FDA, DOJ, & Google: Conspiracy Theory, Part 2
Last week, I suggested that the FDA’s infamous 14 warning letters sent to major pharma companies regarding violative search engine ads may have been a "shot across Googles bow," intended to...
The End is Nigh! Judgment Day For Low Cost Generic Meds
Some people think "Judgment Day" will come tomorrow, May 21, 2011, at 2 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time at which time will begin the "rapture" where "all the graves will be opened...
FDA Targets Genetic Testing Services for Advertising Unapproved “Medical Devices”
FDA recently (May 11, 2011) sent letters to two DNA testing services concerning their Direct to Consumer (DTC) advertising. The companies are Precision Quality DNA (see letter here) and Lumigenix Inc...
How FDA, in Cahoots with DOJ, Brought Google Down
FDA’s Infamous 14 Warning Letters were a Ploy to Force Google into a $500M DOJ Settlement Regarding Illegal Online Pharmacy Ads
“…something is happening here and you don't know what it is,...
FDA’s BadAd Program Lacks Credible Evidence
FDA's BadAd Program is "BadAss" Lately! What a difference a couple of weeks makes!
On April 25 I posted this: "FDA's Bad Ad Program is 'Phoniest Thing Ever!'," which documented that after...
ACCME’s Dirty Little Commercial Funding “Secret”
Having nothing better to do on a Saturday morning, I posted results of my latest analysis of sources of Continuing Medical Education (CME) funding reported by ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing...
eDetailing Technology Spells Death of Traditional Pharma Salesman & Birth of “Sales Cyborg”
"You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit," says Willy Loman in Act 2 of Death of a Salesman. After...
Physicians Are Concerned About Pharma Support of CME, But Are Unwilling to Pay Their...
Talk about having your cake and eating it too! Commercial funding of continuing medical education (CME) and the potential for bias appear to concern many physicians, yet only a TINY MINORITY...
Pharma Support for Accredited CME Continues to Decline
Pharmaceutical industry support - ie, direct sponsorship PLUS advertising - of physician continuing medical education (CME) declined 13.3% in 2009 compared to 2008. This is based on income data (see here)...
Pharma Tracks Docs at Medical Meetings Using RFID Technology
Although the pharmaceutical industry is dragging its feet implementing RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology to keep track of drug supplies, some companies are currently using the technology to track physicians' movements...
