The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is committed to ensuring balance, independence, and objectivity in all its educational activities. All those involved in the development of a continuing medical education (CME) activity are required to disclose financial relationships they or their spouse/partner have had during the past 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content, or with any commercial supporters of the activity over which they have control.
For the Editorial Board, Dr. Ettinger reports Berlex, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Merck, Procter & Gamble, Roche (consultant); Dr. Harris reports Amgen, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmith-Kline, Merck, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Wyeth (consultant), Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Procter & Gamble, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Wyeth (sponsored lectures); Dr. Kendler reports Amgen, Eli Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Servier, Wyeth (consultant, research support, speakers' bureau); Dr. Kessel reports Procter & Gamble, Wyeth (research support), Berlex, Procter & Gamble, Merck, Wyeth (speakers' bureau); Dr. McClung reports Wyeth (consultant), Amgen, Eli Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis (consultant, research support).
For the NAMS Board of Trustees who are not serving on the Editorial Board, Dr. Freedman reports Alexza, Duramed, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Organon, Pfizer, Vela, Wyeth (consultant), GlaxoSmithKline, National Institutes of Health, Organon (research support); Dr. Gallagher reports GlaxoSmithKline, Organon, Pfizer, Wyeth (consultant), Organon, Pfizer, Wyeth (research support): Dr. Goldstein reports Eli Lilly, Merck, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, TAP (advisory boards); Dr. Gorodeski reports Molecular Diagnostics (advisory board); Dr . Henderson reports Council on Hormone Education (consultant); Dr. Pilkerton reports Duramed, Eli Lilly, Merck, Procter & Gamble, Roche, Solvay (consultant), Berlex, Eli Lilly, Pfizer/Alta, Procter & Gamble, Wyeth (speakers' bureau), Eli Lilly, Merck, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Solvay, Wyeth (research support), Council on Hormone Education (executive committee); Dr. Reame reports Procter & Gamble (consultant), Novo Nordisk, Procter & Gamble (research support); Dr. Rothert reports no significant financial relationships; Dr. Richardson reports Procter & Gamble (consultant); Dr. Schiff reports Alliance for Better Bone Health, Medco, Pause, the consumer magazine of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (advisory board), Menopause, the official journal of The North American Menopause Society (editor-in-chief); Dr. Speroff reports Barr (consultant), Berlex, Organon, Wyeth (research support); Dr. Stuenkel reports no significant financial relationships; Dr. Utian reports Barr/Duramed, Berlex, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Merck, Merrion, Novartis, Organon, Pfizer, Roche/GlaxoSmithKline (consultant, advisory board), Amylin, 3M, Barr, Berlex, Bristol- Myers Squibb, Duramed, Eli Lilly, Forest, Glen, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Neurocrine Biosciences, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Organon, Pharmacia, Procter & Gamble, Pfizer, Roche, Sepracor, Solvay, Wyeth, Yamanouchi (research support). For additional contributors, Ms. Boggs, Dr. Graham, and Mr. Lammers all report no significant financial relationships.