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It is the policy of Physicians’ Education Resource to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. As an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Physicians’ Education Resource requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity, including spouses/partners, to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Physicians’ Education Resource has implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the activity.

These persons involved in the influence or control of content for the presentations from the Advances in the Management of Hematologic Diseases: Pipeline Drugs Become Clinical Reality symposium have disclosed the following relationship with the companies listed. The PER Scientific Content Team has no relevant financial relationships to disclose, unless noted below individually.

Morey Blinder, MD
Research Funding – Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Bruce D. Cheson, MD, FACP
Paid Consultant – Astellas Pharma Inc., Celgene Corporation, Cephalon, Inc., EntreMed, Inc., Genentech, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough Corporation, Seattle Genetics, Inc.; Speaker’s Bureau – Genentech, Inc.

Ross Levine, MD
Paid Consultant – Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Keith R. McCrae, MD
Paid Consultant – GlaxoSmithKline; Speaker’s Bureau – Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline

PER Editorial Staff
No relevant relationships to disclose

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An educational grant for this activity was provided by Amgen.

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Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:

1. Amgen