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Policy on Cooperative Programs with Industry
Recognizing the indispensable role of health care companies in disease and injury prevention and treatment, the
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology welcomes opportunities for cooperative programs with industry.
To help give direction to cooperative programs, the College has created guidelines for its participation with industry.
PROGRAMS
COOPERATIVE
Types of Cooperative Programs
Among the kinds of cooperative programs that are
especially welcomed by the College are:
• public education
• physician training
• clinical and socioeconomic research
• recognition for outstanding service
General Principles
Cooperative programs with industry are guided by
these general principles:
1.  The College is impartial in its cooperation with
health care companies. All ethical companies have
an equal opportunity to approach the College with
proposals for cooperative programs.
2.  The College reserves the right to give primary
cooperation to companies that, over the years, have
supported our profession and participated as an
advertiser in our publications and exhibitor at
our meetings.
3.  The College does not endorse specific brand-name
products for use by allergists or patients. Therefore,
a cooperative program must not state or imply
an endorsement, or give the appearance of an
endorsement of a commercial product or service.
4.  The College believes that companies should receive
recognition for their support of the profession
and its programs. Therefore, as a matter of policy,
the College liberally acknowledges and publicizes
corporate sponsors and programs.
Specific Requirements for Cooperative
Programs
1.  All uses of the name and logo of the American
College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology must be
approved by the Board of Regents, its Executive
Committee, or other designated liaisons.
2.  Public education programs must be free of any
name-brand or trademark commercial content or
advertising message. However, acknowledgment
may be given for corporate and/or brand support,
such as credits at the beginning or end of a booklet
or audiovisual program or signage during an event.
In certain instances, determined on a case-by-case
basis, commercial materials may be distributed in
combination with public education materials.
3. Programs intended for continuing medical education
must conform to the rules and guidelines of the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME).
4.  The College shall own all rights to corporate-
sponsored materials and activities.
5.  A company participating in a cooperative program
retains the “right of first refusal” for any continuation
or renewal of that program. If a company ceases to
sponsor a cooperative program, the College retains
the right to enter into an alternative sponsorship
agreement with another company, or to continue the
program without a corporate partner.
6. The College shall have the right to sell corporate-
sponsored materials and programs at a price that
covers direct and indirect costs, order processing
and fulfillment, and provides a reasonable profit to
the College.
7. The corporate sponsor must underwrite the entire
cost of a material directed to the profession in order
to have a product advertisement in the sponsored
material. Funding at a lesser level shall be considered
as a corporate grant, and acknowledgment of the
grant shall be included at the beginning and/or
end of the material but no advertisement shall
be included.
Phone: (847) 725-2291 · Email: lindacullison@acaai.org
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