Congress Letters from Grassley: FDA to Clarify Policies on Medical Devices Thomas Sullivan Feb 19, 2010 0 This week, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued a press release asking the Food…
FDA Five Part Podcast Series on FDA Features John Kamp of Coalition for… Thomas Sullivan Feb 18, 2010 0 A new five-part Podcast series was recently announced by Med Ad News editors Steven Niles and Joshua Slatko. The series will…
Conflict of Interest FDA Official Cleared of Conflict Allegations in Heparin Contamination Case Thomas Sullivan Feb 8, 2010 0 Last week Janet Woodcock, director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA was cleared of a conflict of interest…
Medical Legal Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent Thomas Sullivan Nov 14, 2009 2 Sensationalist headlines discussing large settlements from cases involving medical device and pharmaceutical companies usually…
FDA GAO to FDA: Action Needed to Improve Timeliness on Clinical Investigator… Thomas Sullivan Nov 3, 2009 0 The Government Accounting Office ("GAO") published a new report on the oversight of clinical investigators titled,…
FDA FDA Announces Strategic Plan for Risk Communication Thomas Sullivan Oct 1, 2009 0 The FDA today announced a Strategic Plan for Risk Communication that establishes a framework for communicating meaningful health…
FDA FDA Hires IOM to Review Medical Device Approval System Thomas Sullivan Sep 30, 2009 0 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a press release announcing the commissioning of the Institute of…
Congress Letters from Grassley: Are Statins Safe? Is the Sky Blue? Thomas Sullivan Sep 28, 2009 0 Simple questions deserve simple answers. So when Senator Grassley (R-IA) recently sent a letter to the Food and…
Conflict of Interest JAMA: HPV and Cervical Cancer Treatment Gardasil – Choosing to Ignore… Thomas Sullivan Aug 20, 2009 0 Cervical Cancer is a serious disease and the second leading cause of cancer death in women world wide. In the US it is…