FDA: Transparency Taskforce — Industry + Anti Industry (No middle…
This past week the FDA held their first Transparency Taskforce meeting headed up by Deputy FDA Commissioner Joshua…
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Letters from Grassley: 23 Universities Get Letters
In a serious over reaction, the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Charles Grassley (R-I) sent out letters…
Health Care Reform: House Discussion Draft Highlights
Democrats in the house this week released a “Discussion Draft” of the health care reform overhaul they hope to pass, but recent…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Democrat House Draft for Healthcare Reform…
On Friday the House released its discussion draft of the health care reform bill and included in the draft is a Physician…
ACCME: AMA House of Delegates Pass Two Resolutions Opposing Fee Increase…
This past week at the AMA meeting two proposals were adopted asking the ACCME to re-consider their fee increases to state medical…
Health Care Reform: Rangel Proposes Taxing Pharmaceutical and Device…
Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY), Chairman of the Powerful House Ways and Means Committee announced that he too is working on a…
Academic Medical Centers: Harvard to Revise their Conflict of Interest…
Harvard University is looking at a complete revision their conflict of interest policy over the next four to six…
Academic Medical Centers: AAMC-AAU Response to HHS Request for Comments
The Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) submitted a…
Health Care Reform: Obama Proposes to Give More Authority to MedPAC
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend President Obama’ speech to the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago, he did…
AMA CEJA 2009: Referred Back to CEJA by House of Delegates
The AMA House of Delegates on Monday referred the Council for Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA Report 1-A-09) Financial…