The following is a list of tips that will help facilitate the review of private agreements, including but not limited to consulting, scientific advisory board, and speaker’s bureau agreements. For additional information, call or e-mail the Office of Policy Coordination at 410-223-1608 or ccoi@jhmi.edu.

• Submit the proposed agreement to the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC) as soon as you receive it from the company. OPC’s contact information is 111 Market Place, Suite 1030, Baltimore, MD 21202; Phone: 410-223-1608; Fax: 410-223-1666; E-mail: ccoi@jhmi.edu.

• Include your complete contact information on all correspondence. This is particularly important if your information in the JHED directory is not accurate.

• Ensure that the agreement does not require you to use the resources, facilities, or equipment of the Johns Hopkins University or Johns Hopkins Hospital or Health System.

• Promptly communicate OPC’s required changes to the company.

• Use your home address in all correspondence with the company regarding consulting activities and provide the company with the address in advance.

• Seek your department director’s (division director’s in Department of Medicine) approval and return your consulting disclosure form as soon as possible in order to minimize OPC approval delays.

• Work with the company to ensure that all required changes have been made. If you or the company have questions, call or e-mail OPC.

• Do not sign the agreement until you receive written approval from OPC.

• Do not send original agreements to OPC; send a copy of the agreement.

• After OPC approves the agreement, send a final signed copy to OPC for its records.