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James G. Dickinson

 
 

Recent Articles

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."
 

Structure and staffing hold back FDA: study

January 02, 2013

A new report says that FDA still has significant workforce and management challenges in the scientific and medical arenas that need to be addressed
 

Lap-Band gets FDA Warning Letter

January 02, 2013

An FDA Warning Letter says that oBand Centers is making misleading claims in its promotional materials for the Lap-Band
 

FDA wants another look at data for failed drugs

November 30, 2012

FDA's drugs center wants to revisit a proposal once entertained by PhRMA to allow the agency access to all data from failed drug development programs to research whether different approaches could have saved the products.
 

FDA moves to streamline patient info

November 30, 2012

The FDA wants to replace Medication Guides, patient-package inserts, and other consumer medication information handed out at pharmacies with a proposed Patient Medication Information (PMIs) sheet
 

As I See It: Regulating compounders

November 01, 2012

Neither FDA nor its HHS masters seem to know how to develop an effective regulatory scheme
 

Panel: FDA needs more accelerated approvals

November 01, 2012

A White House scientific panel has recommended that FDA expand its accelerated approval program to a broader range of drugs.
 

PhRMA's principles for patient input

November 01, 2012

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has adopted "principles" to guide interactions between companies and patient organizations.
 

Feds add a new tool to fight fraud at drug firms

October 01, 2012

Used for the first time in the recent $3 billion healthcare fraud settlement with Glaxo­SmithKline (GSK), a new enforcement tool has joined the federal government's list of options to rein in improper medical product promotion.
 
  

Web Exclusive

What NOT to say to an MS Patient

Dorothy Wetzel June 07, 2013

It is often hard to find the right words when talking to a patient, friend or family member with MS. Even with training and awareness of the disease, we often blurt out something we think is innocuous only to find out later that we have deeply offended. The Health Activists that Extrovertic spoke to had some suggestions for having positive conversations with someone with MS.
 

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
 
 

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