APPI Bulletin - April 2008

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April 2008


APPI Home Career Center Code of Ethics Resource Links Events Calendar Readings, Resources, & Events of Interest Click here for information about the APPI Program at the ACRP 2008 Global Conference & Exhibition in Boston, April 25-29. ACRP and APPI have launched a campaign to support a federal effort to honor patient participants in clinical trials. The effort is embodied in House Resolution 248, which encourages public recognition of clinical trial participants, and we need your help. For more information, click here. ACRP Annual Business Meeting All members welcome 7:30 a.m. April 29, 2008 Hynes Convention Center (Boston, Mass.) Free Webinar: Developing an Abstract for the ACRP Global Conference May 13, 2008 Webinar: Lessons Learned When the Studies Don't Come, Cash Flow Stops, and Sponsors Want Their Funds Back May 28, 2008 Northwestern University's 2008 Clinical Research Educational Conference and Poster Session will be held on May 16 in Chicago. ACRP members are invited to register online here at a discounted rate. The event is sponsored by Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and NUCATS Institute in collaboration with ACRP. The April 2008 issue of IFAPP World, a publication of the International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians, is available for download here. The 15th International Conference on Pharmaceutical Medicine (ICPM 2008), organized by the International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians, will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 7–10.

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