Q&A about the IFPMA pharma marketing code

Jul 26, 2006

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...

Smoke-free meetings on the rise for medical groups

Jul 26, 2006

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...

Israeli induction docs learn better patient skills

Jul 26, 2006

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 ...

Doctor indicted in pharma marketing case

Jul 26, 2006

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...

Medical Meetings wins award

Jul 25, 2006

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...

Wining and dining down under

Jul 21, 2006

Roche pharmaceuticals has been accused of violating Australia's pharmaceutical code of conduct by taking 200 docs out to swanky dinners that cost up to $200 a head (see story here. A snip...

FDA loosens clinical trial guidelines

Jul 21, 2006

According to Outsourcing-Pharma.com...

Mouse party education?

Jul 20, 2006

I love this Mouse Party educational tool from the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah about how various types of drugs affect the brain. I hadn't seen anything quite like it before, and it made me want to go through and learn...

Misperceptions about commercial support strike again

Jul 19, 2006

While I appreciate the sentiments expressed in this editorial, I'm just itching to write a letter to the editor explaining just how commercial support and CME really works. This is how Dr. Steele thinks it does...

UK critiques physician revalidation systems

Jul 19, 2006

According to Medical News Today...