Medical search engine Healthline has a nifty new page that is tracking the flu county by county, and even zip code by zip code, as it begins its annual move through the United States. The data, which comes from 6,000 docs around the country, could...
Swiss pharma company Serono has agreed to pay a $704 million penalty to settle criminal and civil charges of illegally promoting its AIDS drug. From an article in yesterday's Boston Globe...
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...
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...
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...