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James G. Dickinson

 
 

Recent Articles

As I See It: Activism and the FDA

May 01, 2013

Appendages of the HHS secretary's apron strings, FDA commissioners must toe the "party line"
 

FDA: Pradaxa fell prey to "stimulated reporting"

May 01, 2013

FDA drug safety officials say that an influx of numerous bleeding reports associated with Boehringer Ingelheim's blood thinner Pradaxa (dabigatran) is a case of "stimulated reporting"
 

New approval paths needed: report

May 01, 2013

Organization including the Pew Charitable Trusts are voicing basic suppor for FDA's efforts to develop an alternative approval pathway for certain drugs
 

Drug quality is FDA's top 2013 priority: Hamburg

April 01, 2013

FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg is urging the pharmaceutical industry to improve manufacturing quality
 

"Conditional approval" draws dissent

April 01, 2013

The idea of scaling back premarket clinical trials comes under fire
 

FDA mulls fast approval for unmet-needs drugs

March 01, 2013

FDA is exploring an alternative drug-approval pathway for drugs intended to address unmet medical needs by "limited use" approvals.
 

Innovator risks over generic warnings

March 01, 2013

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a man who claims he was injured by a generic version of Pfizer's Reglan can sue the innovator company.
 

As I See It: FDA and the First Amendment

February 01, 2013

FDA has never won a First Amendment case, and its string of losses led it to bring this one under false colors
 

FDA chief cites the need for more collaboration

February 01, 2013

FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg says that if academia, industry, government scientists and regulators could come together more in pre-competitive collaboration it could get more done
 

Use jail to fight fraud: FDA lawyer

February 01, 2013

FDA deputy chief counsel for litigation Eric Blumberg told a December conference that "Money is clearly not doing the job...We need to employ a 'bigger hammer,' to send people to jail."
 
  

Web Exclusive

Angelina Jolie's fearless but flawed message

Paul Oestreicher, Ph.D. May 17, 2013

Angelina Jolie's story raises important questions about education, outreach and access—but her nod to holistic treatments is less helpful
 

Podcasts

How to engage even the busiest physicians

March 04, 2013

Sponsored by TRUE Health + Wellness. The increasingly demanding schedules of healthcare professionals continue to narrow the window of opportunity for pharma sales teams, and, as a result, marketers are focusing more on non-personal promotion. However, there's a lot more to it than simply bombarding physicians with brand messages, as Anne Stroup, Managing Director at TRUE Health + Wellness, explains to MM&M's James Chase in this special podcast presentation.
 

2013 Hall of Fame Inductees

An entertaining look at the extraordinary lives and careers of the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame's 2013 inductees: Peter Frishauf, Dorothy Philips and David Labson. Clips produced by JUICE Pharma. 

Slideshows

MAHF 2013: Honors Class

A gallery of images from the 2013 Medical Advertising Hall of Fame induction dinner