CMSS Code for Interactions with Companies 

The CMSS Code for Interactions with Companies guides ethical specialty society interactions with industry. CMSS members and for-profit entities rely on the code to develop their own policies and procedures that minimize conflicts of interest and safeguard the independence of their programs, policies, and advocacy positions. 

Healthcare professionals, patients, and the public rely on medical societies to be authoritative, independent voices in science and medicine. Maintaining public confidence and minimizing actual and perceived conflicts of interest are critical. The CMSS Code for Interactions with Companies supports professional societies in meeting the highest ethical standards in their relationships with companies and the public.  

2025 Code Update & Call for Comments 

The CMSS Code was last updated in 2015. CMSS has assembled a Task Force from across our membership to help update and revise the code. CMSS members and other stakeholders within the healthcare community now have the opportunity to provide public comment on the current code and updated draft, for consideration by the Task Force. We expect to publish the updated code in Spring/Summer 2025.

Call for Comments – Due December 4, 2024

Individual responses will remain confidential, and only blinded/aggregated data will be shared with CMSS staff/members working to evaluate and update the Code. To provide comments, please complete the survey linked below and submit responses by December 4, 2024.

For a PDF of all survey questions, click here.

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CMSS Code for Interactions with Companies (2015)

Click here to review a list of signers to the CMSS Code for Interactions with Companies.