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.
Category Archives: Legislation
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
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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
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Bills, Bills, Bills – An Update on Legislative Proposals
It has been a while since providing an update on legislative proposals introduced in Congress that would impact the FDA, medical products and food industries. With Congress out on recess, it seemed like a good time to catch up on … Continue reading
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FDA Funding – When the Audience Changes, the Message Must Change
On March 11, Dr. Margaret Hamburg presented testimony before the House Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies regarding funding for the FDA. Her remarks did a capable job of outlining what the FDA does and … Continue reading
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House Appropriations Proposes Specific Cuts for the Continuing Resolution
Yesterday morning I posted about impending budget cuts to FDA for the next fiscal year and posed the question whether or not less money might equate to less enforcement. Ironically, a short time later, the House Appropriations Committee released a … Continue reading
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