Category Archives: General

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April 1, 2011 | by Shirley

Hmmmmm – Clinical Trial Questions

Soooo – you test a new medication in a clinical trial on patients who are not the ones who will normally, eventually take that medication?  What good is that!  That is the gist of an interesting article which popped up in … Continue reading →

June 4, 2010 | by Shirley

Medtronic Physician Payment Disclosure

This week Medtronic, a medical device manufacturer, voluntarily disclosed they paid $15.7 million in royalties and consulting fees to U.S. doctors in the first quarter of this year.   This figure only applied to doctors in the United States and did … Continue reading →

May 28, 2010 | by Shirley

FDA's New Bad Ad Program – Truthful Prescription Drug Advertising and Promotion

The FDA’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (DDMAC) is asking for help from health care providers in identifying misleading prescription drug promotions.   As a result of the pharmaceutical industry’s multi-billion dollar marketing budgets, hundreds of pharmaceutical ads, brochures … Continue reading →