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How Drug Reps Size Up Doctors
Posted by Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD, NPA Executive Director May 14, 2013 at 12:09 PM
By Sharam Ahari Shahram Ahari is a former sales representative for Eli Lilly who left the pharmaceutical industry to become a public health advocate. He has since completed his MPH at UC Berkeley, become a researcher at UCSF School of Pharmacy, testified before Congress and the Supreme Court, and will be graduating from UC Davis [...]
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A Letter from NPA President, Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH
Posted by Darden Rice, NPA Communications Director May 2, 2013 at 10:15 AM
As I prepared for NPA’s recent board meeting, I thought about the email I received from a pediatrician after the Newtown shootings. The email said simply, “I’ve had it.” That message not only represents the reaction of many NPA members (and many Americans) to the epidemic of gun violence. It also describes the moment for [...]
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NPA Statement on Gun Violence Vote
Posted by Darden Rice, NPA Communications Director April 18, 2013 at 7:51 AM
Statement from National Physicians Alliance President, Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH: “Today we watched the U.S. Senate cave in to pressure from NRA lobbyists—again. Many of us had hoped for better, had hoped that the lost lives of so many young children would push our Senators to act for good. As a family doctor, I routinely [...]
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