FDA Social Media Hearings #FDASM

The pharmaceutical industry is glued on the FDA hearings on social media happening in the US. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a government agency of the US Department of Health & Human Sciences and acts as the main regulator of US market for drugs, worth $275 billion-a-year.

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Posted 16 November 2009 12:14pm by Ged Carroll with 0 comments

Pharma companies and social media

Healthcare in Europe is vastly different to healthcare in the US. The key difference that UK visitors notice on a trip to the US is the plethora of prescription-only medicines advertised on television. In contrast, this kind of brand marketing to consumers is forbidden in Europe and all prescription-only drug marketing is tightly regulated.

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Posted 06 October 2009 10:16am by Ged Carroll with 6 comments