You can always tell when I'm on a screaming deadline--things get a little quiet on Capsules. Hopefully, tomorrow I'll have time to post some of the fascinating little items I've been storing up...
And you wonder why the general public has such a low opinion of the CME-pharma relationship. File this editorial from the Boston Globe as exhibit #3,928. It's written by Jerome Kassirer, author of a book called, "'On The Take: How Medicine's...
Another table of contents from Anne Taylor-Vaisey, this time to the Medical Journal of Australia's Teaching on the run series. The latest, tip #9, appears in the current issue. All are available free online...
Ouch, this one hurts: Pharma Goes to the Laundry: Public relations and the business of medical education (Carl Elliott. The Hastings Center Report), including some really thought-provoking letters in response. A snip, if you can stand it...
Today is Independence day here in the U.S., a day where we celebrate our establishment as a free nation. It is difficult, even for one day, for our country to set aside our differences to rejoice in what binds us together as a nation. Liberals and...
According to this article from insidebayarea, SB 1765, the new California law that went into effect on Friday, requires pharmaceutical companies to limit gifts, meals, and other incentives they provide to health care professionals in the state...
I think it was last week that I posted about Sens. Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus asking pharmaceutical companies to explain why educational grants for CME aren't all about product promotion. (Click here for the official Finance Committee press...
This post is courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Random is a word that seems to be used well, randomly these days by the twenty-somethings I know, and it can refer to just about anything. Well, if you want to witness the true meaning of the word...