A Pharma Social Media Conspiracy Theory: Were Guidelines Held Hostage as Part if FDA’s...
Were FDA's infamous 14 warning letters to pharma a ploy to force Google into a $500M DOJ settlement regarding illegal online pharmacy ads? In addition, could FDA have been holding back issuing pharma social media guidelines -- which would include guidelines for displayig compliant information in space-limited applications such as Twitter AND Google Adwords -- until Google settled its case with the DOJ?
Pfizer Battles to Protect Lipitor Cash Cow
Lipitor Won't Go Gentle Into that Good Generic Night. Pfizer is taking a number of steps to protect it's Lipitor franchise and it hopes that many patients currently taking Lipitor will remain loyal to the brand.
The Pharmaguy Social Media Timeline&trade: A Record of Social Media Events Impacting the Pharmaceutical...
The long-awaited social media guidance from the FDA -- whenever it arrives -- may turn out to be nothing more than a stamp of approval on activities in which the industry is currently engaged. Practically every issue that FDA guidance is expected to address has already been handled independently by a few pioneering pharmaceutical companies. Rather than waiting for FDA's anti climatic guidelines, Pharmaguy decided to publish The Pharmaguy Social Media Timeline™ now, at a time when the industry already has set precedents in every social media application.
Pharma Marketing News Vol. 10, No. 16: 27 October 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #16 (27 OCTOBER 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
Physician Participation in Peer-to-Peer Social Media Sites
This article summaries research data exploring why physicians interested in using online peer-to-peer social communities outnumber by 2 to 1 physicians who are actually using them. Includes suggestions for what these communities must do in order to provide more value to physicians.
FDA’s Abrams Spends 4 Minutes Discussing Social Media Guidance at ePharma Summit!
This just in: FDA Won't Issue Specific Guidance for Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter. Claims These Media Are Just Passing Fads! Now Back to Your Regularly-Scheduled TV Ad.
Pharma Marketing News Vol. 10, No. 9: 18 May 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #9 (18 MAY 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
Is There an Upward Career Path for Pharma Social Media Pioneers?
Are we witnessing an exodus of social media
Pharma Social Media Trials & Tribulations
Social media occupied a good deal of our attention in 2010 and many of the pharma people Pharmaguy met and interacted with in 2010 are involved in social media campaigns in one way or another.
Challenges of Regulating Mobile Medical Apps: Legal and Regulatory Issues You Should Know About
A conversation with Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, VP of Medical Affairs and Technology at Medical Communications Media, Inc., about the rapid development of mobile medical applications and the legal and regulatory issues that physicians, patients, and pharma developers/sponsors should be aware of.
