In a $41 million deal, WebMD is planning to buy " the interactive medical education, promotion and physician recruitment businesses of Medsite." It's expected to be complete by September.
From MM&M News.
Iraqi nurses and corpsmen are learning how to deal with parasites and diseases caused by drinking impure water, according to this article. U.S. Navy doctors are training them in the necessary skills. From the article...
Here's an interesting Q&A with Dr. Paul Woods, head of worldwide promotional regulatory affairs department for AstraZeneca, U.K., about the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association's pharma marketing code. A snip...
According to this USA Today article, a growing number of medical groups are insisting on holding their meetings only in cities and states with "smoke-free air" laws. A snip...
This article from Haaretz.com points to an interesting program developed by the head of medical classification in Israel's IDF, Lieutenant Colonel Arnon Ofek, and the Medical Instruction Center at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. It is ...
Peter Gleason, MD, found himself in handcuffs recently for promoting an off-label use of a drug, according to this article in the New York Times. He is charged with promoting Xyrem, a narcolepsy drug from Jazz Pharmaceuticals, for depression and...
I have to brag about this one: Scott Raymond, our art director, won the Gold in the ASBPE Nationals for the Medical Meetings March/April 2005 cover, "Don't Panic," which was about the ACCME's updated Standards for Commercial Support. I think th...
