December 2009

The House Subcommittee on Health (of the House Energy and Commerce Committee) recently held a hearing titled "Prescription Drug…

This week in point counter point articles in the British Journal of Medicine (BMJ) debated whether is the conflict of interest…

Continuing his “ongoing probe into conflicts of interest” Senator Chuck Grassley this week sent letters to the American Medical…

  The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report titled Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Profession. …

As a parting shot the New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram (she is leaving office once the new Governor Chris Christie is…

Long time leader in CME Brian P. Russell, RPh, MBA died on December 5th at his home after a long fight with Pancreatic Cancer.…

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) came out with a report on Promotional Spending for Prescription Drugs this week. The report…

“Collaboration among industry, government, and medicine in the pursuit of clinical re­search is critical to driving scientific…

The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) this week urged the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to uphold First…

A report was released from the American Council on Science and Health titled: Scrutinizing Industry-Funded Science: The Crusade…