Pooled CME Funding a May Be a Road to No Where
Medical societies and other providers have been under assault the last few years for the way they handle commercial funds for…
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Archives of Internal Medicine: Clinical Practice Guidelines No Harm But Ban…
As science continues to advance and medical discoveries persistently make our lives healthier and better, a number of critics are…
Physician Payment Sunshine: GSK Reports Research Payments
Following the steps of the vast majority of large pharmaceutical companies, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently published a list of…
Physician Payment Sunshine: Pfizer Reports $177 million in Payments to…
Pfizer Inc. released a report detailing the company’s financial interactions with health care professionals and researchers in…
JAMA Disclosure of Interests in Meta Analyses
A recent article from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) noted that, “disclosure of conflicts of interest…
FDA Regulations Doubles Review Time and Quadruples Trial Size for Diabetes…
Cardiovascular safety issues with a number of drugs led the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late 2008 to introduce new…
IOM Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust — But What About the…
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued two reports last week “that it said will provide an objective and consistent framework for…
FDA Budget: Trying to Do Everything on Less Money
Recently, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration…
VA Proposes Discontinuing Funding of CME for Staff Members
Earlier this month the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee began its work on Veteran Affairs (VA) 2012 budget. In her opening…
CMS Open Door Forum on Transparency Reports Recap
As we noted last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) held a Conference Call entitled, “Special Open Door Forum on…