You share a lot in common with specialty distributors and reps. For example, you share an interest in bringing innovative, efficacious technologies to health care providers and patients. And both of you are willing to fight the necessary battles to do so, including national contracts, cost-cutting by providers, and restricted access to clinical decision-makers. You’re stronger together than apart. That’s why it makes sense for you to join IMDA as an allied member.

What benefits do allied members enjoy?

1. Access to professional sales and marketing companies. Join IMDA and get to know the companies that can take your innovative device to clinical decision-makers in days.

2. IMDA’s Annual Management Conference. Besides being an excellent opportunity to interact with specialty distributors and reps, the Conference offers first-class educational programs. Recent topics have included:

• E-commerce in the supply chain.
• Using a board of directors to help move your company forward.
• GPOs and innovative technologies.
• Effective dealer advisory panels.
• Hiring the right salespeople for your company.
• Defining the value of new technology for your customers.

3. Competitively priced group product liability and professional liability insurance. IMDA members have enjoyed continuous, affordable product liability insurance while the rest of the industry has struggled to hold on to theirs. Join IMDA and experience the power of numbers: The more companies that participate, the greater the opportunity to keep insurance costs down.

4. A $100 discount on the IMDA Manufacturers Forum. Held every summer in conjunction with the Annual Management Conference, the Forum allows manufacturers to show their products and talk business with the specialty distributors and reps in IMDA. It’s the only meeting-place of its kind for manufacturers and specialty sales and marketing organizations.

5. Access to IMDA legal counsel Mitchell Kramer. Need help with a contract? Facing a potential liability problem? For years, the law firm Kramer & Kramer has specialized in improving the relationship between manufacturers and specialty sales and marketing companies. Let them help you.

6. A place for your annual sales meeting. Consider holding your sales meeting immediately before or after the IMDA Annual Management Conference, where some of your key distributors or reps will already be gathered.

7. An opportunity to become part of a larger voice in the specialty medical industry. Your interests run parallel to those of specialty sales and marketing companies. Join forces with others in the industry and see what you can accomplish together.

So print out the membership application, fill it out and mail it with your check to:

IMDA
414 Plaza Dr., Suite 209
Westmont, IL 60559
1-866-IMDA-YES or 1-866-463-2937
Fax: (630) 655-0391
imda@imda.org