FDA IOM: Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease Thomas Sullivan May 26, 2010 0 In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a study on the evaluation…
Conflict of Interest FDA Transparency Initiative: Draft Disclosure Policies Thomas Sullivan May 25, 2010 1 In addition to the recently published Nation Institutes of Health (NIH) transparency Guidelines, the Food and Drug Administration…
Conflict of Interest NIH Proposed Transparency Rules Thomas Sullivan May 24, 2010 0 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed new rules to amend its regulations on the Responsibility of Applicants…
ACRE Boston Review: Stossel Standing Up to the Unhealthy Opposition Thomas Sullivan May 21, 2010 0 Recently the Boston Review ran a series of six articles basically discounting almost everyone working in the field of…
AMA AMA CEJA 2010: Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical… Thomas Sullivan May 20, 2010 1 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein, (attributed) US…
Healthcare Reform Physicians Fall Behind in Crowed Work Day: CME Can Help Thomas Sullivan May 20, 2010 0 In addition to the severe shortage of doctors America will face over the next decade, a recent article in the New England Journal…
Clinical Research Richard Blumenthal’s Lyme Deception Thomas Sullivan May 18, 2010 14 Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has a problem and it is just not his military record that he is exaggerating…
Conflict of Interest Boston Review: Boston Unscientific — Selling Fiction Thomas Sullivan May 18, 2010 0 In its May/June Issue, Boston Review takes a narrow approach at examining the important work and collaboration between industry…
FDA Forbes: FDA Overregulation of Off Label Promotion Thomas Sullivan May 18, 2010 0 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged for years that "good medical practice and the best interests of the…
CME Physician Assistants’ Emphasis on Continuing Professional Development Thomas Sullivan May 17, 2010 0 The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (JAAPA) recently declared that “the world of continuing medical…