Academic Detailing the New York City Way (Public Health over Rhetoric)
Congress and others have been promoting the value of academic detailing as a way to reduce drug costs by promoting generic…
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April 2009
Physician Payment Disclosure: Vermont Reports
A pharmaceutical “Gift Ban” bill is working its way through the Vermont Legislature, passing the Senate and now hearings in…
Partners Healthcare Commission Report and Education (Censorship and…
This week, Partners Healthcare (Hospitals that serve Harvard University) adopted a strict conflict of interest policy for its…
Marketing Research Association to Massachusetts (slow down)
The Marketing Research Association (MRA) is gearing up to fight the recently passed Massachusetts code of conduct. …
CBI West Coast Forum on Educational Grants
Another Educational Opportunity includes the 3rd Annual West Coast Forum on Educational Grants for the Pharmaceutical, Biotech…
PACME Spring Summit
The Pharmaceutical Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (PACME) is hosting their Spring Summit on May 7-8th at the Sofitel…
Harvard’s Ackerman Symposium on Medical Industry, Medical Education
Each year Harvard holds an Ackerman Symposium, to discuss the social issues in medicine, the topics in past years have ranged…
JAMA: AMA Laying Off 100 Employees – Running Away Advertisers
Despite a growing healthcare economy, The American Medical Association (AMA) announced they were laying off 100 workers, about…
Partners Healthcare COI Policy and the Prescription Project (Who’s calling…
According to Partners COI Policy (page 11), the Prescription Project was deeply involved in guiding the writing of the policy.…
Guidelines: APA Guidelines and their Use of Experts
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is currently updating all its practice guidelines. According to a study recently…