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From: ISPOR <[log in to unmask]>
Announcement from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and
Outcomes Research You are invited to attend a symposium: QUALITY OF
LIFE PROMOTIONAL CLAIMS: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
Co-sponsored by the FDA, ISPOR and PhRMA Health Outcomes Committee to
be held, Sunday, May 21, 2000 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Crystal
Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, VA (Crystal Gateway Hotel is above
the Crystal City METRO stop). NO REGISTRATION FEE.
The symposium will be both informative and entertaining. During the
first hour of the program, leading quality of life researchers from
around the world will discuss key quality of life methodological
issues as it relates to supporting promotional claims.
During the remaining time, two "made up" promotional claims (prepared
by FDA staff) will be discussed. The claims are:
***TICKERPEP(r) HELPS YOUR CHF PATIENTS GAIN MORE ACTIVE LIVES
***TUMORSTOP(r) CAN MAINTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE
Supporting data (made up" by panelists to stimulate discussion) will
be debated. Symposium participants will then VOTE ""Does the evidence
support the promotional claim?"
A reception follows the symposium.
To register for this symposium and/or to see the program including
promotional claims study report and data summary, go to the ISPOR
website at www.ispor.org under Quality of Life Symposium on the
homepage.
This symposium is before the ISPOR 5th Annual International Meeting
held May 22 -24 at the same hotel. See the ISPOR website for program
registration information.
You may also be interested in the ISPOR Training Courses (Sunday, May
8am - 12 noon and 1pm - 5 pm) on:
**Decision Analysis- Introduction
**Decision Analysis - Advanced
**Quality-of-Life Assessment Fundamentals
**Quality-of-Life Data Analysis
**Measuring Utilities and Willingness-to-Pay
**Statistical Considerations in Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations
**Retrospective Database Analysis
**Measuring Productivity
For more information and/or to register for these ISPOR Training
Courses, go to the ISPOR website at www.ispor.org under Fifth Annual
International Meeting.
For more information, go to the ISPOR website at: http://www.ispor.org
or email questions to [log in to unmask]
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