Device Leaders Commit to Advance Ethical Behavior

Leaders from medical technology associations across the globe have today committed to further advance ethical behaviour globally by signing the “Global Compliance Statement on Interactions Between Medical Technology Companies and Healthcare Professionals (HCPs).” First signed in 2010 by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the largest American medical technology association; Eucomed, the European medical technology industry association; and, the European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association (EDMA), in an effort to advance their longstanding work to promote ethical collaborations among companies and HCPs globally, it now includes six additional industry associations. The signing of this agreement took place during a ceremony held at the 2011 International Medical Device Industry Compliance Conference in London.