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January 9, 2020 – Dr. Senthil Kumar Rajasekaran, a well-known leader in medical education and a member of the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, cautioned medical students about using Google when looking for reliable information. What did he recommend instead? The Medical Letter, along with three other respected sources.

Read why peer-reviewed drug information makes a difference in Consulting Dr. Google? Why you shouldn’t do it in medical school. NOVEMBER 6, 2019 – Listen to JAMA’s Clinical Reviews Flu Podcast as they talk with their guest Jean-Marie Pflomm, Editor in Chief of The Medical Letter, about this season’s flu vaccine options.

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MARCH 2, 2019 – Listen to a Q&A session with The Medical Letter’s President on this nationally syndicated radio show: https://soundcloud.com/user-759550640/2-25-19-dr-mark-abramowicz-the-medical-letter NOVEMBER 17, 2016 – Drug prices are in the headlines: inflated costs of life-saving EpiPens, the many thousands of dollars for drugs that can cure hepatitis C, and hundreds of thousands to save children with rare diseases such as lysosomal acid lipase deficiency — a life-threatening genetic disease in which an enzyme that breaks down certain lipids doesn’t work properly, leading those lipids to accumulate and affect the functioning of organs and growth in general.

There are two simple reasons for these high costs: a lack of generic-drug competition, and pharmaceutical companies’ success in marketing their brand-name drugs…. more FEBRUARY 15, 2013 – Have you ever wondered how doctors continue to learn about the drugs that they prescribe? That’s the question we posed to physician Dr. Carl Bazil, Director of the Division of Epilepsy and Sleep at Columbia University’s Department of Neurology… more SEPTEMBER 2007 – In the early days of The Medical Letter, which was first published in 1959, information about drugs was practically unavailable to non-professionals… more

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May 31, 2018 – The Medical Letter Inc., publisher of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics, announces the release of its newest handbook Drugs of Choice 2018. Drugs of Choice 2018 includes the latest information on drugs for treating some of the most common conditions seen in everyday practice … more May 8, 2018 – The Medical Letter announced that its continuing education program is now accredited by The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). The mission of The Medical Letter’s Continuing Medical Education Program is to support the professional development … more June 2016 – Physicians who participate in The Medical Letter’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program can now earn American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points. The Medical Letter’s CME Program is an added value … more August 4, 2015 – The Medical Letter is pleased to be exhibiting at the 2015 National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ (NACDS) Total Store Expo, taking place August 22-25 in Denver, Colorado. … more May 7, 2015 – The Medical Letter – recognized since 1959 as the most trusted source of objective, critical, and comparative drug information – announces the launch of its newly designed website (medicalletter.org) and mobile apps. … more March 23, 2015 – The Medical Letter is pleased to announce it will be featured in the American Medical Group Association’s “High Performing Health” News Program, produced by ITN Productions. … more FEBRUARY 20, 2015 – The Medical Letter is pleased to announce Dymaxium has extended their agreement to use Medical Letter content as part of the growing evidence and resources available to US health care decision makers via its AMCP eDossier System. The System … more OCTOBER 23, 2014 – The Medical Letter is pleased to announce its Editor, Jean-Marie Pflomm, Pharm.D., is a recipient of this year’s University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy 2014 Distinguished Achievement Award. The award is to be presented …. more MARCH 4, 2014 – Dymaxium Healthcare Innovations, Inc is pleased to announce that the AMCP eDossier System will now have access to the Medical Letter, as part of the growing evidence and resources available to US health care decision makers…. more DECEMBER 3, 2013 – The Medical Letter – recognized since 1959 as the most trusted source of unbiased prescription drug information – announces an update to its mobile app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod…. more JULY 29, 2013 – The Medical Letter is pleased to announce a limited time, free subscription program for 3rd- and 4th-year medical students…. more The Medical Letter and NewCrop Partner to Provide The Medical Letter’s Drug Information to NewCrop EHRs