Fair and Transparent Drug Company Practices Needed to Protect Consumers
October 12, 2012 | Story
Drug patent reform and legal restrictions on pharmaceutical company advertising are explored in an RWJF Investigator’s latest research.
Prescription Drugs and Services
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RWJF Investigator Award Winner Takes Close Look at Market Incentives Provided to Pharmaceutical Industry
January 5, 2011 | Story
Aaron Kesselheim's New England Journal of Medicine article explores 'myths' about effectiveness of policies aimed at incentivizing development of new drugs.
Investigator Award Recipient Calls on Government to Reform Drug Ads In New Paper
December 13, 2009 | Story
Dominick Frosch says drug ads carry 'significant risks.'
New Research: Treating HIV/AIDS Effectively as a Chronic Disease
January 25, 2013 | Story
Safer therapies and solid social support are needed to help people live healthier lives with HIV/AIDS.
Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice
August 14, 2009 | Story
Prescriptive authority.
New Insights on What Makes People Stop Using Drugs: Bringing Methadone and Buprenorphine Into Correctional Settings
July 23, 2009 | Story
Parrino used his Innovators award to replicate a model program at Riker's Island (New York City's jail).
What's Next Health: Daniel Kraft
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. Executive director of FutureMed, Daniel Kraft, MD, discusses approaches to "escape velocity" in health care.
Measuring Devices for Over-the-Counter Medicines Invite Confusion, Put Children at Risk
February 16, 2011 | Story
New research by RWJF Physician Faculty Scholar H. Shonna Yin establishes baseline for evaluating industry compliance with new FDA guidelines.
Closing the "Doughnut Hole" in the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
February 3, 2005 | Story
If you're inside the (Washington) Beltway, it's familiar—otherwise it might be new. It refers to the gap in Medicare coverage for prescription drugs.
Exploring Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Patient Decision-Making
January 2, 2008 | Story
Health & Society Scholar Dominick L. Frosch, PhD, a clinical psychologist, collaborated with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania to determine that DTC commercials have limited educational value.