{"id":12517,"date":"2006-11-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/uncategorized\/show003\/"},"modified":"2019-02-27T17:29:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T17:29:16","slug":"show003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/talk\/show003\/","title":{"rendered":"110th Congress: What&#8217;s in Store for Pharma?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>110th Congress What&#8217;s in Store for Pharma?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#resources\">Click Here for Additional Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Pharma Marketing Roundtable discussion devoted to likely new legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180px\" src=\"\/\/percolate.blogtalkradio.com\/offsiteplayer?hostId=755&amp;episodeId=5274\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aired LIVE on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Tuesday, November 28, 2006<\/b> Listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\">internet radio<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pharmaguy\">Pharmaguy<\/a> on Blog Talk Radio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also visit this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pharmaguy\/2006\/11\/28\/110th-congress-whats-in-store-for-pharma\"><b>Pharma Marketing Talk Segment Page<\/b><\/a> to listen to the audio podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This show and ALL Pharma Marketing Talk shows are available as podcasts via <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=206436329\"><b>PMT on iTunes<\/b><\/a> (FREE!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the elections are over, the pharmaceutical industry is left to ponder what the new Congress has in store for it. There has already been a lot of speculation in the general press and trade media as well as a few shots fired across the bow by Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not just democrats itching to get at Pharma. For example, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) chaired by Sen. Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyoming), met in full session on November 16, 2006 (&#8220;Hearing on Building a 21st Century FDA: Proposals to Improve Drug Safety and Innovation;&#8221; access audio and testimony from this hearing here) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has put a hold on the nomination of Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach for commissioner of the FDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is a synopsis of the issues and changes experts have predicted that the drug industry will be subjected to in the next legislative session:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Drug Price Related<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Medicare reform &#8212; allow government to directly negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies<\/li><li>Allow drug importation from Canada<\/li><li>Patent Reform &#8212; set limits on whether big pharmaceutical firms can make deals with generic drug makers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Marketing Related<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Enact a mandatory 6-month, one- or two-year moratorium on ads for new drugs<\/li><li>Require FDA pre-clearance of all DTC ads<\/li><li>Wipe out or limiting tax deductions for advertising expense<\/li><li>Require a &#8220;black triangle&#8221; in ads and labels for new drugs<\/li><li>Set standards for risk presentation that make broadcast ads infeasible<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>FDA\/Drug Approval\/Safety Related<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Hold up of Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization<\/li><li>Make FDA more powerful &#8212; eg, create office of drug safety within FDA, give the FDA the power to fine companies to force them to do safety studies or change the labels of drugs (Grassley-Dodd and Enzi-Kennedy bills)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Additional Resources<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/pmroundtable\/Congress110vPharma.pdf\">Compilation of Articles<\/a><\/b><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pharmamkting.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/whats-in-store-from-congress.html\"><b>Pharma Marketing Blog Post: What&#8217;s in Store from Congress?<\/b><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharma Marketing Roundtable experts and call-in guests discuss what changes the pharmaceutical might expect from the Democratic 110th Congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1202],"tags":[],"topic":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>110th Congress: What&#039;s in Store for Pharma? 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