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: Pharma Industry Image
Purdue Pharma Settlement
The FDA announced this afternoon a settlement whereby Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. has agreed to pay more than $700 million to resolve criminal charges and civil liabilities in connection with several illegal schemes to promote, market and sell OxyContin – … Continue reading
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State Status on HPV Mandates
Recently I have submitted posts regarding the executive order issued by Texas governor Rick Perry that mandated HPV vaccine Gardasil for teenage girls and on the Merck decision to pull back its lobbying program related to the same. The New … Continue reading
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U-Turn on Gardasil Program – Balancing Product Promotion with Corporate Reputation
As we have all heard by now, Merck has decided to cease its lobbying efforts to promote its position that its HPV vaccine Gardasil should be mandatory for children. The HPV vaccine program has been fraught with controversy. First, while … Continue reading
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AIDS Perspectives and Values
TORONTO, ONTARIO – Today is my last day at the XVI International AIDS Conference. In case you’ve been worried that you’ve been missing anything about FDA, I’ve kept tabs while I’ve been gone and so far, no speeches, no testimony … Continue reading
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Prevention Pill Research – An HIV Opportunity for Pharma
From Toronto. Last night, the XVI International AIDS Conference opened in Toronto, Ontario. It is now a biennial conference and it is my sixth, having attended Florence, Amsterdam, Berlin, Vancouver and Geneva previously. For what it is worth, like the … Continue reading
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