FDA’s Use of Social Media: Peanuts Today, Drugs Tomorrow!

In the future, will the FDA also be pulled into social media by a major Rx drug recall? What can the drug industry learn from the FDA's use of social media and will FDA's example help guide the industry toward best practices in this area? This article describes FDA's social networking initiatives in context of these questions.

Will Healthcare be Rationed or Rational? A Case for Supporting Comparative Effectiveness Research

In this article, Kim Slocum, former Director, Strategic Planning & Business Development at AstraZeneca describes several alternative future health care system scenarios and makes a case for the industry to support Comparative Effectiveness Research or CER.

Pharma’s Bad Rep or Bad Rap: Whatever! The Drug Industry Must Earn Back the...

This article summarizes the results of the 'How to Earn Back the Public's Trust' survey hosted by Pharma Marketing News between February 4, 2009 and March 14, 2009 , including selected comments from respondents and other commentators.

Pharma Marketing News Vol. 8, #3

Welcome to the March 2009 issue of Pharma Marketing News.

Pharma Marketing News Vol. 8, #3

Welcome to the March 2009 issue of Pharma Marketing News.

AZ: Let’s Put a Positive Spin on this “Cursed” Study

As reported in today's Wall Street Journal: "A document dated Feb. 12, 1997, describes internal company deliberations over how to report 'Study 15,' a...

Drug Fact Box: It All Depends on What You Mean by “Fact”

Good morning, Pharma Marketing Blog fans! It's Friday and that means it's time for the Bob (Ehrlich) vs John (Mack) Friday Morning Smackdown! Every...

New “New Media” Trick for Pharma Marketers

Pity the poor FDA! Despite its use of social and other "New" media, the FDA is not equipped to keep up with the new...

An Avodart Print Ad that FDA Missed

Yesterday, I posted a notice about FDA sending GSK a warning letter citing a violative Avodart "Planetarium" TV commercial for exaggerating the benefit of...

Online Personal Health Records and Pharma Search Engine Marketing

At yesterday's 3rd Pharmaceutical Search Engine Marketing Strategies Conference hosted by ExL Pharma, I was able to ask a question about the convergence of...