Social Media

Use of social media for health: A common sense approach

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It's been fun watching consumer packaged good companies slowly realize that social media is not the answer to their marketing and sales problems. Most marketers know that social media is just one small part of an integrated marketing plan that today has to be executed to near perfection in order to be effective. Regardless of what the FDA says or does social media is NOT the answer to a DTC marketers needs. Read More...
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FDA: We'll issue social media guidelines later this year Consumers: Who cares !

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Is there any wonder why so many people are turning to the Internet to manage their health today ? Over the past two weeks we have seen stories about the dangers of some prescription drugs, the FDA recommending treatment options for patients with asthma, an insurer blaming everyone but themselves for 39% price increases and physicians saying they don't want the drug industry to advertise medications for mental illness. If you're a patient you're confused as ever. Read More...
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Should pharma Tweet ?

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One thing I learned while attending law school was to "look at the facts of a case" before forming an opinion or argument. So while the debate rages on about whether drug companies should use Twitter let's look at the facts of the case.
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