Category Archives: New and Social Media

A Profile of Blogging by Pharma and FDA

November 2, 2011

From time to time here at Eye on FDA, the participation of Pharma and FDA on social media platforms have been examined – primarily on Twitter (see TWANK! Pharma Twitter Rankings), Facebook (see D-Day for Pharma and Facebook) and YouTube … Continue reading →

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The 5th Annual Digital Pharma East Conference

October 20, 2011

This week Manhattan Research released results from a new survey that showed that 26% of U.S. adults have used their mobile telephones to access health information on the Internet in the past 12 months.  The release of such a statistic … Continue reading →

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Handy Twitter Lists

October 18, 2011

Twitter has emerged as one of the most active platforms for pharmaceutical companies and healthcare alike.  All major government agencies working in healthcare are now on Twitter and there are at least 124 pharma and device twitter feeds (certainly more) … Continue reading →

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FDA Needs Communications Expert Support

October 11, 2011

On October 3, FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) issued a press release entitled “FDA outlines plans for an outside network of scientific experts“.  The release states that the purpose of the effort is to “plan to create … Continue reading →

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Health Food for Thought – the Google ThinkHealth 2011

September 12, 2011

Each year, Google holds a meeting of health care marketers in New York called ThinkHealth.  This year’s will be held on Thursday, September 15.  The meetings are a great way to see some of the latest thinking from Google and … Continue reading →

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