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July 24, 2008

Trasylol, Bayer & Three Mile Island

Drug Safety Story Time

Reflections on the power of narrative and the industry’s wobbly reputation.

The Case For Outreach

Stopping Drug Safety Spin Cycle

Why the pharmaceutical industry’s ill-advised reliance on lobbyists will hamper its efforts to rehabilitate its reputation.

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Trasylol, Bayer & Three Mile Island

Drug Safety Story Time

February 22, 2008

By Mark Uehling

With the Oscars upon us, it’s time to reflect on something simple. Our brains store information and make sense of the world in stories. This is true in all cultures, all individuals. “She saved my career.” “They worked it out.”…

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The Case For Outreach

Stopping Drug Safety Spin Cycle

October 12, 2007

By Mark Uehling

A few years ago, thinking the way all journalists think, we had an epiphany. The reportorial brain is the one we’re happily stuck with. But it often adopts a harshly negative, critical outlook that transcends age, geography and political affiliation.…