Healthcare reform isn’t just about the public option and paying for doctor’s visits — it’s also about equal, affordable access to life-saving medications for all Americans. That’s why many Big Pharma watchdogs are so disappointed with a recent amendment slipped into healthcare legislation that proposes extending patent protection on biologic drugs, delaying for years the [...]

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Despite celebrity endorsements courtesy of Photoshop (above), and a real endorsement by eDrugSearch.com and others, Pfizer whistleblower Dr. Peter Rost came up short in his bid to become the next FDA commissioner. President Obama on Saturday announced the selection of Dr. Margaret Hamburg for the top food and drug post.
We knew Peter was a longshot [...]

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We announced today that the Healthcare 100 now includes more than 1,000 health and medical blogs submitted by bloggers worldwide.
For those of you not familiar with the Healthcare 100, it is a directory, search engine and ranking system designed to assist individuals who are seeking health information from blogs.
Since we started the Healthcare 100 [...]

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Earlier this year, I was privileged to participate in a health blogger summit convened by Consumer Reports at its New York headquarters. One of the topics discussed at the event — in fact, the one that generated the most controversy — was online health ratings systems.
Many in attendance — including doctors and consumer advocates [...]

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As part of our visit to Consumer Reports headquarters last month to participate in the health blogger summit, we had an opportunity to tour the famous Consumer Reports labs — where they seemingly test every product under the sun, from cameras to stereos, home-gym equipment to washers and dryers. They even have food testers who [...]

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We were fortunate to be invited to a health blogger summit coordinated last Thursday by Consumer Reports. The event — held at CR’s headquarters in Yonkers, New York — was an opportunity to meet with the publication’s editors as well as other health bloggers, and to discuss the future of social media and social networks [...]

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Loss of function and prognosis in older patients (Pallimed: A Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog)
Medicare Part D: Comparing Prescription Drug Use in Special Needs Plans and Other Medicare Advantage Plans (Piper Report)
Racial disparities in hospice use (Health Disparities Blog)
Southwest Recipe Nutrition Breakdown (The Family Fork)

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An Unfortunate Victory for EU Repackagers (Drug Channels)
Valeant buys Dow in $285M deal (Fierce Biotech)
New PhRMA DTC Guidelines Ignore Elephant in Room: Moratorium (Pharma Marketing Blog)
Pharma Trade Group Has New DTC Guidelines (Pharmalot)

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The Day of New London, Conn., has a nice article on Dr. Peter Rost’s bid for FDA commissioner. Here’s an excerpt referencing our interview with Peter:

If Pfizer Inc. were to describe its worst nightmare, it might very well be seeing former company whistleblower Peter Rost become commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
So [...]

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It should come as no surprise to readers of this blog that we are delighted about the prospect of a new FDA commissioner in 2009 — one who we hope will put the interests of the people above those of large pharmaceutical companies.
We have also been pleasantly surprised to see the groundswell of [...]

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