State Policy: More State Bills
Last week, we featured some key state bills that are focused on restrictions on “gifts” to physicians and pharmaceutical…
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State Policy: List of State Bills Restricting Pharmaceutical and Device…
Several state legislatures have filed bills affecting the pharmaceutical and device industry on addressing Continuing…
Royal College of Physicians: UK Report on Industry Relationships
However we believe that within these broad limits (education funds donated to a central office not individuals and departments,…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: AAFP Return to Agreed on Language
"We need to have transparency" between physicians, the pharmaceutical industry, and device manufacturers, said…
Health Care Reform: A Little Comparative Effectiveness
Stimulus packages are funny things, when Congress passes a big Bill, they tend to literally throw in the kitchen sink. So…
Physician Payment Sunshine: Pfizer to Disclose Physician Payments
Pfizer joined the ranks of GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Eli Lilly, announcing that beginning this year, they are going to disclose…
Understanding Chuck Grassley
Transparency is only a partial solution to conflict of interest. Senator Grassley has told him he is just getting…
Harvard: We Love Generic Drugs – No Research Dollars Please
The Seventies were fun, they were grand and we loved them…Remember Kiss, the Bee Gees, tie-dyed shirts, and love songs?
Well, a…
Health Care Reform: NIH Transparency – Where’s the Stimulus?
Senators Chuck Grassley and Herb Kohl today put forward an amendment to the economic recovery bill, which will place new…
State Policy: Vermont Physician Gift Ban – Time to Leave the Maple Farm
With all the negative ramifications of the serious restrictions on manufacturers’ and physicians' interaction in…