Pharmaceutical and Device As Facebook Opens Comments Companies Pull Pages Thomas Sullivan Aug 29, 2011 1 As Facebook opened pharmaceutical industry pages to public commenting recently, some companies said they had not yet seen…
Conflict of Interest National Institutes of Health Final Rule on Conflict of Interest Summary Thomas Sullivan Aug 25, 2011 0 This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an updated 144 page Final Rule on conflict of interest,…
Affordable Care Act Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Requests Feedback Thomas Sullivan Aug 25, 2011 0 The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, is requesting public feedback on its working definition of…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payment Sunshine: Astra Zeneca to Report All Payments to… Thomas Sullivan Aug 24, 2011 0 Beginning this week, there is a significant addition to the AstraZeneca US website – a searchable database that discloses all…
Pharmaceutical and Device Pfizer UCSD Collaboration on Research – Through the Valley of Death Thomas Sullivan Aug 23, 2011 0 A recent article from the San Diego Union Tribune discussed a new drug research collaboration between pharmaceutical giant Pfizer…
CME Continuing Medical Education: Keep the Best and Brightest Teaching Thomas Sullivan Aug 22, 2011 1 Earlier this year, an article in the Archives of Internal Medicine examined the “Future Directions in Industry Funding of…
State Policy District of Columbia Board of Pharmacy Revises Disclosure Policy Thomas Sullivan Aug 19, 2011 0 Following lobbying by The Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO), the District of Columbia’s Board of Pharmacy…
NIH NIH May Drop Database Disclosure Proposal Reducing Redundant Paperwork Thomas Sullivan Aug 18, 2011 0 In May 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), proposed a new rule to amend its regulations on the…
Uncategorized ACCME Summer Newsletter and Meeting Thomas Sullivan Aug 17, 2011 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) discussed a number of important topics in this…
Media Modern Medicine vs. Alternative Medicine: Different Levels of Evidence Thomas Sullivan Aug 16, 2011 1 Prescription medicines and advances in medical treatment have helped people avoid disability and death caused by disease, lowered…