Any guest speaker invited by the FDA must undergo screening for conflicts of interest.

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During the planning of the upcoming June 2013 AC meeting on rosiglitazone, Dr. Nissen contacted FDA staff and requested that he be invited as a guest speaker.

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Irina Bokova will also take part in a briefing on the Global Thematic Consultation on Education in the Post 2015 Development Agenda, at the invitation of the permanent Delegations of the Republic of Senegal and Canada, where she is invited as a keynote speaker to share lessons on education since 2000.

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We should share with the readers that you were not invited to be an editorial speaker in 2011 because you insist on being compensated again.

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In 1985, Tony and I founded the Churchill Club and invited Intel Co-Founder Bob Noyce to be our first speaker.

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Therefore, Dr. Nissen was invited to present and did present his meta-analysis to the committees as an FDA guest speaker.

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