Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine Act: AAFP Return to Agreed on Language Thomas Sullivan Feb 10, 2009 0 "We need to have transparency" between physicians, the pharmaceutical industry, and device manufacturers, said…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: A Little Comparative Effectiveness Thomas Sullivan Feb 10, 2009 0 Stimulus packages are funny things, when Congress passes a big Bill, they tend to literally throw in the kitchen sink. So…
Pharmaceutical and Device Physician Payment Sunshine: Pfizer to Disclose Physician Payments Thomas Sullivan Feb 10, 2009 0 Pfizer joined the ranks of GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Eli Lilly, announcing that beginning this year, they are going to disclose…
Congress Understanding Chuck Grassley Thomas Sullivan Feb 9, 2009 0 Transparency is only a partial solution to conflict of interest. Senator Grassley has told him he is just getting…
Academic Organizations Harvard: We Love Generic Drugs – No Research Dollars Please Thomas Sullivan Feb 9, 2009 0 The Seventies were fun, they were grand and we loved them…Remember Kiss, the Bee Gees, tie-dyed shirts, and love songs? Well, a…
Congress Health Care Reform: NIH Transparency – Where’s the Stimulus? Thomas Sullivan Feb 5, 2009 0 Senators Chuck Grassley and Herb Kohl today put forward an amendment to the economic recovery bill, which will place new…
State Policy State Policy: Vermont Physician Gift Ban – Time to Leave the Maple Farm Thomas Sullivan Feb 4, 2009 0 With all the negative ramifications of the serious restrictions on manufacturers’ and physicians' interaction in…
Government Agencies FDA Panel Votes for Approval of Prasugrel – Smooth Sailing From Here Thomas Sullivan Feb 3, 2009 0 In a unanimous decision this evening, the Cardio Renal Advisory Committee of the FDA voted to approve Prasugrel for patients…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Daschle Withdraws HHS Nomination Thomas Sullivan Feb 3, 2009 0 Senator Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary this morning, as a result of intense…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Key Differences 08 – 09 Thomas Sullivan Feb 3, 2009 0 When Senators’ Grassley and Kohl released the Physician Payment Sunshine Act of 2009 on January 22, 2009, it represented a…