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Indegene partners with Johns Hopkins University to offer
CME in Asia
- CME (Continuing Medical Education) - an internationally accepted process of updating physicians on latest developments in field of medicine
Mumbai, 23rd May 2006: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA and Indegene Lifesystems - India’s largest provider of medical and scientific marketing services to practicing physicians and the pharmaceutical industry have entered an agreement for the distribution and organization of a variety of Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs across Asia and parts of Africa.
Indegene will now have the exclusive rights to market and distribute enduring CME programs that belong to Johns Hopkins. Continuing Medical Education (CME) is an internationally accepted process of updating doctors on developments in medicine and medical procedures.
As part of the agreement, Indegene will now be able to organize scientific meetings and symposia in Asia on the latest developments in medical research and clinical practice addressed by the distinguished faculty of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, its Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Hospital are recognized worldwide to be the pre-eminent centers of excellence in the field of medicine and research. Hopkins faculty are world renown thought leaders in their respective therapy areas. Year after year, Johns Hopkins Hospital has been rated as the No. 1 medical center in the US by independent surveys conducted among the physician community.
According to Dr. Victor B. Marrow, Executive Director, Office of Funded Programs/CME, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine “We at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are most pleased by the direct link Indegene is providing with physicians in Asia. Our faculty looks forward to educational and clinical exchanges which, we believe, should benefit colleagues and patients on both sides of the equation, through the good offices of Indegene, our representative in Asia.”
The CME program at Johns Hopkins also enjoys exemplary accreditation status from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) in the US. Cutting edge programs are developed on a regular basis by Johns Hopkins professors as well as invited faculty members from other leading institutions in the US. These will now be available to doctors in Asia and Africa.
“We are delighted at this development. Johns Hopkins is a name that spells excellence in the field of medicine across the world. Indegene takes pride in becoming the vehicle through which medical expertise at Hopkins can reach practicing doctors in Asia and Africa,” says Dr. Sanjay Parikh, Director, Indegene Lifesystems.
“A partnership with Hopkins will result in Indegene being able to organize scientific programs of the highest caliber. We are confident that doctors in Asia will value such an initiative,” adds Dr. Parikh.
About Indegene:
Indegene is a leading global provider of knowledge-intensive services that span a full-spectrum of integrated scientific promotions, medical education and business analytics solutions for pharmaceutical, medical devices, biotechnology and healthcare organizations. Indegene has offices across India (Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad), and subsidiary companies in Singapore (Indegene FarEast Pte) and USA (Indegene Inc and Medsn Inc). The firm has a highly specialized team of 250+ physicians and medical professionals, content developers, analysts, brand managers and medical communication experts. Indegene’s pioneering global delivery model for pharmaceutical services leverage its multi-geography, multi-market advantage to deliver medical content and communication services that provide significantly higher ROI and shorter delivery time for clients. |
