About the Conference

It was 22 years ago when a small group of pharmaceutical professionals came together, intent on gaining a more thorough understanding of the then-recently legislated Prescription Drug Prescription Act. Since that first, small “sharing” meeting, we have grown to become the industry’s foremost PDMA compliance and sample accountability conference. Year by year, we have been building our ranks as members of The PDMA Alliance, the not-for-profit organization that stands behind the annual conference. The PDMA Alliance, led by Deb Segura, our Executive Director, is comprised of pharmaceutical compliance professionals who earn free annual membership status when they register for each year’s conference – it’s a year-long membership that begins with conference registration and continues until the start of the following year’s conference.

As we have grown, so have the complex issues that challenge us, and so has our conference agenda expanded with each passing year. Our aim is to address these challenges and explore solutions. Today, more than ever before, we are tackling a number of serious topics, as evident in our conference theme for 2012: The Evolving World of Pharma Compliance.

Over the years, we have convened at interesting and attractive locations, traveling to many destinations across our beautiful country. This year, we are headed for The Gaylord National Hotel, situated on the Potomac River, in National Harbor, Maryland… just minutes away from our nation’s capital. Literally and figuratively, we will be at the heart of where things happen. For the first time, we will be convening from Wednesday through Friday (September 19 through 21), an opportunity that gives attendees the chance to extend their experience by staying a few extra days at this prime location on the weekend that follows our conference dates.

At the 2012 PDMA Sharing Conference, we will be focused on several key subjects that we know are important to pharmaceutical compliance professionals: CIAs; Sampling Strategies; Fraud & Abuse; Aggregate Spend; The Sunshine Act; State Laws; and Reporting. During general sessions and workshops, we’ll be looking at these topics, examining why and how they affect us, delving deeper into areas that touch PDMA Compliance. It is true that sample accountability may have initially brought us together, but today the world of samples has evolved to encompass so much more.

In addition to sharpening our educational focus, we also continue to expand our outreach to include pharmaceutical professionals who are not directly involved in compliance and/or solely responsible for sample accountability policies. So many of these individuals who have been affected and influenced by the PDMA and other federal and state compliance legislative mandates have eagerly responded to our invitation to learn more. Their participation has been enlightening, broadening our perspective and enriching our approach in finding solutions.

In terms of finding solutions to pharmaceutical compliance challenges, the contribution of our vendor partners continues to be significant. From our earliest days, our vendor partners have been supporting us by attending and exhibiting at the conference and giving participants the opportunity to see and experience first hand the many solution-driven products and services they offer. Our vendor partners are considered full-fledged members of The PDMA Alliance, and when they attend the conference, they are one with us, sharing our goal to ensure a safe drug supply for our nation. They participate side by side with our pharmaceutical compliance attendees, learning and sharing together throughout scheduled and informal conference events.

For those of you who are visiting our website for the first time and are thinking about joining us in September, keep in mind that The PDMA Alliance is a year-round organization. When you register to attend the conference, you will be given password protected access to the Members Only section of www.pdmaalliance.org, entitling you to year-long information on the topics we have addressed throughout the years at our conferences… and more.

In the days and months ahead, we will be providing updated conference details on our website and through emails. If you are not on our email/mailing list, please Contact Us today.

In the meantime, if you would like to take a look at some photos from last year’s conference held in historic San Antonio, just go to our Gallery.

Thank you for your interest and we hope to see you at The 2012 PDMA Sharing Conference this September!