Pharma Blog Watch

Stanford Gift Policy (Drug Wonks)
In his entry, blogger Robert Goldberg writes about the Stanford University Medical Center's new policy to prohibit physicians from accepting any gifts from pharmaceutical sales reps. He finds it unlikely that small handouts influence doctors, asking "Does passing out pens corrupt the prescribing process…?"

Pharmaceutical RFID (Drug Channels)
In his blog, Adam Fein continues his discussion of radio-frequency identification (RFID) of pharmaceuticals, which he sees as further from realization than some proponents. "The FDA and state legislatures are sincere in their interest to secure the pharmaceutical supply chain with track and trace technologies. But we should not let technology hype overcome the real world of patients and pharmacies," he writes.