Congress Grassley: GSK Avandia Email Report — Looking Over Your Shoulder Thomas Sullivan Jan 14, 2009 0 According to The Wall Street Journal, coming soon to your local newspaper is a report from Senator Grassley on e-mails his staff…
Government Agencies FDA: Issues Guidance on Journal Reprints Thomas Sullivan Jan 14, 2009 0 In a move that has many wondering where it came from (as it was not on the Bush list of priorities prior to leaving office),…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Kennedy Legacy to Speed Process Thomas Sullivan Jan 13, 2009 0 Senator Edward Kennedy’s health has transformed President-elect Barack Obama’s plan to reform national healthcare into a legacy…
Government Agencies FDA: Vytorin Scare a False Alarm Thomas Sullivan Jan 13, 2009 0 After a one-year safety review of Vytorin, the FDA announced that patients should stay on Vytorin therapy. According to the FDA…
Massachusetts Code of Conduct Massachusetts Physician Registry: MWE Unraveling the Web of Confusion Thomas Sullivan Jan 12, 2009 0 When you read the proposed regulations from Massachusetts, you get a headache trying to figure out how they will deal with the…
Government Agencies OIG Release Report on Clinical Investigators’ Financial Information Thomas Sullivan Jan 12, 2009 0 According to the OIG, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to do a better job in collecting and evaluating financial…
Medical Journals ACCME to NEJM – No Patent Pending Exception Thomas Sullivan Jan 12, 2009 0 The ACCME recently issued a letter to The Cancer Letter outlining their inquiry into NEJM over a paper published in 2006 that…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Digital Health Records in Stimulus Package Thomas Sullivan Jan 12, 2009 0 Another round of stimulus packages are being laid on the table by President Elect Obama, and Digital Health Records…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: The Gupta Way Thomas Sullivan Jan 12, 2009 0 This past week, Neurosurgeon and Cable News Network (CNN) Health Reporter, Sanjay Gupta, M.D., was offered the position as…
Massachusetts Code of Conduct Massachusetts Physician Disclosure: The Exemption for Research Makes Sense Thomas Sullivan Jan 11, 2009 0 Peter Pitts from the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest had this editorial in The Boston Globe over the weekend: Amid…