Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Option Thomas Sullivan Sep 30, 2009 0 After hours of debate, the Senate Finance Committee “rejected amendments Tuesday that would add a government-run health-insurance…
FDA FDA Hires IOM to Review Medical Device Approval System Thomas Sullivan Sep 30, 2009 0 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a press release announcing the commissioning of the Institute of…
FDA FDA Hearing on Internet and Web 2.0 Thomas Sullivan Sep 30, 2009 0 At the beginning of the year the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to 10 companies concerning…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Nelson Amendments to End Deal with Pharmaceutical… Thomas Sullivan Sep 29, 2009 0 Early on in the health care debate, the Obama administration and Democrats praised a deal they had made with the pharmaceutical…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payment Sunshine: Lilly’s Disclosure Used Against Massachusetts… Thomas Sullivan Sep 29, 2009 0 At least 60 Massachusetts doctors collectively have earned more than a half-million dollars this year as speakers paid by…
ACCME ACCME Bans Corporate Scientists From Presenting Translational Research at… Thomas Sullivan Sep 28, 2009 0 Scientist come from all over the world to present their papers at US meetings, in addition there is a vast number of medical…
Events Conferences: Fourth Annual FDA Regulatory Symposium Thomas Sullivan Sep 28, 2009 0 The Fourth Annual Regulatory Symposium, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2009, in Washington, D.C., is only two days away and the entire…
Congress Letters from Grassley: Are Statins Safe? Is the Sky Blue? Thomas Sullivan Sep 28, 2009 0 Simple questions deserve simple answers. So when Senator Grassley (R-IA) recently sent a letter to the Food and…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Harvard Dean Rethinking Reform Thomas Sullivan Sep 23, 2009 0 With the way recent media coverage, advertising, and politicians are framing the health care reform debate, many Americans are…
Healthcare Reform The Five Misleading Words of Health Care Reform Thomas Sullivan Sep 23, 2009 0 A recent editorial The Five Dirty Words of Health Care Reform written by Cody Wasner, a practicing physician for 30 years,…