Category Archives: New and Social Media

FDA OPDP Research – A Foggy Window into Future Thinking on Digital Media

When one thinks of FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) there is a likely tendency to think of the regulatory action letters – Warning Letters or Untitled Letters -issued by that office to pharmaceutical companies about their promotional communications. … Continue reading

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Pharma, FDA and Web Site Mobilization

In 2009 FDA set up the framework outlining its approach to regulating promotional speech by pharmaceutical companies by posing five questions for discussion during a two-day public meeting the agency held in Washington, D.C.  Rather than issue a single guidance … Continue reading

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Is FDA Running Out of Juice on Social Media?

FDA held a public meeting in April 2009 on the regulation of promotional speech on social media by medical product manufacturers and set the framework for the discussion (and the subsequent regulation) by asking five questions. Ostensibly guidance was to … Continue reading

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What Pharma’s Are Doing on Periscope – Update on the Landscape

If you have Periscope on your phone, you may find yourself doing something and all of a sudden, hear a little whistle that is the sound cue to let you know that someone you follow has gone live. I set … Continue reading

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Up Scope! Pharma, Periscope and Some Regulatory Questions

Back in June in a posting about the new (relatively) live streaming capability brought to use by Periscope. The app, acquired by Twitter prior to its launch early in 2015, allows you to live stream content from where you are to … Continue reading

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