State Policy: Vermont Passes Gift Ban and Stricter Reporting Requirements
On Saturday, The Vermont Legislature passed a law (S. 48) a gift ban and disclosure law which includes all…
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Physician Payment Sunshine Act: HHS Secretary Sebelius Weighs In
As part of the confirmation process to become Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was…
Health Care Reform: PhRMA Presents at Senate Finance Committee
David Brennan, Chairman of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and CEO of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Johnson & Johnson Announces Support
In letters to Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Charles…
Physician Attitudes of CME: The More the Better
A University of Florida and the PeerView Institute for Medical Education (PVI) survey of 592 US physicians across a variety of…
New Jersey AG Requires Device Company Synthes to Disclose Financial Ties to…
New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram announced an agreement with medical device maker Synthes Inc. that requires the…
Graduate Medical Education: Surgery Departments Benefit from Commercial…
A recently published article in the American Surgeon 2009;75:395-400 titled “Industry Support of Graduate Medical…
CME: Commercially Supported Medical Education Benefits Those Who Need it…
According to a recent report the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI) and the Coalition for Healthcare…
FDA: Standards Need to Be Maintained
Thomas Stossel, MD, Professor of Medicine at Harvard presents a rebuttal in Forbes (How to Maintain FDA Standards) to a…
FDA: Consider Faster Approval for Cancer Medications
Richard Epstein, PhD, Economist from the University of Chicago in the Wall Street Journal reviews the importance of off-label…