Other Conferences

This page listing of other scientific meetings might be of interest.

If you wish to have a meeting posted here, please contact info@isoqol.org and provide dates, location, brief description, abstract deadline (if contributed presentations will be accepted) registration deadline, sponsoring organization(s) and sources of additional information (e.g. website or e-mail address, FAX#).
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SMDM Annual Meeting

Date: October 19 – 22, 2008

Location: Philadelphia, PA (Hyatt Regency Penns Landing Hotel)

We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract to the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, being held in Philadelphia this October. The meeting theme is “Comparative Effectiveness Research.”

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their work at the SMDM 30th Annual Meeting, October 19 – 22, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA. Accepted abstracts will be published online in Medical Decision Making, SMDM’s peer-reviewed scientific journal.

The deadline for abstract submissions is Friday, June 6, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. For more information about abstracts or to submit an abstract, go to ABSTRACTS. To learn more about the SMDM 30thAnnual Meeting, go to MEETING. To make hotel reservations for the meeting, go to RESERVATIONS.

We look forward to your submissions, and we’ll see you in Philadelphia!


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SAVE THE DATE FOR The Second PROMIS Conference: Improving measurement of patient reported outcomes—new tools and the science behind them

Date: March 2 - 4, 2008

Location: Bethesda, MD (Hyatt Bethesda Hotel)

Registration and more information: http://www.nihpromis.org
  • No registration fee, but attendance limited to about 300 attendees
  • Hotel accommodations available
  • On the afternoon of March 4th will hold the PROMIS Steering Committee meeting open to the public
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CBI's Forum on Evidence-Based Medicine

Date: December 5 - 6, 2007

Location: Philadelphia, PA (Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue)

Description: The use of scientific evidence to back up product claims has become increasing more important to government officials, formulary boards and others in the life sciences community. To stay competitive, companies must keep up with this growing trend.
At this event, hear best practices in evidence-based medicine, with focuses on:
  • Understanding how evidence is used to make formulary decisions
  • Leveraging evidence when creating health policies
  • Linking research designs with evidence needs
  • Using real-world data in outcomes research
  • Gauging the influence of EPCs
  • Multi-Sector Collaboration around EBM - Institute of Medicine Roundtable Findings
Conference URL: http://www.cbinet.com/show_conference.cfm?confCode=PC07085

To register or for more information:
Contact name: CBI Registration
Contact address: 500 West Cummings Park Suite 5100 Woburn MA 01801
Contact phone: 800-817-8601or 781-939-2400
Contact Fax: 781-939-2490
Contact email: cbireg@cbinet.com
Company Website Address: www.cbinet.com

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Ongoing Efforts in Quality of Life Research

Pro-Harmonization Group
Beginning in 1999, the following four organizations/societies (European Regulatory Issues on Quality of Life Assessment (ERIQA) Group; International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL); International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR); Health Outcomes Committee of PhRMA (PhRMA HOC))produced supporting guidance documents on the use of HRQL evaluation in drug development. A summary of the proceeding of four meetings are provided at:
www.pro-harmonization-group.com.

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