{"id":2251,"date":"2017-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.comindex.php\/2017\/02\/21\/pinup022117\/"},"modified":"2019-02-06T02:14:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:14:36","slug":"pinup022117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/articles\/news\/pinup022117\/","title":{"rendered":"PinUp: Right to Try False Hopes, Bullshit Course, Debunking Fake News About Off-Label DTC Advertising, more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Pharma Industry News Update<\/b>: 21 February 2017<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"5\" class=\"SpacerImage\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/S.gif\"\/>                              <img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" style=\"display: block; height: auto !important;\" width=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Pence-Peddles-False-Hopes-Meme.jpg\"\/>                          VP Pence is &#8220;Peddling False Hopes&#8221; to Dying Patients, Says Ed Silverman<\/p>\n<p>From www.statnews.com<\/p>\n<p>[Excerpts from an open letter by Ed Silverman of STATnews]<\/p>\n<p>Dear Vice President Pence, <\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, you met with several families and encouraged them to lobby Congress for a federal &#8220;Right to Try&#8221; law, which would allow people with fatal illnesses to gain access to experimental medicines, even though they are not enrolled in a clinical trial. <\/p>\n<p>Your goal is admirable. Unfortunately, though, you&#8217;re peddling false hopes. The impulse to offer patients hope is understandable; after all, not everyone can get into a clinical trial. But these proposals have the same fundamental flaw as state laws \u2014 at the end of the day, requests must be granted by drug makers, not just the FDA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/6IU1hp\">More here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is &#8220;Right to Try&#8221; a good idea? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/2D8MM5L\">Take my survey here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further Reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/74r19d\">Does Pharma Really Want to Abandon the \u201cGold Standard\u201d of the FDA Approval Process?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"5\" class=\"SpacerImage\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/S.gif\"\/>                              <img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" style=\"display: block; height: auto !important;\" width=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CallingBullshit.jpg\"\/>                          Take This Course &amp; Cut Through Bullshit Like a Hot Knife Through Butter<\/p>\n<p>From www.statnews.com<\/p>\n<p>Tired of alternative facts, fake news, and breathless hyperbole, two professors at the University of Washington are trying to strike a blow for science.<\/p>\n<p>Their weapon? A new course: &#8220;Calling Bullshit In the Age of Big Data.&#8221; The class website and colorful syllabus went online last month and almost instantly went viral.  <\/p>\n<p>Many have asked if the course is a response to President Donald Trump, who has dismissed evidence of vaccine safety and called climate change a hoax. But the course was in the works long before the election. And while Carl Bergstrom, a biologist who helped create the course, makes no secret of his disdain for Trump on his Twitter feed, he wants the course to remain apolitical. He promises to attack misrepresentations of science coming from politicians of any stripe. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need a citizenry that&#8217;s more informed and has the ability to call bullshit,&#8221; said Bergstrom&#8217;s teaching partner, Jevin West said. &#8220;That&#8217;s good for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/8V8nhp\">More here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further Reading: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How does this apply to pharma marketing? Read <a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/8RAgvx\">Is Pharma Marketing a Lot of BS?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"5\" class=\"SpacerImage\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/S.gif\"\/>                              <img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" style=\"display: block; height: auto !important;\" width=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/GandpaSimpson-v-TV-Off-Label-DTC.jpg\"\/>                          Debunking False News About Off-Label DTC Drug Promotion<\/p>\n<p>From pharmamkting.blogspot.com<\/p>\n<p>I recently received an email missive from Bob Ehrlich (@BobEhrlich_DTC), Chairman of DTC Perspectives, Inc., with the subject line &#8220;Media Misreporting Advertising Off-label Use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ehrlich said &#8220;I was shocked to see media stories saying DTC [direct-to-consumer drug advertising] may expand to cover off label use. What! This erroneous idea came from an FDA open meeting held 11\/16 to discuss off label use based on court cases allowing drug companies the right to discuss them.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>WRONG!<\/p>\n<p>I first reported that the FDA was interested in hearing comments about off-label drug promotion to &#8220;patient and consumer audiences&#8221; back in September, 2016, after reading the Federal Register Notice, which asked: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To what extent is it appropriate for firms to communicate information about unapproved uses of their approved\/cleared medical products to <b>patient and consumer audiences<\/b> [my emphasis]?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The idea that FDA is interested in Off-Label DTC made it to the mainstream media that Ehrlich read months later and criticized as false news. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/882Pwn\">More here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further Reading: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/89km0n\">Off-Label DTC Advertising: Will FDA Be Forced to Allow It?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/7Sj5ZB\">Patients with Chronic Conditions Are OK With Off-Label Drug Promotion: If FDA Allows It, Will Pharma Do It?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What do you think? <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/8ZV5ZXQ\">Take my 0ff-label DTC survey<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p>                               <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marchforscience.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" style=\"display: block; height: auto !important;\" width=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/GoBoldly-March-for-Science.jpg\"\/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sco.lt\/8TdiaH\">More here&#8230;<\/a>                              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the February 21, 2017, issue of Pharma Industry News Update (aka PinUp). 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