Academic Organizations Medical Research: Seaton Hall Attacks Industry Supported Clinical Research Thomas Sullivan Dec 4, 2009 0 “Collaboration among industry, government, and medicine in the pursuit of clinical research is critical to driving scientific…
FDA Washington Legal Foundation Files Brief on Behalf of Patient Organizations… Thomas Sullivan Dec 3, 2009 0 The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) this week urged the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to uphold First…
Conflict of Interest Scrutinizing Industry-Funded Science: The Crusade Against Conflicts of… Thomas Sullivan Dec 3, 2009 0 A report was released from the American Council on Science and Health titled: Scrutinizing Industry-Funded Science: The Crusade…
Academic Organizations Letters from Grassley: University Ghost Writing Policies Thomas Sullivan Dec 2, 2009 0 Continuing to investigate the practice of ghostwriting, Senator Charles E. Grassley recently sent letters to 10 top medical…
CME Reflections on Industry-Supported-Continuing-Medical Educational Activities… Thomas Sullivan Dec 2, 2009 0 In response to the “torrent of recent literature decrying the role of industry support for postgraduate medical education,”…
Physician Payment Sunshine Act Physician Payment Sunshine Act 2009: Comparison of House and Senate… Thomas Sullivan Dec 1, 2009 1 The next three weeks the Senate will be tied up in the debate on healthcare reform. In each Healthcare reform…
CME Medical Education Companies, Commercial Support and Transparency Thomas Sullivan Nov 29, 2009 0 Continuing Medical Education (CME) Companies have recently been targeted as being opposed to transparency in continuing medical…
Memorial Memorial: Richard (Buzz) Goodstein, MD — Founder of the Good Guys Thomas Sullivan Nov 26, 2009 4 On this thanksgiving we have a lot to be thankful about and one thing that I am personally thankful for is that I was able to know…
Executive Branch HHS OIG: How Grantees Manage Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research… Thomas Sullivan Nov 23, 2009 0 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a follow up report…
Healthcare Reform Senate Opens Debate on Health Reform Bill Thomas Sullivan Nov 23, 2009 0 The Senate on Saturday voted 60 – 40 to open debate on their version of Health Reform. We expect debate to begin December…