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Gift ban compels group to cancel Hub convention

March 30, 2009

A major medical group has canceled a multimillion-dollar convention in Boston, citing a recently implemented state law that cracks down on free gifts, meals and other items given to doctors by the pharmaceutical industry.Meanwhile, other life-sciences groups are sending strong signals that they also won’t hold conventions in Boston, claiming that the law is unclear and out of sync with industry gift-giving standards.
In a letter to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the executive director of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology said it was pulling out of its 2015 convention contract in Boston because it’s “very difficult” to find sponsorships and to provide continuing medical education courses under the new Massachusetts regulations.
The group’s move will likely cost Boston businesses millions of dollars, as the group moves its 8,000-attendee convention and cancels thousands of local hotel bookings.
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