Academic Organizations Sir James Black (1928-2010), Pioneer in Innovation and Collaboration Saving… Thomas Sullivan Mar 25, 2010 1 The field of medicine and pharmacology this week lost one of its best: Dr. James W. Black, a Scottish pharmacologist whose…
FDA Building a Comparative FDA May Not Lead to Effectiveness Thomas Sullivan Mar 25, 2010 0 A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) discusses how to “Build Comparative Efficacy and…
Congress Senate to Vote on Changes to Reconciliation Package – List of… Thomas Sullivan Mar 24, 2010 0 This afternoon the Senate will be holding 8+ hours of debate on amendments offered by the Republicans to the House Reconciliation…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine: Marketing Research Association Declares a… Thomas Sullivan Mar 24, 2010 0 While insurance companies, pharmaceutical and medical device makers, and doctors are still trying to determine how the newly…
NIH NIH Transparency: Research Over Bureaucracy Thomas Sullivan Mar 24, 2010 0 This past January, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) sent letters to Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National…
Congress Senate Aging Committee on Pharmaceutical Pricing Thomas Sullivan Mar 23, 2010 0 At the Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing last week, Senators focused on “Seniors Feeling the Squeeze: Rising Drug Prices…
Academic Organizations Stanford Ban’s Volunteer Faculty from Working with Industry Thomas Sullivan Mar 23, 2010 1 Although the Stanford University School of Medicine already has one of the most comprehensive policies in the country governing…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: The Price of Reconciliation Thomas Sullivan Mar 22, 2010 0 While most of us were sleeping last night, the United States House of Representatives approved the Senate Health Care Bill. In a…
Healthcare Reform Physician Payment Sunshine Provisions: Patient Protection Affordable Care… Thomas Sullivan Mar 22, 2010 3 Tonight the House of Representatives passed the senate bill the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act and a Reconciliation…
CME NEJM Letters to the Editor: Underplaying the Value of Industry Support of… Thomas Sullivan Mar 19, 2010 1 An article last year in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) focused on “The agenda for continuing medical education —…