{"id":5143,"date":"2010-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/01\/pmn93-article04\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T19:52:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:52:37","slug":"pmn93-article04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/articles\/pmn93-article04\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving the Social Media Adverse Event Reporting Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solving the Social Media Adverse Event Reporting Problem        Is It Just Too Much &#8220;Noise&#8221; to Sift Through?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wheat v Chaff\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Wheat-v-Chaff_150x169.jpg\" width=\"150\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"169\"\/>Pharmaceutical marketers claim to be prevented from engaging in online conversations with consumers because of FDA&#8217;s AE reporting requirements. No drug company wants to be responsible for pro-actively monitoring the entire Internet for potential adverse events. Even so, are adverse events reported on social media sites just a lot of useless &#8220;noise&#8221; and not worth the effort to sift through?<\/p>\n<p>Many presenters at FDA&#8217;s November 2009 public hearing on the Promotion of Food and Drug Administration-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet and Social Media Tools addressed this problem and offered solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Comments submitted to the FDA after the meeting offer more details, which are reviewed in this article.<\/p>\n<p>Topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AE Monitoring Policies<\/li>\n<li>Technology Can Help<\/li>\n<li>Identifying the Reporter<\/li>\n<li>Solicited vs. Spontaneous AERs<\/li>\n<li>Terms of Use<\/li>\n<li>Tools for Monitoring AEs<\/li>\n<li>What Sites Should be Monitored?<\/li>\n<li>Are J&amp;J Agents Trolling for Adverse Events on the Internet?<\/li>\n<li>Patient Privacy Issues Cited<\/li>\n<li>Reporter &#8220;Noise&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>How Frequently Are AEs Mentioned in Social Media?<\/li>\n<li>Not All AERs Are Equal<\/li>\n<li>Lilly&#8217;s Pilot Study Yields Nada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Read this article now. It&#8217;s FREE&#8230;<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/pmn93-article04.pdf\">Download PDF file<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>PMN93-04<br \/> Issue: Vol. 9, No. 3: March 2010<br \/> Word Count: 4098 <\/p>\n<p\/>Also see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Special Report: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/fdaSM-SurveyResults.htm\">FDA&#8217;s Regulation of Drug &amp; Device Promotion via the Internet &amp; Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <b>Find other articles in related Topic Areas:<\/b>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/PMNDTCReprints.htm\">Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Advertising &amp; Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/PMNeMktingReprints.htm\">eMarketing and ePromotion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/PMNRegComplianceReprints.htm\">Regulatory Compliance<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many presenters at FDA&#8217;s November 2009 public hearing on the Promotion of Food and Drug Administration-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet and Social Media Tools addressed this problem and offered solutions. 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