FDA: Issues Guidance on Journal Reprints
In a move that has many wondering where it came from (as it was not on the Bush list of priorities prior to leaving office),…
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Health Care Reform: Kennedy Legacy to Speed Process
Senator Edward Kennedy’s health has transformed President-elect Barack Obama’s plan to reform national healthcare into a legacy…
FDA: Vytorin Scare a False Alarm
After a one-year safety review of Vytorin, the FDA announced that patients should stay on Vytorin therapy.
According to the FDA…
Massachusetts Physician Registry: MWE Unraveling the Web of Confusion
When you read the proposed regulations from Massachusetts, you get a headache trying to figure out how they will deal with the…
OIG Release Report on Clinical Investigators’ Financial Information
According to the OIG, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to do a better job in collecting and evaluating financial…
ACCME to NEJM – No Patent Pending Exception
The ACCME recently issued a letter to The Cancer Letter outlining their inquiry into NEJM over a paper published in 2006 that…
Health Care Reform: Digital Health Records in Stimulus Package
Another round of stimulus packages are being laid on the table by President Elect Obama, and Digital Health Records…
Health Care Reform: The Gupta Way
This past week, Neurosurgeon and Cable News Network (CNN) Health Reporter, Sanjay Gupta, M.D., was offered the position as…
Massachusetts Physician Disclosure: The Exemption for Research Makes Sense
Peter Pitts from the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest had this editorial in The Boston Globe over the weekend:
Amid…
Health Care Reform: SCHIP “Let the Games Begin”
House Democrats are not wasting any time since the start of session yesterday and according to the Associated Press are promising…