    1. All funds should be in the form of an educational grant made payable to MSU/KCMS. No funds from the commercial company will be paid directly to the program director, visiting professor, faculty, or others involved with the CME activity (additional honoraria, extra social events, etc).
    2. All other support associated with this CME activity (e.g., distributing brochures, preparing slides, etc.) must be given with the full knowledge and approval of the CME department.
11. Company Agrees: The Commercial Supporter agrees to abide by all requirements of the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education.
12. MSU/KCMS Agrees: The Accredited Sponsor agrees to abide by the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education, to acknowledge educational support from the commercial company in program brochures, syllabi and other program materials and, upon request, furnish the commercial supporter a report concerning the expenditure of the funds provided.