Newsletter - June 23, 2016
How Effective is FDA’s Push for Diversity in Clinical Trials?
Last week FDA launched a new campaign to encourage minorities in the US to participate in clinical trials using video clips of a minority participant of clinical trials. FDA declared 2016 as “The year of Clinical Trial Diversity”; this is one of several initiatives launched this year. However, it seems these measures will have little practical effect on increased minority participation, at least in the near future. Read More..
Can Doctors be Bought with a Slice of Pizza?
Last week a report made a sensational claim that even cheap meals influence which prescriptions are written by doctors. The survey of prescriptions written after meals were provided found that there was an increased rate of prescribing the brand-name medication that was being promoted. Under the Sunshine Act, any payments made by drug companies to individual physicians of more than $100 per year...Read More..
How Effective is FDA’s Push for Diversity in Clinical Trials?
Last week FDA launched a new campaign to encourage minorities in the US to participate in clinical trials using video clips of a minority participant of clinical trials. FDA declared 2016 as “The year of Clinical Trial Diversity”; this is one of several initiatives launched this year. However, it seems these measures will have little practical effect on increased minority participation, at least in the near future. Read More..
Can Doctors be Bought with a Slice of Pizza?
Last week a report made a sensational claim that even cheap meals influence which prescriptions are written by doctors. The survey of prescriptions written after meals were provided found that there was an increased rate of prescribing the brand-name medication that was being promoted. Under the Sunshine Act, any payments made by drug companies to individual physicians of more than $100 per year...Read More..
