Conflict of Interest DC City Council Holds Hearings on Area Physicians Relationships with… Thomas Sullivan Dec 17, 2009 0 The District of Columbia City Council Committee on Health last month held a hearing regarding various health care related issues.…
Media Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Media – A Bigger Target for Trial… Thomas Sullivan Dec 16, 2009 0 The use of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and its side effects is once again making its rounds in the news papers and…
Medical Journals Researchers vs. Plaintiff Witnesses – The Credibility Gap Thomas Sullivan Dec 16, 2009 1 A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education focuses on an Ex-Merck Spokesman Pointing the Finger at Paid Consultants in…
Academic Organizations Northwestern University Discloses Financial Interests of Faculty Thomas Sullivan Dec 15, 2009 0 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine recently agreed to disclose financial relationships between faculty and drug…
Physician Payment Disclosure GSK Discloses Payments to Physicians Thomas Sullivan Dec 15, 2009 0 Following in the footsteps of companies such as Merck and Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline recently published a list of fees paid…
Medical Journals International Society for Medical Publication Professionals – Good… Thomas Sullivan Dec 14, 2009 0 The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) recently published a revised Good Publication Practice…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Kohl-Durbin Amendment Ban’s Data Mining Thomas Sullivan Dec 14, 2009 2 Last week, Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced an amendment to the Senate health care bill that would…
Medical Legal U.S. versus Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dismissed by US Court of Appeals Thomas Sullivan Dec 11, 2009 0 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit this week issued a decision that restricts the use of the federal False Claims…
Pharmaceutical and Device PhRMA Ads Seven New Members Thomas Sullivan Dec 10, 2009 0 The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufactures Association (PhRMA) have added seven new member companies, helping to further…
Healthcare Reform Medical Marketing and Media Commentary – Grassley and Kohl Model of… Thomas Sullivan Dec 10, 2009 0 In October, I was asked to provide the following commentary for Medical Marketing and Media on the collaboration that Grassley…