title: The new CMSS code for interactions with companies managing relationships to minimize conflicts.
abstract: Conflicts of interest in medicine have received significant attention in recent years, through the public and professional media, federal and state governments, and through a 2009 report of the Institute of Medicine on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education and Practice. The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) Code for Interactions with Companies was adopted by the CMSS in April 2010. The Code guides specialty societies in the profession of medicine in ethical relationships between societies and the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The Code serves to protect and promote the independence of specialty societies and their leaders in corporate sponsorships, licensing, advertising, society meetings, exhibits, educational programs, journals, clinical practice guidelines, and research.
authors.affiliation: Council of Medical Specialty Societies, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. nkahn@cmss.org
authors.forename: Norman B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: Allen S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lichter
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005249:Fees and Charges; D037921:Gift Giving; D033161:Government Regulation; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations / Q000941:ethics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D015871:Scientific Misconduct; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*