Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Stark to Obama – Happy New Year Thomas Sullivan Jan 7, 2009 0 Not bothering to wait for President-Elect Obama to be inaugurated, California Representative Fortney Pete Stark, has introduced…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: Healthcare Growth Slowest in Decade Thomas Sullivan Jan 7, 2009 0 According to recent reports in Health Affairs, the rate of increase in healthcare spending in 2007 dropped to its lowest level…
Media Pharmalot – Gone for Now Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 Today, Ed Silverman the veteran writer of Pharmalot (www.pharmalot.com) announced he is moving on, taking a package from the New…
Academic Organizations PhRMA Receives Praise from AMSA Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 Praise for a policy is not the normal type of thing that would be written about on this website, but since it is the American…
Government Regulation Groups Prescription Project Conference: Drug Free Zones Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 Finally, the White House and the U. S.Capitol Building have become “drug-free” zones from the corrosive and corrupting influence…
Media New York Times Editorial: Completely Sever Financial Ties to Industry Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 If you ever wondered what the editors of The New York Times (hereinafter, The Times) really think about manufacturer-funded…
Congress Letters From Grassley: Harvard and Biederman Get the Facts Thomas Sullivan Jan 5, 2009 0 Joseph Biederman, M,D,, the renowned Harvard Child Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass. General), has agreed to…
Medical Journals The Dark Angell Thomas Sullivan Jan 2, 2009 0 Recently Marcia Angell, M.D., the significant other of Arnold S. Relman, M.D., both former Editors of The New England Journal of…
Healthcare Reform Health Care Reform: McKinsey Report – Where is all the Money Going Thomas Sullivan Dec 29, 2008 0 There is great debate around the causes of why healthcare is so expensive and why the cost increases every year regardless of…
Pharmaceutical and Device AdvaMed Releases Revised Code of Conduct Thomas Sullivan Dec 24, 2008 0 In an effort to track PhRMA and reduce conflicts of interest AdvaMed released a major update of its Code of Ethics on…