Sheila D. Walcoff
McDermott Will & Emery
Articles
Comparative effectiveness research
USA - May 24 2010 Stakeholders should understand and monitor developments in comparative research priorities, methodologies and communication of research findings.
GINA & HIPAA: interim final rules and privacy proposed rule published
USA - October 15 2009 The next chapter in the ongoing effort by the federal government to narrow the permissible uses of personal health information by entities engaged in the health care industry has arrived.
Stephen W. Bernstein, Bernadette M. Broccolo, Jennifer S. Geetter, Jerome (Jerry) B. Tichner
Whose gene is it anyway? Patenting personalised medicine
USA - July 6 2009 Personalised medicine promises to transform health care through innovative diagnostics that more precisely stratify patient populations, enabling health care providers to offer more tailored medical therapies, and will better inform treatment decisions.
President Obama announces FDA commissioner and deputy commissioner appointments
USA - March 16 2009 In his weekly radio address on March 14, 2009, President Barack Obama announced the appointment of Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg as commissioner-designate of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and of Dr. Joshua Sharfstein as principal deputy commissioner.
