Drug Companies Bedazzle Docs in the Boondocks with Gifts, Free Lunches, and Speaking Fees!
A new West Virginia state report shows drug manufacturers gave thousands of gifts and payments to doctors and nurses in West Virginia last year,...
Pfizer’s Harem Styled Gulfstream G550 for Sale: US $35,500,000 (Lightly Used)
"Looking for a bargain on a corporate jet?", asks FiercePharma's Tracy Staton. "Pfizer is scouting for buyers for two of its Gulfstream aircraft, a...
Communicating Risk in Online Drug Ads: Reading the Tea Leaves in Recent FDA Draft...
DDMAC's (FDA) recently-released "Draft Guidance on Presenting Risk Information in Prescription Drug and Medical Device Promotion" (pdf file here) focuses almost exclusively on print...
Live Podcast Today at 1 PM. CureTogether: A Social Network for Patients
CureTogether: A Social Network for Patients to Share Symptoms and Solutions to Improve Thier Health Daniel Reda, Co-founder of CureTogether.com, will talk...
Uh, Oh! Will FDA Cite this “One-Click Rule” Twitter Post by AZ as Violative?
Remember the 14 Notice of Violation (NOV) letters that FDA sent to 14 drug companies citing their Adwords -- paid search engine ads --...
CureTogether: A Social Network for Patients to Share Symptoms and Solutions to Improve Their...
Daniel Reda, co-founder of CureTogether.com, will talk about this new social network that helps people anonymously track and compare health data, to better understand their bodies, make more informed treatment decisions and contribute data to research.
Arnold Friede Blasts FDA’s Right to Define “Reasonable Man” Without External Input
Arnold Friede, Counsel to the law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, was my guest in yesterday's live Pharma Marketing Talk Show/podcast (see "Towards...
“New” Nalts Video Resurfaces: “Enlightened Stupid Marketer”
Kevin Nalts (aka Kevin Nalty, former Merck Marketing Director), self-proclaimed YouTube comedian and "viral video genius," revealed to me a video piece he did...
FDA Rules are NOT Media Agnostic
FDA has just released a new draft guidance document: "Presenting Risk Information in Prescription Drug and Medical Device Promotion" (find the pdf file here).I...
Live Podcast Today: Towards a Rational FDA Policy Addressing the Internet and Social Media
Arnold Friede, Counsel to the law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, talks about organizing a collective response from representatives of the pharma industry...
