Sales Reps in The Operating Room – There is Room and Need for Them
A recent article in the Washington Post described how company representatives for medical device companies are allowed to…
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Antidote Interview: Bio-Medical Education Companies and the Media
Recently William Heisel, Senior Communications Officer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, interviewed me about…
FDA Guidance and the Courts: Whatever Happened to Rule Making?
While the health care debate is distracting most Americans about who is going to get insurance and what conditions are going to be…
Data Mining: Fatal First Amendment Flaw in Prescription Restraint Statutes
With the recent attention of health care focusing on the use of prescription data, civil liberties attorney and Harvard Law…
Health Care Reform: Senate Passes Bill – Details and Differences…
This morning along party lines the Senate Democrats passed their version of health reform. Now this goes to a conference…
Interventional Cardiologist Speaks out on Work with Industry
A recent article in the Journal of Health Care Contracting tried identifying problems with conflict of interest regarding…
NY Times: All Generics Are Not Equal
A recent article in the New York Times highlighted a very interesting issue: why While the article starts out noting why generics…
New York Judge Dismisses 23 Hormone Replace Therapy Cases
Although last week the New York Times highlighted recent lawsuits against Pfizer for a hormone replacement therapy, a New York…
Senate Votes Cloture on Health Care Reform Bill – Attached as an Amendment…
After rigorous debate the Senate Voted 60 - 40 to close debate and vote on their version of health care reform. The vote was…
Health Care Reform: Ben Nelson Satisfied, Doc Fix Dropped from Senate Bill…
Senator Ben Nelson announced he was satisfied with a proposed change to the health care reform bill in the Senate which will…