Warren Ross

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The pharma PR dilemma

February 15, 2010

Call it the law of unintended consequences or the perfect storm or a bad hair day or any other cliché you can think of, but as 2009 came to a close we once again faced a cluster of bad news for the pharma industry.

Warranties for healthcare?

December 16, 2009

American consumers are used to warranties. If you buy a TV set and it stops working within a specified time, you can ask for a replacement or to have it fixed.

Death of the public option

October 15, 2009

Mr. Ross, when you headed KPR Informedia, did you submit articles to medical journals that were ghostwritten?

Is pharma ready this time?

August 14, 2009

Pharma and biotech companies are competing to have enough vaccine on hand for the next swine flu (H1N1) outbreak. They missed the one last winter and spring, and their response has uniformly been: We'll be ready next time.

Latest FDA guidance may require copy testing

June 15, 2009

What the FDA euphemistically calls "guidances" are usually received by industry with something less than cheers. Despite the name, the guidances are often perceived as directives to be ignored at your peril.

The magic of IT

April 15, 2009

Again and again you see the statement that information technology will not only avoid medication errors but stop (or even reverse) the upward trend of healthcare costs.

The dilemma of the pens

February 16, 2009

As of the first of the year the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA code) forbade the distribution of such goodies as pens or mugs with product logos.

Good job

January 15, 2009

I remember the pleasure I took in watching my children learn to climb stairs.

Notes from rehab

November 15, 2008

No, not that kind of rehab. On October 4 I had a stroke.

Pens and doughnuts

October 13, 2008

Disclosure: My father and mother were both physicians so I obviously have a pro-doctor bias.

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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.

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Peter Frishauf, founder of Medscape, delivers his acceptance speech.

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