Author Archives: Leo DiNapoli

FDA Ups the Ante on Transparency

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it’s not just a physical idea, it’s also an intellectual one. – Helmut Jahn I’ve talked about its transparency initiative before (here, here, here, and here), but the FDA’s … Continue reading

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An FDA Perspective on Risk/Benefit

If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs. … Continue reading

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FDA Forms Biosimilar Work Group

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect. – … Continue reading

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Bad Ads – FDA Recruits Health Care Providers to Combat Misleading Advertising

If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic. – William Bernbach Fierce reported that the “FDA has issued 186 warning letters so far this year”.  (Looking at that number, they must mean “warning and untitled letters” which are frequently … Continue reading

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DDMAC Sends Warning Letter Over Unbranded Websites

If you judge, investigate. – Seneca I know you just read the title, but let me say it again with some emphasis:  DDMAC Sends Warning Letter Over Unbranded Websites.  That’s right, a warning letter over websites that contained no “direct” … Continue reading

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