News From PhRMA Annual Meeting

PhRMA held its annual meeting today and yesterday in Washington.  So far, there seems to be relatively little news coming out of the meeting--at least compared to GPhA's annual meeting earlier this month.  Links to a few stories are provided below; I'll add more as I find them:

• March 16 article in the Star-Ledger of New Jersey
• March 15 AP story (via Washington Post)
• Biologic Drug Report: FDA Commissioner tells PhRMA that follow-on biologics will not be substitutable
• PhRMA press release on Board Chairman Election
• PhRMA press release on Discoverer's Award

Incidentally, the Business and Media Institute recently sent me this report on media bias against the pharmaceutical industry.

Comments

[Jayne E. Juvan, Esq.]

I've included an article about the announcement by Andrew von Eschenbach of the creation of the FDA's Office of Integrity and Accountability at the meeting at http://www.juvanshealthlawupdate.com/2007/03/articles/pharmaceuticals/food-and-drug-administration/fda-to-create-office-of-integrity-and-accountability/

Jayne