May 30, 2017 — In response to former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf’s recent call for the Coalition for Healthcare Communication to establish a code of ethics for members, several industry leaders on the CHC’s executive committee indicated that such a code strikes a responsive chord (see related article at http://www.cohealthcom.org/?p=3586). At the Coalition’s May 15 […]
Read moreMay 18, 2017 – At this week’s information-packed Coalition for Healthcare Communication’s Rising Leaders Conference, keynote speaker and former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said that “healthcare marketers need to create a code of ethics to promote drugs for truthful and non-misleading uses outside their FDA-approved labels, commonly referred to as off-label promotion,” according to coverage […]
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Nov. 10, 2016 – As FDA Commissioner Robert Califf described the issues surrounding the communication of off-label uses as “numerous and complex” and cautioned that there are many instances where unapproved uses are “unsafe and ineffective,” industry speakers at an FDA hearing held Nov. 9 called on the agency to take immediate action and provide […]
Read moreApril 25, 2016 — In a speech at the Alliance for a Stronger FDA’s quarterly meeting April 19, new Commissioner of Food and Drugs Dr. Robert M. Califf stated that the agency’s current priorities include determining when advertising is false or misleading and addressing labeling and patient/consumer communication, among others. He also indicated that the […]
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