Ethics

Views on the relationship between industry and healthcare professionals and why it matters.

39 blogs about the topic

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Ethics

Posted on 01.10.2010

Adam Smith, corruption and biases

The 7th European Healthcare Fraud & Corruption Network conference took place in Brussels at the end of September and featured high level speakers and experts. The event proved to be an ideal platform for discussing a number of topics of relevance to all the stakeholders in the healthcare system. The “Conflicts of Interest” session was […]

By Aline Lautenberg MedTech Europe, General Counsel - Director Legal & Compliance

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Ethics Global

Posted on 29.03.2010

Is corruption an ethnocentric concept? My first experience as a guest lecturer

Talking about ethics and compliance as industry understands it within the frame of a course of Health Systems Management given at the Public Health School of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) presented itself as a challenge. On the one hand, Eucomed is putting a lot of efforts into promoting a culture of integrity and […]

By Aline Lautenberg MedTech Europe, General Counsel - Director Legal & Compliance

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Ethics

Posted on 20.03.2009

Does Europe believe in patient-centred healthcare or not?

On Thursday 19 March 2009 I joined a round table discussion of Brussels-based think tank ECIPE on the topic “2009 Cross-border Healthcare in Europe and beyond.” I was very impressed with the statements of Robert Madelin, Director General of DG SANCO, which were really sharp and to the point. From his point of view it […]

By Tanja Valentin Director External Affairs, MedTech Europe