About the Author
My name is Mark Senak. I’m a lawyer and I work at the international communications firm FleishmanHillard in New York. 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. I have also worked extensively with an array of medical societies and patient organizations providing strategic communications counsel and media training.
Daily Archives: August 18, 2008
GAO Issues Report on FDA Approval and Oversight of Mifeprex
From the GAO Report – In September 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), approved the drug Mifeprex for use in terminating early term pregnancy. FDA approved the drug under … Continue reading
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GSK Opens Up New YouTube Channel
GlaxoSmithKline opened a YouTube channel earlier this year that apparently was a beta for what they were eventually going to accomplish. GSKCIC opened up, had little added to it, and didn’t allow you to embed the vids, which was defeating … Continue reading
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FDA Draft Report on BPA and FDA’s Credibility Gap
Earlier this year, the Canadian health authorities sounded an alarm about food and water containers that were made with bisphenol- A (BPA), prompting scrutiny in this country and action by state legislators in California (Carole Migden) and U.S. senators (Charles … Continue reading
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