October 2008

The national press has been implying that interactions between physicians and pharmaceutical companies are sinister. …

This past summer the AMA CEJA committee proposed elimination of commercial support of CME. This was soundly rejected by the…

Earlier this summer we had written AAMC and Prescription Project --Telling the Future  about how the Prescription Project…

Last week Pfizer announced a huge $894 million dollar settlement with patients, the Federal Government and States Attorney…

  The Alliance For Continuing Medical Education (Alliance) last week unveiled the National Faculty Education Initiative, a…

Fees to the ACCME from accredited CME providers will be going up and today the ACCME released their chart of…

This week the ACCME published the responses to their call for comment and they are almost universally suggesting that the ACCME…

Earlier this week Merck released their 3rd Quarter 2008 report of grants; this is the first time Merck has disclosed their…

Last week the NIH froze a $9.3 million five year research grant to Emory University in response to the investigation by the…

This past week the Wisconsin Medical Society passed a voluntary ban on gifts to physicians becoming the first state medical…