Cheerios Needs to Mind Its Oats

What could a cereal company possibly have in common with a pharmaceutical or medical device company? If you had asked that question a couple of weeks ago, people would have been hard-pressed to see a connection beyond “uh, well, they’re both companies.” But after the...

Off-label Marketing at Trade Shows

The current headlines about three Stryker Biotech employees being charged and pleading guilty to medical device misbranding has become a major discussion of late in the medical device industry. With trade shows commonly subject to FDA enforcement efforts, the...

FDA – Not One Big, Happy Agency?

Recent news articles bring to the forefront the fact that the FDA is not necessarily a united agency with a common set of goals. In May 2008, Frank Torti joined the FDA as Principal Deputy Commissioner and new Chief Scientist. Many were encouraged by this appointment...