Medical Legal RICO: Offering Co-Pay Coupons Does Not Constitute A Racketeering… Thomas Sullivan Oct 14, 2014 0 Pharmaceutical manufacturer co-payment coupons have come under a lot of scrutiny recently. HHS-OIG recently warned these coupons…
Clinical Trial Transparency Clinical Trial Transparency: Starting Jan. 1, 2015, European Medicines… Thomas Sullivan Oct 13, 2014 0 On October 2, 2014, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) unanimously voted to publish the clinical reports “that underpin…
Open Payments Secretary Burwell Addresses Open Payments: The Data Wasn’t Perfect, But… Thomas Sullivan Oct 10, 2014 0 The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Sylvia Burwell, yesterday held a press conference on…
Collaborations 21st Century Cures Update: Ebola Hearing October 16, FDA’s LDT Draft… Thomas Sullivan Oct 10, 2014 0 This past July we wrote about the 21st Century Cures initiative and its efforts to bridge the gap between medical advances and the…
FDA FDA Releases Cybersecurity Guidance: “Content of Premarket… Thomas Sullivan Oct 9, 2014 0 Late last week, the Food and Drug Administration released its “cybersecurity” guidance, outlining recommendations that…
Open Payments Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Open Payments is Missing a Lot of Data Thomas Sullivan Oct 8, 2014 1 Open Payments currently presents a vague portrait of how pharmaceutical and device manufacturers interact with physicians. The…
Open Payments Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Majority of Transactions in Open Payments… Thomas Sullivan Oct 7, 2014 0 Many payments in the Open Payments website wouldn't cover a doctor's popcorn and soda, let alone a movie ticket. Out of the 2.6…
CME American Hospital Association Examines Value of CME: Champions Integrating… Thomas Sullivan Oct 7, 2014 0 The American Hospital Association’s Physician Leadership Forum examined the value of CME to hospitals as a "strategic resource for…
FDA FDA Reopens Comment Period For Social Media Guidance; PhRMA and Washington… Thomas Sullivan Oct 6, 2014 0 FDA is reopening the comment period for its two controversial draft social media guidances. The decision comes in response to…
Uncategorized Ebola Update Thomas Sullivan Oct 3, 2014 0 Trends-in-Medicine is offering updates on Ebola, which recently has shown up inside the United States. We don’t normally…