Congress Grassley and Dingell: Wanted a New Sherriff for the FDA Thomas Sullivan Jul 29, 2008 0 We need a new Sherriff is the call of several key members of congress including (Senator Grassley, Republican from Iowa and…
Pharmaceutical and Device Drug Development – The need for a little serendipity Thomas Sullivan Jul 29, 2008 0 Why does drug development require so much serendipity? Why do drugs take so long to develop? Why is there are there…
Congress Grassley: GAO Looks at Off Label Marketing Thomas Sullivan Jul 27, 2008 0 This weekend the Associated Press (AP) wrote a story FDA Faulted over unapproved uses of medications about a draft…
Government Regulation Groups NLARX: Singing the Blues in New Orleans Thomas Sullivan Jul 25, 2008 2 Several months ago National Legislative Association to Reduce Prescription Prices (NLARX) announced that their satellite…
Pharmaceutical and Device Patient Assistance Programs — Free Enterprise at Work Thomas Sullivan Jul 24, 2008 1 In a world of bad news for pharmaceutical companies one item crossed my desk that deserves some note. Patient assistance…
State Policy Massachusetts S2660 — Time to Encourage the State Senate Thomas Sullivan Jul 17, 2008 0 Today the Boston Globe reported that House OKs healthcare bill without ban on gifts The Massachusetts State House passed the…
State Policy Massachusetts S2660 — Gift Ban Goes Bye Bye Thomas Sullivan Jul 16, 2008 0 In a move that shows legislators in Massachusetts understand the need for manufactures and physicians to continue to work…
Congress Medicare Bill 2008: In Override Thomas Sullivan Jul 16, 2008 0 Last night Congress overrode the President’s veto of the Medicare Re-imbursement bill 70-26. Earlier in the day the…
Congress ACCME Responds to Senator Kohl Thomas Sullivan Jul 15, 2008 0 In a detailed letter, Murray Kopelow, MD Chief Executive of the ACCME responded to the request for information from Senator…
Congress Letters from Senator Grassley: Gone Fishing on the APA Thomas Sullivan Jul 14, 2008 0 Every summer Iowa, which is full of small lakes, is full of fisherman, boys and dads desperate to catch the next big one. …