We wish to inform you about the financial assistance of the participating companies according to their membership in FSA e.V. (Association for Voluntary Self-Control of the Pharmaceutical Industry), AKG e.V. (Association for Medicinal Products and Cooperation in the Health Sector) or because the companies have approved the publication.
Regardless of the above-mentioned memberships, the conditions and scope of financial assistance of all companies as well as specialist publishers who support the event will be published, if this is stipulated by the professional codes of the respective regional medical associations.
Moreover, this complies with the recommendations of the Federal Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer) on continuing medical education, 4th revised edition, last updated: 24 April 2015, p.11 et seq., section 32 para. (3) of the (Model) Professional Code for Physicians in Germany ((Muster-)Berufsordnung für die in Deutschland tätigen Ärztinnen und Ärzte – MBO), section 8 para. (1) no. 3 of the (Model) Continuing Medical Education Code (Musterfortbildungsordnung – MFO).
The content of this event is designed to be product- and service-neutral. We confirm that the scientific management and the speakers will disclose potential conflicts of interest to the participants. The following companies are sponsors:
Abbott Medical GmbH 4.000,00 EUR; Artivion, Inc. JOTEC GmbH 12.000 EUR; Asanus Medizintechnik GmbH 4.000 EUR; Bentley InnoMed GmbH 4.000,00 EUR; BD Becton Dickinson GmbH 10.000,00 EUR; Brainlab AG 4.000,00 EUR; Cook Deutschland GmbH 6.000,00 EUR; Endologix International Holdings B.V. 4.000,00 EUR; Lombard Medical Technologies GmbH 9.000,00 EUR; Optimed Medizinische Instrumente GmbH 12.000,00 EUR; Medtronic GmbH 25.000,00 EUR; shape memory medical 4.000,00 EUR; Veryan Medical limited 3.500,00 EUR.