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Me, Oprah, Virology, AIDS and Virology
A bunch of things are converging this week in my head. Here goes. On October 15, 1985 I was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. It was in Chicago then, just before she went national. Just before. I...
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For Future Communications, Consider the Clouds on the Horizon
Today is partly cloudy. The forecast is slightly different. Yesterday Apple’s Steve Jobs made some announcements that stand to bring change to the way we communicate. First, beginning Monday that...
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FDA Goes Graphic on New Cigarette Labeling
Last November the FDA announced an intention to up the ante when it comes to labeling for the packages of cigarettes and put on display for our consideration several versions of labels that offered...
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Weekly Roundup – 6-24/11
Summer officially began. The days have, by seconds only, begun to grow shorter. Storms threaten on a nearly daily basis. Humidity is a constant companion. And today was the last day of school in my...
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Upward Mobililty
Early last month, in the wake of the Apple announcement of changes coming to iOS-5, I wrote a posting about how the future might be impacted by cloud computing, increased access to Twitter and...
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To Have and to Have Not – Is there an Emerging Digital Literati Divide in...
I was reminded as I tried to set up my new scale complete with WiFi that will feed into my iPad my weight, body mass index and with accompanying blood pressure cuff – my blood pressure. The app in the...
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Financial Crisis = Public Health Crisis – FDA Funding
The mandate for protecting the public’s health at FDA has expanded dramatically, especially last year when the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was passed and signed into law, giving the FDA new...
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Weekly Roundup 8-19-11
Hello? Anyone out there? I send out a group email and get back scores of automated replies thanking me for my email and telling me when the recipient will be back in the office. I feel like the...
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DDMAC Enforcement Trickles
For some time there has been speculation that enforcement at FDA is up. But it should be noted that regulatory action letters come from several different parts of the agency and encompass much more...
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Draft Guidance on Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information
There has been a good deal of commentary on the recent issuance of a draft guidance by the FDA entitled “Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information About Prescription Drugs and...
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Weekly Roundup – 12-13-13
Ho Ho Ho. Sort of. Gifts not yet bought, much less wrapped. In fact, ideas for buying gifts seem not to be forthcoming. Cards sitting in their boxes without addresses or messages written inside....
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Optimizing for Mobile – Do It!
Recently a research report by Manhattan Research found that only about a third of pharma web sites have been optimized for mobile use. While I still know people who do not have a smart phone, there...
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Weekly Roundup 12-20-13
Yes, I did it. Cards addressed and sent. Gifts purchased, wrapped and sent. The snow in my snow globe descends quietly and peacefully conveying my own inner serenity…. And here is a little of what...
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A Look Back at 2013 and FDA
Happy New Year! It is natural for each of us to look back on the year and see where we did well and where we stumbled and also to assess how the past year might shape the one to come. Here is a...
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Weekly Roundup 1-3-14
What? A Weekly Roundup after such a short quiet week? And a week when there was a snow storm to boot? Even these sheepdogs can’t find the sheep to round up! Well it may have seemed like a quiet,...
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