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Drug Facts Literature Review: Call for Comments

Feb. 3, 2012 – There are just 10 days left to comment on an FDA draft report that explores the ... read more

House Health Subcommittee PDUFA V Hearing Yields Little Talk of Marketing – For Now

Feb. 2, 2012 – More than four hours of testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health ... read more

Digital Advertising Alliance Launches Consumer Education Campaign

Jan. 27, 2012 – The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) last week launched its “Your AdChoices” public education campaign to inform ... read more

MMM: CME Video Addresses Conflict of Interest

Jan. 26, 2012 – Avoiding conflict of interest in continuing medical education (CME) may seem like a daunting task, but ... read more

Does Novo Nordisk’s Victoza + Paula Deen = Recipe for Success?

Jan. 20, 2012 – Common sense should tell people that some of celebrity chef Paula Deen’s infamously unhealthy dishes – ... read more

Sunshine or Rain?

By Jack E. Angel, Education Foundation Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Communication Jan. 17, 2012 – The Affordable Care Act ... read more

MMM Features Kamp’s Call for Industry Leadership on Off-label, Online Communications

 Jan. 6, 2012 — This article, written by Coalition for Healthcare Communication Executive Director John Kamp, was featured in the ... read more

OPDP to Industry: Voluntary Compliance Efforts in New Year Can Prevent Same Old Violations

Jan. 6, 2011 – As the pharmaceutical industry begins 2012, the FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) recommends that ... read more

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Unsolicited Off-label Info Requests, Addresses both Professional and Internet Media

Jan. 2, 2012 – In the waning days of 2011, the FDA released a significant draft guidance on company responses to ... read more

Finally, CMS Issues Sunshine Act Proposed Rule and Resets Compliance Deadlines

Dec. 15, 2011 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its long-awaited Proposed Rule for implementing the Physician ... read more

MMM Previews Pharma Debates in DC: Prepare for a Wild Ride in 2012

Dec. 12, 2011 — Facing a need to decrease spending and boost revenues, the federal government will continue to target ... read more

Government, Industry and Educators Are Called to Action on a Looming Health Crisis

  By Jack E. Angel, Education Foundation Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Communication Nov. 14, 2011 — In response to ... read more

FDA Approval Report Contains Good News for Patients and Industry

  By John Kamp, Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Communication – Nov. 7, 2011 – Until the research labs and ... read more

RPM Report: Pandora’s Box Officially Open as New Legal Challenges to FDA’s Off-label Restrictions Emerge

Oct. 24, 2011 – After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down speaker- and content-based restrictions in Sorrell v. IMS Health, ... read more

Par Pharma Case Asserts That First Amendment Protects Truthful Off-label Speech

Oct. 18, 2011 – A case filed by Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. against the FDA seeks to preserve Par’s First Amendment ... read more

Kamp on the Sunshine Act: Collaboration Key to Patient Care

Dec. 14, 2011 — UPDATE — CMS has published the proposed rules enforcing the Sunshine provisions of the Affordable Care ... read more

Fall 2011 Update: Four Things Industry Should Know

  By John Kamp, Coalition for Healthcare Communication Executive Director Sept. 13, 2011 — Debates over health care and related ... read more

Experts Weigh In on Implications of Sorrell Decision

Aug. 1, 2011 — The recent Supreme Court decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. is earning robust commentary in ... read more

Academic Detailing and Health Plan Communications: Is the Playing Field Level?

By Kenneth P. Berkowitz, Esq. July 21, 2011 — Why does the government fail to apply current regulatory requirements and ... read more

Sorrell v. IMS: What Marketing Professionals Need to Know

By John Kamp, Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Communication July 18, 2011 — For those who have not read the ... read more

Kamp Column: Industry Must Embrace Internet and Social Media or Become Irrelevant in Many Health Conversations

By John Kamp, Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Communication June 29, 2011 — Yesterday I had the pleasure of moderating ... read more

PhRMA Survey Shows That Physicians Value Industry Communication

March 31, 2011 — At a time when interaction between biopharmaceutical companies and physicians is under increased scrutiny, a recent ... read more

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Commentary > 2009 > May

AMA’s CEJA Report Better, but Still Falls Short. Coalition Encourages Discussion and Comments

Posted by admin on May 28, 2009 8:35 PM  |  Comments 0

The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) of the American Medical Association (AMA) has recently submitted a report titled “Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical Education” to a reference committee of the AMA, to be considered for submission to the AMA House of Delegates on June 14th. Although the report is less stifling than last year’s, it still contains some views that the Coalition finds destructive to collaboration and patient care.

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FDA Announces New “Draft Guidance”; CHC Solicits Your Participation in Formal Comments

Posted by admin on May 26, 2009 10:06 PM  |  Comments 0

Discuss this issue with other healthcare communication professionals in the Coalition’s LinkedIn Group

May 26, 2009 – FDA released extensive “draft guidance” today on how advertisers must include risk information in drug and device advertising aimed at consumers and professionals. While critics and supporters of drug marketing will find much to both love and hate in this new guidance, the FDA  makes it crystal clear that the central message of every ad must include risk information that is clearly and forthrightly stated in language that is suitable for the audience being addressed.

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Coalition Education Committee Applauds ACCME’s Open Rulemaking Process

Posted by admin on May 11, 2009 8:00 PM  |  Comments 0
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