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: Politics
Perspective on Pharma Support for Patient Advocacy Organizations
Last week Kaiser Health News (KHN) released a database called “Pre$cription for Power” that tracked pharmaceutical company donations made to patient advocacy groups, with an extensive accompanying article. The database is an important collection of information and serves to enhance transparency … Continue reading
Posted in Pharma Industry Image, Politics
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Now What? Post-Election and FDA
We are finally post-election. The sense of relief that one can watch or listen to broadcast television or radio without seeing campaign ads is still being felt nationwide. Facebook sidebars are free of political jabber and de-friending over politics has … Continue reading
Posted in FDA Policy, Legislation, Politics
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Will Less Funding for FDA Result in Less Enforcement?
From time to time on this blog, I have raised the question about whether the growth trajectory of the FDA is sustainable. Already overseeing the regulation of over one-quarter of the economy, within the past few years, the mandate of … Continue reading
Posted in FDA Policy, Politics
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Growing Role of Social Media Among Policymakers
It is perhaps hard to believe that only four years ago, the following sentence would have made no sense to anyone at all. “I follow you on Twitter.” Many of us, though not all of us, would have been bewildered … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, New and Social Media, Politics
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Anti-Incumbency Fever and the FDA’s Future
Last night came and went, bringing with it what anyone who watches politics pretty much expected. The country is in a mood of "out with the old, in with the new". It is Spring and the electorate is cleaning (the) … Continue reading
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