2011

Payment data published by ProPublica surrounding industry payments to physicians for educational activities and consulting showed…

Over the past several years we have seen a precipitous decline in commercial support of University continuing medical education…

The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), whose 37 member organizations represent 700,000 physicians in the US, recently…

Pharmacogenomics (PGx) broadly refers to the study of variations of DNA and RNA characteristics as related to drug response. Drug…

A recent article from the New York Times examined a brand of heart device that patients at a majohospital get.  According to the…

Almost 50 years ago, U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver (D-TN) introduced legislation to regulate the drug industry because the Food and…

Over the past several years, a number of media sources and so-called “investigative journalists” have published stories suggesting…

In today’s fast paced and rapidly changing medical environment, health care practitioners in every area—from primary care to…

We think this week, that the American College of Cardiology (ACC) is forming a new business unit to produce promotional meetings…

As we noted last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched “The Bad Ad Program,” which is designed to educate health…