Some employees are raising concerns about conflict-of-interest rules implemented Jan. 1 at Partners Healthcare, owner of Harvard-affiliated hospitals Mass. General and Brigham and Women’s.
A survey of new media use among nurses and physicians found that nurses are highly plugged in to social media, with 65% saying they would engage in social media for reasons of professional development.
A federal appeals court will hear arguments regarding Maine’s prescription data law, which allows physicians to “opt-out” of commercially traded data pertaining to prescribing habits.
Market research is a bit of a dinosaur. With shrinking budgets, merged work forces and the potential threat of unblinding due to reporting requirements, it is a dinosaur with a big bang heading its way.
Alliance’s sobering budget analysis
March 15, 2010
9:09 pm
FDA’s drugs, biologics and medical devices programs are getting the shaft under the Obama administration’s proposed FY 2011 budget request, according to an analysis by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.
FDA’s Hamburg: Speed-up processing of generics
March 15, 2010
9:07 pm
FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg says it’s taking the agency too long to approve generic drug applications and imposing user fees on generic drug companies could help speed the process.
If you or your clients have sent promotion materials to FDA recently for pre-publication review, or–God forbid–have been the recipient of a DDMAC Warning Letter, you know that FDA’s DDMAC has assumed a very aggressive enforcement posture.
Don’t be a bore: Create an experience for your customers
We all know that our industry is based on science. And good science from well-controlled clinical studies contains a lot of details. Important details. Critical details.
Performance improvement CME is an idea whose time has come. The problem is many outside the realm of healthcare improvement and education haven’t made the same realization even though organizations and medical societies have been creating and implementing quality and performance improvement initiatives in an attempt to “improve patient outcomes.”
Will more pharmas consolidate?
March 15, 2010
8:51 pm
Merck has put its media business up for pitch as it seeks to consolidate following its acquisition of Schering-Plough. Can we expect to see more of this sort of consolidation at top pharmas in the next year?
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