Executive Branch White House: National Bioeeconomy Blueprint – Encouraging Collaboration Thomas Sullivan May 24, 2012 0 “Economic activity that is fueled by research and innovation in the biological sciences, the “bioeconomy,” is a large…
FDA FDA: Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) Paper on Program… Thomas Sullivan May 23, 2012 0 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published an Issue Paper discussing the use of surveys to assess whether a risk…
Pharmaceutical and Device Walgreens and Lilly Announce Diabetes Hypoglycemia Awareness Program Thomas Sullivan May 22, 2012 0 Lilly Diabetes and Walgreens are educating people living with diabetes about one of the most common and misunderstood consequences…
International International Physician Payment Sunshine: Medicines Australia Code of… Thomas Sullivan May 22, 2012 0 “Medicines Australia (MA) is an industry association whose members represent multinational, research-based pharmaceutical…
NIH Evaluating New Approaches for Accelerating Clinical Trials in Cancer Thomas Sullivan May 21, 2012 1 A recent article from Reuters Health looked at the difficult challenges that clinical trials of cancer treatment face. One of the…
Pharmaceutical and Device Merck for Mothers Initiative to End Maternal Mortality Thomas Sullivan May 18, 2012 0 This year, it is estimated that 365,000 women will die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. A great many of these…
Conflict of Interest Senate Finance Committee Reacts to Reports of Opioid Abuse and Conflict of… Thomas Sullivan May 17, 2012 0 Deaths from painkiller overdoses have tripled over the last decade and led to the deaths of 14,800 Americans in 2008, exceeding…
Physician Payment Disclosure Physician Payment Sunshine: Forest Labs Reports Payments to Physicians Thomas Sullivan May 16, 2012 0 Continuing the ongoing trend of transparency and disclosure in the health care industry, Forest Laboratories became the latest in…
NIH NIH National Center for Advancing Translation Sciences Thomas Sullivan May 15, 2012 0 Last week, the National Institutes of Health unveiled a collaborative program that will match researchers with a selection of…
CMS CMS Final Rule on Fraud Prevention Includes Mandatory NPI Numbers Thomas Sullivan May 15, 2012 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced a final rule that prevents fraud in Medicare and is estimated…