Questions & answers for Industry Partners

This means that a new mechanism of indirect support has been developed. You, as an industry member, cannot directly invite Healthcare Professionals.
Industry Partners must fund Educational Allowances through trusted third parties such as PCR/Europa Group.

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Regional associations on medical technology and trade advanced the regulations, including:

• MedTech Europe: the European trade association representing the medical technology industries on the continent. For detailed information about the “Code of Ethical Business Practice”, please refer to the Ethical MedTech platform 
• APACMed: the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association. Find out more about its “Code of Ethical Conduct for Interactions with Healthcare Professionals”
• MECOMED: the medical devices, imaging and diagnostics trade association that serves as the voice of international medical technology manufacturers across the Middle East and Africa. Access its approved  “Code of Ethical Business Practice” to learn more.

The regulations, applicable since 1 January 2018, aim at regulating interactions between the medical industry and Healthcare Professionals.

Furthermore, they are applicable in the geographical scope of each association.

If you are an Industry Partner based in the geographical areas placed under jurisdiction of the previously mentioned associations, and you are looking to offer support for the participation of delegates/faculty/presenters at educational events, you must comply with the indirect scheme.

You are concerned by these new regulations if:

• Your company is a corporate member, or a member of a national company that has ratified the Code for either:
  • MedTech Europe (access list of corporate members)
  • APACMed (access list of corporate members)
  • MECOMED (access list of corporate members)
• Your company’s headquarters are based in one of the regions where these regulations apply

• Solid expertise strengthened by a long-term business relationship with the medical industry
• A large and solid database of prominent specialists as well as an extensive list of potential Healthcare Professional guest members
• Management of delegates has been successfully conducted by Europa Group for PCR Courses since 2018. Previous pilot projects resulted in high satisfaction rates
• Recognition as a MedTech Trusted Partner

Get in touch with us! We’ll be delighted to tell you all about the different options offered by Europa Group in order to accompany Industry Partners in their delegate invitation process.

Industry Partners must deliver educational allowances through PCR (most precisely through the PCR Organising Team at Europa Group, the Course organiser.

As an Industry Partner you can define the funding capacity of each educational allowance. Overall, these may cover registration fees for participation at PCR Courses, accommodation and travel, or part thereof. 

Yes. The only requirement is that the criteria cannot be so specific that they would fit or identify individual Healthcare Professionals.

Sponsorship applications remain a viable option for group invitations, but all invitations will be individualised... names, addresses, credit cards, travel programme. Group support needs to comply with sponsorship application principles, as described above.

Educational allowances are allocated to another applicant whose profile matches the selection criteria.

Regardless of the option chosen by the Industry Partner, the delegate should inform the PCR Organising Team of his/her cancellation ahead of time, so an educational allowance can be re-allocated to another applicant. Delegates who do not advise of their inability to attend will not be able to benefit from future indirect sponsorships.

Management of delegates has been successfully conducted by Europa Group for PCR Courses since 2018. Experience  highlights that the last minute no-show rate remains extremely low.

No, the Industry Partner remains unknown, so as to ensure the compliance of the process.

The sponsorship applications scheme promoted by medical technology and trade associations does not suggest that Industry Partners are entitled to contact selected applicants, except under certain legal obligations.

PCR/Europa Group is committed to allocating all of the collected funds under the sponsorship applications scheme to as many Healthcare Professionals as possible, under the provision that the applicants match the profiles previously determined by the Industry Partner. Should there be unspent educational allowances, Europa Group shall notify the Industry Partner and find a convenient arrangement.

Several commercial options are made available by PCR/Europa Group to Industry Partners in order to manage delegate support to PCR Courses.

Is your company or any of its subsidiaries a Corporate member of MedTech Europe or any of the echoing associations (APACMed, MECOMED)?

• If so, internal policy decisions might imply that you are required to comply with the new support process, even if your company is geographically based outside MedTech Europe’s - or echoing associations’, jurisdiction
• If it is not the case, you can continue to invite delegates through direct sponsorship. You can also decide to adhere to the principles of the new MedTech Europe Codes, i.e. opt in for a sponsorship applications scheme to support delegate attendance to PCR Courses