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Who would you like to vote onto the EPHMRA Agency Board?
Who would you like to vote onto the EPHMRA Board?
Voting closes 14 May
It is voting time for the EPHMRA Agency Board members for 2025-2027. Once again we have a fantastic group of candidates - take a look at the web site for their full profiles.
It is a 2 year term of office starting 1 October 2025 and ending 30 September 2027 - one vote per company.

Ethics and Compliance
Take a look at some IAPP updates - Connecticut IAPP Update: Connecticut enacts comprehensive consumer data privacy law (iapp.org).
The law includes many of the same rights, obligations and exceptions as the consumer privacy laws already on the books in California, Colorado, Utah and Virginia.
UK One Day Meeting 25 April 2023
The venue is: 30 Euston Square, London NW1 2FB
We’d like to thank our convenors for their hard work around bringing the meeting together for the membership:
Anna Garofalo, Janssen
John Grime, Strategic North
Gayle Hughes, Pfizer
Alex Marriott, Lumanity

EPHMRA Webinar - Survival Psychology
Speaker: Tony Brooks, Leadership Psychologist, Coach, Author
Convenor: An-hwa Lee, Sr. Director, Basis Health and LDC Member
24 January 2023 - 14.00-15.00 - UK Time
This session will cover the following:
Where Survival Psychology originates from.
Why it can be so dominant and hijack us as a leader or business person.

Incentive Payment Guidelines
The BHBIA have published their ‘Guidelines for Incentive Payments Within Market Research.
BHBIA members are encouraged to use this guide to reduce problematic pressures on respondent incentive payments based on ‘fair market values’, known as FMVs, during the primary market research process.

MR Excellence Awards Open for entries
Take a look - details here on the website -

The latest update is available to the membership – log in at www.ephmra.org
Ethics Topics covered are:

2023 Conference – all 25 pitches done for paper slots.
It’s been fascinating to hear the pitches of all the papers selected to go through to this next stage – what a range of topics and discussion points!
The Programme Committee now need to make sure they have reviewed all the pitches and made their assessments.
Thanks to all those who participated!

EPHMRA is pleased to welcome Rare Patient Voice to the EPHMRA community as an Agency member.
Great to have you on board and looking forward to our collaboration. Laura Mullen.

Members – if you have a query about the Code of Conduct don’t forget to email EPHMRA and our ethics consultants can look at your question and see if an answer can be provided.
https://www.ephmra.org/form/code-of-conduct-enquiry-form