FDA Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communications

Executive Summary

Hires five new advertising surveillance reviewers in November, four of whom join directly from industry: Tom Abrams, a pharmacist with an MBA, worked in sales promotion and marketing at Merck; Sherry Danese, MBA, joins from a sales rep position at Lilly; Jean Raymond, a physician's assistant, worked as a district sales manager for Roxane; Steve Sherman, MBA, engaged in sales promotion and public relations at Merck. The fifth reviewer is Russ Fleischer, a physician's assistant with an MPH. The division is currently interviewing for a pharmacoeconomist, who will join FDA for six months to one year to review cost-effectiveness promotions.