Congress House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing on Drug Safety Thomas Sullivan May 4, 2010 0 In response to the controversy created by diabetes drug Avandia (GlaxoSmithKline), the House Appropriations Subcommittee on…
State Policy Connecticut Considers Ban on FDA Regulated Industry Talks in Restaurants Thomas Sullivan May 3, 2010 0 According to a local news paper under the new health care reform law Connecticut will be facing a serious shortage of physicians…
Medical Legal Ortho-McNeil Settlement and Corporate Integrity Agreement Thomas Sullivan May 3, 2010 1 Last week was not the only settlement agreement (AstraZeneca) signed between a pharmaceutical company and the Office of…
Affordable Care Act Study Shows PPACA Shared Responsibility May Cause Employers Difficulties Thomas Sullivan Apr 30, 2010 0 A recent analysis of data from Mercer’s annual employer health plan survey revealed which employers are most at risk for health…
Uncategorized Policy and Medcine Named in Top 50 Thomas Sullivan Apr 30, 2010 0 Last week, Nurse E.D.U., a blog where “education and nursing collide,” announced its Top 50 Continuing Medical Education Blogs,…
Congress Senate Aging Committee Hearing: War on Drugs Meets War on Pain Thomas Sullivan Apr 30, 2010 0 Last month during the health care debate, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held an informational session (hearings were…
ACCME ACCME Updates and Resources May 2010 Thomas Sullivan Apr 30, 2010 0 Updates and Resources from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) were released yesterday in their…
Letters from Grassley Letters From Grassley: National Alliance for Mental Illness State Chapter… Thomas Sullivan Apr 29, 2010 2 As we wrote last year, The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) is one of the nation’s best organizations for helping…
Medical Legal Astra Zeneca Seroquel Settlement and Corporate Integrity Agreement Thomas Sullivan Apr 29, 2010 2 Under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, a company must specify the intended uses of a product in its new drug application to the…
Conflict of Interest Archives of Internal Medicine: Transparency – Lack of Patient Interest… Thomas Sullivan Apr 28, 2010 0 While the Archives of Internal Medicine tackles important public health issues such as the chocolate consumption of depressed…