A conversation with Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, Associate Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center and Director of PharmedOut. John Mack, previously pharmaguy, discusses how the marketing of Androgel uses symptom quizzes to convince men and physicians that "low testosterone" is a medical condition that should be treated. We also discuss the dangerous side effects of testosterone treatment and the similarities with estrogen treatment side effects, which took 20 years to unveil.

The final unit of the course focuses on creating an advisory board report sample. Imagine receiving a project from MedComm agency to create a report for the FDA. The FDA recently had a meeting about cancer and a clinical trial selection site, and the meeting details are publicly available on their website.

The assignment is broken down into five steps:

1. Your first task is to review the project overview, agenda, purpose of the meeting, and participants, and gather any helpful information for your preparation.

2. Listen to the meeting and take notes using a method that feels comfortable to you. You don't have to use any specific template provided.

3. Receive the meeting transcript from me and identify key insights from it.

4. Write your report based on the gathered information and insights.

5. Submit your work for review and feedback.

Additionally, you may want to use a calculator to determine the fee you would charge for this project. You'll be asked for this in real situations! The goal is to imagine yourself in a real project scenario and go through the steps to generate a professional report. That's all for now, and I look forward to receiving your sample.

Good luck!