Blog Category: Healthcare Reform

Google Health Shuttered

According to its blog, Google is shutting down the “Google Health” personal health records project due to slow adoption. The Internet/IT Healthcare space is littered with successful entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies  (Steve Case, Google, etc…) who have underestimated the complexities of healthcare as well as and their potential impact on the market. These are very [...]

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This post is in: Data & Trends, Healthcare Reform, Search (SEO, SEM) & More

Date posted: June 28, 2011

Drug Companies Deserve More Respect

Bob Ehrlich, Chairman of DTC Perspectives, Inc., writes “Critics should think twice about lamenting how obscene drug company profits have been. If any industry should have high profits it is the one that can save our lives. That means giving drug companies some help in issues relating to extended patent life, speed of approval, risk [...]

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This post is in: Healthcare Reform

Date posted: November 16, 2010

Pharma Does It’s Part Toward Obama’s Health Plan

PhrMA among the early industry groups to step up an support healthcare reform.  Often criticized for blocking healthcare reform, pharma is an early participant toward reform making huge concessions in the Medicare prescription drug coverage plan.  Kudos to the industry for stepping up and being a leading force towards change. View the PhrMA Statement and   [...]

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This post is in: Healthcare Reform

Date posted: June 22, 2009

Obama and Pharma

This past election was clearly history in the making. For American’s across the land, President-Elect Obama offers hope and a renewed faith in democracy and a revitalized pride in our country. But what does the new administration mean for the pharmaceutical industry? Healthcare reform was a major platform in the Obama campaign. Interestingly pharmaceutical companies, [...]

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This post is in: Healthcare Reform

Date posted: November 6, 2008