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CME stands for commercial medical education: and ACCME still won't address the issue
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Competing interests AF-B is a paid expert witness at the request of plaintiffs in litigation regarding pharmaceutical marketing practices, and directs PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center project that encourages rational prescribing. AH is the paid project manager of PharmedOut. PharmedOut has a contract with theGeorge Washington Milken Institute School of Public Health to create industry-free continuing medical education modules and resources for the Washington DC Department of Health.
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