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My name is Mark Senak. I’m a lawyer and I work at the international communications firm FleishmanHillard in New York. For the past several years, I have been consulting with pharmaceutical and biologic companies that are engaged in the process of bringing new drugs to market. I have also worked extensively with an array of medical societies and patient organizations providing strategic communications counsel and media training.Stay Connected
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I am an authority on regulatory aspects of communications and medical products, with particular emphasis on pre-approval communications; strategist to help pharma and biotech companies prepare best case for advisory committee approval; and counselor in issues and crisis management. I am a frequent speaker on various aspects of same - drug development, promotion, reimbursement and new media in a highly regulated environment. Author of books, newspaper and magazine pieces related to drug marketing and promotion as well as HIV specialty pieces. And of course... blogger!About This Blog
Eye on FDA is published by Mark Senak of FleishmanHillard’s New York office. The thoughts and ideas in this blog and postings are strictly my own and are not screened by my employer. Everything posted on this blog is my personal opinion and does not necessarily represent the views of FleishmanHillard or its clients.
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Tweetporting – The Growing Number of Reporters on Twitter
Social media has its roots in being – well, social. It was people telling other people what they were doing. "Eating ham sandwich"…. "Picking up the kids"…. "Going to the doctor, ech!" But the ability to add information with a … Continue reading
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Yes They Did! Now What? Opportunities in the Wake of Health Care Reform
Last night health care reform finally was passed by a vote of 219 to 212 and President Obama will sign it into law. An enormous amount of unnecessary drama was injected into the process, and that will take some time … Continue reading
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Weekly Roundup – 3/19/10
Supposedly we are in the home stretch of health care reform, though one has a terrific sense of deja vu about that. Today Ramsay Baghdadi, Editor of the RPM report tweeted "My new "whip count": They have 224 "yes" votes … Continue reading
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Twittering FDA – An Analysis of FDA’s Twittering Activity
The Food and Drug Administration has been dipping its toe into the proverbial social media waters. In this space, I've encouraged FDA to become more involved in Facebook as a means of pushing information out to consumers rather than waiting … Continue reading
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How Social Media is Communications Around Public Health Crises
It has been striking how many earthquakes there have been lately. Haiti, of course, comes to mind. But since Haiti, there have also been sizeable quakes in Turkey, Taipei, Japan and of course, Chile, and a minor one this week … Continue reading
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