Whoa, here's one I never would have thought of. According to the New York Daily News, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America commissioned a pulp fiction novel about a Croatian terrorist cell that murders Americans looking for...

Buzzword of the day, courtesy of Buzzwhack.com: mercky: Pharmaceutically dubious. "Data from the Vioxx trials are in and the results appear to be mercky." Nominated by Alan Skolnick

In an article about media ethics on MoneyWeb, communications strategist Clive Simpkins likens a bank-sponsored media junket to what's now allowable for physicians...

This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Here is a useful Web page on the Society for Academic CME site...

There's only a week or so left before the Oct. 21 deadline on Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association's call for speakers for its 2006 annual meeting, to be held June 24-27, in Fort Lauderdale. So if you have any great ideas for...

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I received this press release today from Impact Unlimited, called, "Doctors Reveal How They Value a Successful Medical Conference." While they only surveyed 30 physicians—not a huge sampling—it's still kind of interesting. No big surprise, the...

I found this article on Ghana's four-day Third Advances in Medicine Continuing Medical Education conference in Kumasi to be really interesting. It sounds like, up until now, most CME activities have been held in Accra, which can be a long and...

Docs want—and need—more business education, according to this press release about a recent American Express survey. A snip...

The U.S. is hosting a meeting in Washington today for flu experts from around the world to figure out what to do collectively about the potential for a bird flu pandemic, according to a Reuters article...