FDA FDA: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) and… Thomas Sullivan Jul 17, 2012 0 Last week, President Obama signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA). Among the numerous…
Uncategorized Medical Progress is Not Easy: Complaining About it is Much Easier than… Thomas Sullivan Jul 16, 2012 0 Fifty years ago you would arrive at the physician’s office to receive the ultimate source of knowledge on what could be wrong with…
Quality Improvement Getting from Volume to Value in Healthcare Thomas Sullivan Jul 13, 2012 0 Forbes Insights recently released “Getting From Volume to Value in Health Care: Balancing Challenges & Opportunities,” a…
FDA FDA Outlines Warning Letters for Promotion of Prescription Pharmaceuticals Thomas Sullivan Jul 12, 2012 0 An article from the Coalition for Healthcare Communication discussed a recent webinar hosted by the Office of Prescription Drug…
Uncategorized Geisinger Health System and Merck Partnership to Improve Patient Health… Thomas Sullivan Jul 11, 2012 0 Geisinger Health System and pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck recently announced that they will collaborate on a multi-year…
CME FDA Releases Final Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for… Thomas Sullivan Jul 9, 2012 0 After three years of work the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies…
Massachusetts Code of Conduct Massachusetts Passes Partial Repeal of The Pharmaceutical and Device… Thomas Sullivan Jul 8, 2012 0 After four years of wrangling between the legislatures, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts house and senate overwhelmingly passed…
Uncategorized Pfizer Medical Education Group and UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center… Thomas Sullivan Jul 6, 2012 1 The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) and the Pfizer Medical…
Open Payments Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Deloitte/Forbes Survey of Physicians and… Thomas Sullivan Jul 5, 2012 1 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) recently conducted a survey for Forbes Insights of 110 U.S.-based physicians and 223…
HHS-OIG GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Settlement and Corporate Integrity Agreement Thomas Sullivan Jul 2, 2012 1 The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history: $3 Billion from…