Did I Miss the Fair Balance in Last Night’s Omnaris Nasal Spray TV Commercial?
Last night at about 6:47 PM Eastern US time during the ABC Evening News, I saw for the first time a short ad -- maybe a 30-second spot -- for Omnaris,...
Peter Pitts in a Pickle with Journalists and Catholics
I read with amusement Jim Edwards account of the brouhaha over conflict of interest disclosures relating to Peter Pitts, the star blogger over at Drug Wonks. You can read it on...
Dis RealAge All You Want NY Times, But Consumers Want those E-mails from Pharma...
According to an article ("Online Age Quiz Is a Window for Drug Makers") in today's New York Times, "Pharmaceutical companies pay RealAge to compile test results of RealAge members and send...
Update on that YAZ YouTube Video
More than a month ago, I noted that "Goodbye to You" YAZ commercial, which the FDA found violated the law, was still available on the YouTube site maintained by Desiree Hall,...
Was PhRMA Fiddling While We Burned?
"While just about all retirees are covered, and nearly 90 percent of children have health insurance, workers now are at significantly higher risk of being uninsured than in the 1990s, the...
Wolfe Defanged at FDA Advisory Committee Meeting on J&J’s rivaroxaban
Some see the glass half full -- eg, the In Vivo Blog's post "Fighting Like a Wolfe Against Johnson & Johnson" (image on left) -- while others see it half empty...
FDA Lacks Credibility, Says Judge in Ruling to Allow Access to Plan B by...
BREAKING NEWS FROM "THE TAN SHEET"See also OverTheCounter Today Blog.A federal judge today ordered FDA to allow distribution of the Plan B emergency contraceptive without a prescription to 17-year-old women.Judge Edward...
Pharma Reps’ Worst Fear Is Near: Outsourced to the Internet!
When eDetailing was relatively new in 2003 -- before the dawn of Web 2.0 -- there were about 90,000 pharmaceutical sales reps. In 2007, just when the hype about Web 2.0...
Do Fat People Like Wynonna Judd’s Music? GSK and alli May Think They Do.
"Consumers purchasing GlaxoSmithKline's weight loss drug Alli will receive a free copy of Wynonna Judd's new album Sing," reports MM&M (see "GSK pairs Wynonna Judd album with Alli").This assumes that:Many Wynonna...
Protracted Decline in US Rx Sales Growth Portends Dire Future for Industry, Unless…
"We ration care in the US today using one of the most capricious and inequitable means possible -- ability to pay," says Kim Slocum, former Director, Strategic Planning & Business Development...
