ASRM: Annual Meeting Final Program

Disclosure Statements
Postgraduate Faculty, Symposia Speakers, Plenary Lecturers, Abstract Authors, Abstract Graders, Roundtable Presenters, Video Presenters, Interactive Speakers, and Session Moderators are required to disclose commercial relationships or other activities that might be perceived as potential conflicts of interest.

Postgraduate course faculty disclosures will be listed in the course syllabi. Symposium speakers’ disclosures will be presented in hand-out materials, as well as on slides. Disclosures from speakers in the Plenary Sessions, Interactive Sessions, Roundtables, Videos, Symposia, and Session Moderators will be published in the Final Program. Abstract authors’ disclosures will be published in the 2007 Program Supplement.

Each presenter should reveal this information during his/her presentation, preferably with the visual aid of a slide. Roundtable presenters should provide a copy of their disclosure forms to the participants at their table.

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American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2007 Conflict of Interest Policy for Invited Speakers
As a provider of continuing medical education (CME) accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. All presenters must disclose to the learners any commercial or financial interests and/or other relationships with manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, laboratory supplies and/or medical devices. All relationships, whether or not they directly apply to this CME event, must be disclosed. All non-FDA approved uses of products must be clearly identified. Disclosures may be made in the form of a slide, printed material, or oral statement.

Disclosures are reviewed by the Subcommittee on Standards of Commercial Support of the Continuing Medical Education Committee. In cases of perceived potential conflict of interest, the Subcommittee resolves the conflict.

The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a speaker with a commercial or financial interest from making a presentation. The intent is to assist ASRM in resolving conflicts of interest and to provide learners with information on which they can make their own judgments regarding any bias. Although ASRM reviews and resolves potential conflicts of interest, it remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s interests or relationships may influence the presentation with regard to exposition or conclusion.

Disclosures will be revealed to the learners. For postgraduate courses, disclosure information will be provided in the syllabus. For other activities, where no syllabus or other similar printed material is available, disclosures must be made verbally to the audience by the speakers, preferably with the visual aid of a slide.

For those situations where there is no potential for conflict of interest, the portion of the form that so states should be completed. In those situations where a speaker does not complete a form or refuses to complete a form, the individual is ineligible to participate as a speaker in the CME activity.

Speakers should also reveal to the audience any “off label” uses (not approved by the FDA) of any drugs or products discussed.

Abstract authors’ disclosures are listed in the 2007 Program Supplement. Speakers in the Symposia and Interactive, Video, Roundtable and Abstract Sessions have also complied with ASRM policies and their disclosures are on file in the ASRM office. The speaker should reveal this information during his/her presentation, preferably with the visual aid of a slide.

**The Participant Disclosure Index is available here.**

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