Monthly Archives: October 2011

Weekly Roundup – 10-28-11

Snow is predicted for the weekend in the Northeast and there is a prediction for rain mixed with snow in our area.  We haven’t even had the frost on the pumpkin yet!  The leaves haven’t fallen off the trees!  Madness! … Continue reading

Posted in Weekly Roundup | Comments Off on Weekly Roundup – 10-28-11

Let the Sunshine Part 3 – Taking it on the Road: Transparency Outside the U.S.

The past two days have been focused on The Physician Payment Sunshine provisions of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act in the U.S. which will require the reporting of financial relationships between medical product manufacturers and medical providers by 2013. … Continue reading

Posted in Pharma Industry Image, Podcast | Comments Off on Let the Sunshine Part 3 – Taking it on the Road: Transparency Outside the U.S.

Let the Sunshine – Part 2 – Why is it Important?

As noted yesterday, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act is now law, but so far, the deadline for Health and Human Services to provide guidance to medical product manufacturers on what exactly to report and how exactly to report it has … Continue reading

Posted in Legislation, Pharma Industry Image | 1 Comment

Let the Sunshine Part 1 – The Case of the Missing Guidelines

It may have escaped the notice of some that The Physician Payment Sunshine Act – legislation proposed that would bring greater transparency to the relationship between medical product manufacturers and medical providers – became law when the Patient Protection and … Continue reading

Posted in Legislation | Comments Off on Let the Sunshine Part 1 – The Case of the Missing Guidelines

Weekly Roundup – 10/21/11

Autumn is definitely here now.  I can tell because I am discovering sweaters I forgot I had and my lawn looks like that of Boo Radley’s and I can just about see Scout stepping across in her ham costume – … Continue reading

Posted in Weekly Roundup | 1 Comment