Gefällt Mir! Boehringer Ingelheim Invites Two-Way Communication Via Social Media
"Boehringer Ingelheim is a leader in healthcare social media," according to video the company has just recently uploaded to YouTube for the whole world...
FDA Issues More Guidance Regarding Distribution of Reprints. Is It “Fair and Balanced?”
FDA seems obsessed with the distribution of reprints by the pharmaceutical industry.
In January, 2009, FDA "finalized" its "Good Reprint Practices for the Distribution of...
Pharma “Insiders”: Change Enemies or Back Stabbers?
My friend Rich Meyer, author of World of DTC Marketing Blog, once again has gone on a rant. This time his target is pharma...
Globally, Pharma’s Digital Spend is (Still) Only 6% of Total Promotional Budget
According to Cegedim Strategic Data (CSD) -- a provider of healthcare promotional audits -- in the last 6 months of 2013, the global pharma...
WLF to FDA Regarding Distribution of Off-Label Reprints: See You in Court!
In February 2014, FDA released a new draft guidance document entitled "Distributing Scientific and Medical Publications on Unapproved New Uses - Recommended Practices."
FDA's...
Healthcare Marketers Trend Report 2014: I Give It a “C-Meh!” Rating
"Not all available market research is created equal," says Rich Meyer, author of DTC Marketing Blog. According to Meyer, "some research is a must...
How to Host a Successful Pharma TweetChat: Tips from Boehringer Ingelheim
This article reviews BI's 'playbook' -- titled 'How pharma TweetChats can drive healthcare innovation' -- which provides detailed insights for planning and delivering successful pharma TweetChats. The authors of the playbook -- Patricia Alves, Social Media Community Manager, and Jaclyn Fonteyne, Social Media Specialist, at BI -- were also interviewed for this article.
FDA Opens Window for Pharma to Correct Misinformation Online: Wikipedia is at the Top...
This article reviews the FDA's guidance on how pharmaceutical companies can respond to misinformation related to a firm's own FDA-approved or -cleared products when that information is created or disseminated by independent third parties on the Internet or through social media, regardless of whether that misinformation appears on a firm's own forum or an independent third-party forum or website.
FDA Sets Up a Roadblock for Branded Rx Promotional Tweets: Are There Any Useful...
This article reviews the FDA's guidance on how pharma marketers must present both benefit and risk information within a














