CME Information
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Support Statement: This activity is supported by educational grants from Genentech, Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Education activities are distinguished as separate from endorsement of commercial products. When commercial products are displayed, participants will be advised that accredited status as a provider refers only to its continuing education activities and does not imply American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation endorsement of any commercial products.
Target Audience: The intended audience for this activity is neurologists, neurology nurses, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of the activity, participants will be able to:
Physician
- Assess the latest clinical evidence regarding available and emerging DMTs for MS management.
- Identify patients with progressive MS in a timely manner to ensure appropriate intervention.
- Select treatment for patient with RRMS or progressive MS based on the latest clinical advances and evidence-based guidelines.
Nurse
- Assess the latest clinical evidence regarding available and emerging DMTs for MS management.
Activity Chair:
Patricia K. Coyle, MD, FAAN, FANA
Professor and Vice Chair (Clinical Affairs)
Department of Neurology
Director
Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, NY
Steering Committee and Faculty:
Guy J. Buckle, MD, MPH
Director of Neuroimaging Research
MS Center at Shepherd Center
Atlanta, GA
Bruce A. Cohen, MD, FAAN, FANA, FACP
Professor of Neurology
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Director
Northwestern Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Program
Chicago, IL
Clyde E. Markowitz, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Harold Moses, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Reviewers:
Ronald A. Codario, MD, EMBA, FACP, FNLA, RPVI, CHCP
Barbara A. Niedz, PhD, RN, CPHQ
Amy Perrin Ross, APN, MSN, CNRN, MSCN
Disclosures:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Standards for Commercial Support, all CME/CNE providers are required to disclose to the activity audience the relevant financial relationships of the planners, faculty, and reviewers involved in the development of CME/CNE content. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME/CNE activity content over which the individual has control. Relationship information appears below.
The authors disclose that they do have significant financial interests in any products or class of products discussed directly or indirectly in this activity, including research support. Scheduled Activity Chair, Steering Committee Members, Faculty, and Reviewers of the meeting series have provided the following disclosure information, which is accurate at the time of the events.
Activity Chair, Steering Committee, and Faculty report the following relationship(s):
Guy J. Buckle, MD, MPH
Consulting Fee: Biogen, Celgene, EMD Serono, Genentech, Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Teva
Speakers Bureau: Biogen, EMD Serono, Genentech, Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Teva
Bruce A. Cohen, MD, FAAN, FANA, FACP
Consulting Fee: EMD Serono, Mylan, Novartis
Contracted Research (Paid to Institution): Genentech/Hoffman LaRoche, MedDay, Novartis
Patricia K. Coyle, MD, FAAN, FANA
Consulting Fee: Accordant, Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, Genentech/Roche, Genzyme/Sanofi, Novartis, Serono, Teva
Contracted Research: Actelion, Alkermes, Genentech/Roche, MedDay, NINDS, Novartis
Clyde E. Markowitz, MD
Consulting Fee: Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, EMD Serono, Novartis, Roche/Genentech, Sanofi/Genzyme, Teva
Harold Moses, MD
Consulting Fee: Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, EMD Serono, Genzyme, Novartis, Teva
Speakers Bureau: Biogen, EMD Serono, Genzyme, Teva
Contracted Research: MedDay
Reviewers report the following relationship(s):
Ronald A. Codario, MD, EMBA, FACP, FNLA, RPVI, CHCP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Barbara A. Niedz, PhD, RN, CPHQ
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Amy Perrin Ross, APN, MSN,CNRN, MSCN
Consulting Fee: Acorda, Genentech, Genzyme
Speakers Bureau: Acorda, Biogen, EMD Serono, Genzyme, Mallinckrodt, Novartis, Teva
Vindico Medical Education staff report the following relationship(s):
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Signed disclosures are on file at Vindico Medical Education, Office of Medical Affairs and Compliance.
Unlabeled and Investigational Usage:
The audience is advised that this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled uses of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved products or to products not approved by the FDA for use in the United States. The faculty members have been made aware of their obligation to disclose such usage. All activity participants will be informed if any speakers/authors intend to discuss either non–FDA-approved or investigational use of products/devices.
Accreditation:
Vindico Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Vindico Medical Education, LLC, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Credit Designation:
Vindico Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Vindico Medical Education will provide 1.75 contact hours for nurses.
This activity is approved for 1 year from the date of original release, December 31, 2018 to December 30, 2019.
How to Participate in this Activity and Obtain CME/CNE Credit:
To participate in this CME/CNE activity, you must read the objectives, answer the pretest question, read the article, and complete the CME/CNE posttest and the evaluation. Provide only one (1) correct answer for each question. A satisfactory score is defined as answering 3 out of 4 of the posttest questions correctly. Upon receipt of the completed materials, if a satisfactory score on the posttest is achieved, Vindico Medical Education will issue an AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ or Learner-Paced Contact Hour(s) Certificate.
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