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The Language of Risk – FDA’s Evolution of Thought

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Mark Senak

How does the average patient assess the risk of a medical product when deciding whether or not to seek it out? This month, FDA released a new draft guidance document entitled “Brief Summary and Adequate Directions for Use: Disclosing Risk … Continue reading →

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My name is Mark Senak. I’m a lawyer and I work at the international communications firm FleishmanHillard in Washington D.C. For the past several years, I have been consulting with pharmaceutical and biologic companies that are engaged in the process of bringing new drugs to market.
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EXPERTISE - Authority on regulatory aspects of communications and medical products, with particular emphasis on pre-approval communications; strategist to help pharma and biotech companies prepare best case for advisory committee approval; issues and crisis management. Frequent speaker on various aspects of same - drug development, promotion, reimbursement and new media in a highly regulated environment. Author of books, newspaper and magazine pieces related to drug marketing and promotion as well as HIV specialty pieces. And of course... blogger!
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