The Statin Lottery: Number Needed to Treat Statistic
Suppose I invited you to join this contest:250 people are recruited to participate in the contest. Each person gives me $1,000 and after 1...
Duluth Bans Tchotchkes — That’s Snot Funny!
According to a report in the The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, a Duluth-based health system is declaring a ban on drug-logo freebies, no matter how small....
FDA Won’t be Previewing TV DTC Ads!
The FDA has announced in the Federal Register that it was canceling its program to preview broadcast DTC ads submitted to it by the...
My Cardiologist is on Vacation – “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not...
It's been nearly 48 hours since I called my cardiologist's office to ask him about Zetia, which he prescribed to me long before the...
Look Out for Sexier Cialis Ads — Maybe Including Beaver!
Now that the FDA has approved Cialis for once daily use for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED; see Lilly press release), expect to...
Join Me After Lunch for a Chat and Live Podcast about Getting Virtual Face...
Virtual Face Time with Physicians A discussion with Asheesh Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., CEO and co-founder of eHyppo, an independent online health care...
Should I Stop Taking Zetia?
After Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. admitted that Vytorin -- a combination of Zetia and Zocor (simvastatin) -- worked no better than an...
2nd Annual Medical Science Liaison Skill Set Training
Performance-Based Tools for Building Long-Lasting Relationships with Key Customers while Ensuring Compliant and Appropriate Dissemination of Scientific Information
Did Pfizer Run a Chantix “Bookend” Ad During 60 Minutes?
Last night, while watching 60 Minutes on CBS, there was an "NFL Today" playoff update break with James Brown.As the spot came on, Brown...
FDA DTC Payola Out, You Pay In!
Recent changes to how FDA will be paid to review DTC TV ads forces us to ask: What's worse? Drug companies paying the FDA...
