Last week Bloomberg Business published a ranking of the most innovative states in America, and Massachusetts made the top of the list! Their methodology included things like spending on R & D, the number of high-tech companies in the … [Read more...]
Prominent Docs Weigh in on Pharma Gift Restrictions and Disclosure
For another perspective on this issue, see the letter included below from four prominent MA medical leaders: Dr. David Coleman, Chief of Medicine at Boston Medical Center; Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief, NEJM and Harvard Medical … [Read more...]
Quick hits for Tuesday
How disgraceful is it that we're barely offering any special visas to those Iraqis who have risked their lives -- and their families' -- to translate for us? The most generous proposal -- caught up in haggling over money -- is for … [Read more...]
Tom Finneran: A helpful kind of guy (with poll!)
On Greater Boston tonight, former Speaker of the MA House and now lobbyist for the Massachusetts Biotech Council Tom Finneran said he sees lobbying as an "honorable profession", providing "information" for elected officials who really want … [Read more...]