Tag Archives: DIA

Building a Better Brief Summary

By George Koroneos | Published: June 25, 2009
Image via Wikipedia FDA wanted to find out what people really think of the risk information printed on the back of pharmaceutical advertising. Surprise, people tend to absorb far less information from the giant blocks of text printed in drab language. DDMAC social science analyst Amy O’Donoghue explained FDA’s recent study results to an audience of marketers [...]
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Live from DIA: Bridging the Data Gap

By George Koroneos | Published: June 24, 2009
Image via CrunchBase At the Drug Information Association’s annual meeting, Pharm Exec got a few minutes to talk with a little software company named Microsoft’s about its work in creating integration between electronic data capture [EDC] and electronic health records [EHR], and its new Amalga technology. Electronic Data Capture Integration “I don’t think electronic data capture has evolved [...]
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Live from DIA: FDA Warning Letters Stir More Questions Than Answers

By George Koroneos | Published: June 23, 2009
A panel of regulators from FDA’s Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications were taken to task, this morning at the Drug Information Association’s annual meeting, for 14 warning letters levied on drug companies for not including risk information in online search ads. A Sanofi Aventis employee complained about the 14 warning letters and asked why [...]
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