FDA FDA Direct to Consumer Proposed Rule: Advertising Coalition’s Response Thomas Sullivan Jul 12, 2010 0 The Advertising Coalition recently sent comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to a Notice of Proposed…
ACCME ACCME Releases 2009 Annual Report Data – The CME Economy 7.7% Reduction in… Thomas Sullivan Jul 9, 2010 0 The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) released its 2009 annual data, which provides an in-depth view…
CME FDA Turns to CME for Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Pain… Thomas Sullivan Jul 8, 2010 0 According to a FDA memo and recent article in the RPM Report, “continuing medical education (CME) has been under attack in…
Massachusetts Code of Conduct Massachusetts Code of Conduct: Repeal Passes The State House Thomas Sullivan Jul 7, 2010 1 As part of the state economic stimulus package, tonight the Massachusetts state house passed a repeal of the Pharmaceutical and…
Executive Branch Donald Berwick Gains Recess Appointment at CMS – Clock Ticks Down Until… Thomas Sullivan Jul 7, 2010 1 President Obama chose to make Donald Berwick, MD a recess appointment as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
CME Boston Review: A Response to Marcia Angell’s “Big Pharma, Bad Medicine” Thomas Sullivan Jul 7, 2010 0 The Boston Review published a rebuttal Article from Frank Britt and Marissa Seligman on Marcia Angell-Relman’s article titled Big…
Academic Organizations AAMC Report: Recommendations for Physician Financial Relationships and… Thomas Sullivan Jul 6, 2010 0 The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) issued a press release announcing a new report, which “urges U.S. teaching…
Massachusetts Code of Conduct Massachusetts Code of Conduct: The Endocrine Society Calls for Repeal Thomas Sullivan Jul 6, 2010 0 In response to the recent proposal in the Massachusetts House to repeal a controversial gift ban from 2008, which prohibited gifts…
Medical Journals International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Releases Uniform… Thomas Sullivan Jul 2, 2010 0 In October 2009 the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommended a new “Uniform Format for Disclosure of…
Pharmaceutical and Device Pharmaceutical Companies Helping Poor Countries: The Forgotten Benefit of… Thomas Sullivan Jul 2, 2010 0 Recent settlements, hearings, legal cases and congressional investigations have overshadowed one of the most important roles…