Investment professionals acquire credentials or professional
designations not because they are required to do so, but because they want to enhance their professional knowledge or their professional profile for marketing purposes.
In order to grant Breakthrough Therapy
Designation, preliminary clinical evidence is required demonstrating that the drug may have substantial improvement on at least one clinically significant endpoint over existing therapies.
"Fraudsters often try to build credibility and gain trust by claiming to be an expert or have a special
designation -- a tactic known as source credibility," FINRA says.
Also, the receipt of Orphan Drug
Designation status does not change the regulatory requirements or process for obtaining marketing approval and
designation does not mean that marketing approval will be received.
Orphan drug
designation may be requested at any time in clinical development.
* The names and acronyms of senior
designations are still confusing to consumers.
Candidates will commit to meeting the
designation requirements within an established timeframe, and the Appraisal Institute will help them be successful.
* Those who present an acceptable report on their career, and pass a satisfactory in-depth interview by not less than three persons of similar or greater experience, all designated PE and at least one of which obtained the
designation by a non-academic route.
Sunwing Airlines will, under the
designation, offer travellers direct flight choices between Canada and Aruba and the Bahamas in the Caribbean.
* The department had approved the
designation or determined that the
designation could continue to be used through June 30, 2010.
Earning the AIC
designation will not only allow you to learn the fundamentals of your career, but it will also distinguish you among your peers.
Visit www.appraisalinstitute.org/membership/designated_mem.aspx for more information on
designations.
