“If we book a resort, I can lose my job.” That's what a pharma meeting planner told Michael T. Aylmer, senior director, pharmaceutical sales, KSL Resorts, Downingtown, Pa., soon after the release of the PhRMA code. Issued in 2002 by the...

WHEN I STOOD at the lectern to make my opening remarks at the First Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum this spring and looked across the meeting room packed with 500 attendees, I thought: Wow! I was thrilled to see that what had begun as...

In this editorial in AM News on how to deal with the scarcity of docs volunteering their time in free clinics, there was this thought: ...

Today's horrifying story on physician incompetence, brought to you by CBC News: Nurses at Australian hospital hid patients from 'Dr. E. coli'

From a press release: Repositioning CME Summit: Commitment, Communication and Collaboration ...

From today's New York Times (free registration req'd): Despite Vow, Drug Makers Still Withhold Data. A snip...

This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Baker DP, Salas E, King H, Battles J, Barach P. The role of teamwork in the professional education of physicians: current status and assessment recommendations. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2005; 31(4)...

Last fall, the California governator signed into law SB 1765, which from my understanding puts legal teeth behind the requirements of the voluntary PhRMA Code and the OIG Guidance. This afternoon, I spoke with a couple of gentlemen in California...