February 2010 Archives

You can visit Pharma Live's Med Ad News Web site to download two podcasts on healthcare issues by John Kamp, the Coalition's Executive Director.

The first is on the defeated but still looming ad tax bill.  The second is an overview and analysis of the "New FDA".

You can download them here: http://downloads.pharmalive.com/

Med Ad News plans to present three more podcasts in this series.

A new study by four researchers from the Cleveland Clinic showed that industry support of continuing medical education created no bias among participants.

The study is available here:CME_Kawczak_Acad Med.pdf

Healthcare industry expert Peter Pitts has enlightening comments on the paper in his DrugWonks blog on the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest Web site. You can view his comments here: http://drugwonks.com/blog_post/show/7182

We invite your comments! 

Healthcare blogger Peter Pitts (Drug Wonks) wrote a clarifying piece, which begins:
"Much brouhaha about the DDMAC letter sent to Dr. Leslie Bauman about her, um, enthusiastic comments about a yet-to-be-approved anti-wrinkle injectable.

"At first blush this seems like regulatory creep and cause for First Amendment agita. But it isn't.  This is not a case of the FDA trying to stifle unregulated speech by an individual without "interest." Dr. Bauman is a clinical investigator for the product she's been touting. That's "interest" whether the trial sponsor paid her to do so or not. (In this instance, there was no "pay for play.") In any case, it's an unambiguous regulatory no-no."
Click to read more.  Your comments are welcome here.

The February issue of MM&M magazine spotlights Policymed.com blogger Tom Sullivan.
Read the article here:sullivan_mmandm_feb1_10.pdf

Your comments are encouraged.