About the Author
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.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Weekly Roundup – 3/4/10
We creep closer to Spring. Soon we will change the clocks (can't wait). And yesterday, while on the lookout for some sign of the thaw, I noticed new shoots on one of my potted plants out back. First new green … Continue reading
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What’s Cookin’ Good Lookin’? FDA Issues 17 Warning Letters on 22 Products re Labeling
In what may be the first mass mailing of a letter to a manufacturer since the infamous 14 April 2nd Notice of Violation letters sent to pharmaceutical companies regarding paid search, the FDA yesterday notified 17 food manufacturers of 22 … Continue reading
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Another Torrent of Comments to FDA Social Media Docket
My guess is that there is a lag time between the time that comments are actually filed and the time that FDA actually posts them to the rather labor-intensive and not always working correctly Regulations.gov site that houses the comments … Continue reading
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The Line Between Media and Social Media is Rapidly Blurring
Remember when your cell phone was just a cell phone? It couldn't take pictures. You could only make a call on it. It was a cell phone. Then the camera got added to it. So there was a cell phone … Continue reading
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When It Rains, It Pours! Pharma Companies Finally Submit Comments to FDA Social Media Docket. Lots of Them!
It was almost like a mirage. One is thirsty in the desert. There are a few promises of water here and there, but not really enough to get a drink. Then… it not only rains, it pours. For many … Continue reading
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