Uncategorized Continuing Medical Education and Conflict of Interest: The Bottom Line Thomas Sullivan Mar 19, 2012 0 Providers and supporters of continuing medical education (CME) "have gotten the message" and are delivering content without…
Innovation Merck Collaboration California Institute for Biomedical Research Thomas Sullivan Mar 19, 2012 0 In order to accelerate the translation of basic biomedical research into innovative, new medicines to treat disease, Merck…
Uncategorized Continuing Medical Education Advances Confidence of Clinicians Treating… Thomas Sullivan Mar 16, 2012 0 A recent study published in Critical Pathways in Cardiology analyzed the results of a continuing medical education (CME) program…
Medical Legal Stryker Biotech: Case Dismissed Charges Dropped Thomas Sullivan Mar 15, 2012 0 Over the past few years, there has been no shortage of legal cases brought by federal and state prosecutors against drug and…
GAO GAO Report Drug Pricing: Research on Savings from Generic Drug Use Thomas Sullivan Mar 14, 2012 0 Since the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984—commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman Act—generic drugs have…
CME New Studies Show Continuing Medical Education Improves Health Care Provider… Thomas Sullivan Mar 13, 2012 1 Those of us in the continuing medical education (CME) community have seen a growing movement over the past several years to…
Conflict of Interest Drug and Drug-Related Supply Promotion by Pharmaceutical Company… Thomas Sullivan Mar 12, 2012 0 In 2010, the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") proposed a regulation that would impose limits on the promotion of drug and…
FDA FDA: Guidance for Sponsors, Investigators, and Institutional Review Boards Thomas Sullivan Mar 9, 2012 0 Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new Clinical Trials Guidance Document. The guidance…
State Policy Physician Payment Sunshine: Massachusetts Physician Payments Takes Two… Thomas Sullivan Mar 8, 2012 1 As we have covered numerous times on this blog, in 2009, the State of Massachusetts enacted the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and…
Uncategorized European Society of Cardiology White Paper on Relations between… Thomas Sullivan Mar 7, 2012 0 The Europeans are now joining the chorus for principled relationships with industry. The European Society of Cardiology…