Guidelines: APA Guidelines and their Use of Experts
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is currently updating all its practice guidelines. According to a study recently…
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Pharmascolds an Official Term
Pharmascolds has been added to the American vocabulary this week according to Schott’s Vocabulary column in the New York Times.…
ACCME Commercial Support Will Continue
According to the Executive Summary of the March, 2009 Board Meeting of Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education…
Academic Medical Centers: Partners Healthcare Adopts Strict COI Policy
In an e-mail to their physicians, Partners Healthcare, which includes Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women’s Boston, and…
State Policy: Minnesota and Iowa Pharmaceutical “Gift” Bans Retreat,…
According to NLARX “gift” ban proposals in Minnesota (Withdrawn) and Iowa passed the senate but (Striped out of the bill in the…
The Pitfalls of Cookbook Medicine
According to a study done by the Commonwealth Fund, inefficient and poor quality care costs the nation at least $50 to…
FDA and Internet Warning Letters
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a series of warnings to 14 pharmaceutical companies. According…
Generics Gain Strength in US Market
Generic Prescriptions Branded Prescriptions
According to…
University of Wisconsin CME and the Journal Sentinel: Serving Up Mush
An article critical of the University of Wisconsin’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) Department was published in the…
It’s Time to Fight the ‘PharmaScolds’
David Shaywitz and Thomas Stossel, M.D., had a terrific editorial in the April 8, 2009 edition of The Wall Street Journal. …