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AZ’s First Corporate Blog Falls Flat
Currently, if patients or doctors look for specific drug information on AZ Health Connections, AstraZeneca’s new corporate communications blog, they won’t find any. And that’s exactly how AZ—along with pretty much every other pharma company engaged in the social media sphere—wants it.
“The one area we’re trying not to engage is specific questions about disease state,” [...]
Posted in E-Media Also tagged AstraZeneca, Community, Company, Health care, social media, Virtual community, Washington DC 3 Comments
FDA Readies More Warning Letters, Fast Enforcement Action
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FDA officials have been promising stiffer enforcement of manufacturing and marketing requirements for several months, and commissioner Margaret Hamburg is moving full-speed ahead to fulfill those predictions. Last month, FDA announced it will issue warning letters quickly when it finds violations and will require manufacturers to respond promptly. Too many [...]
Posted in FDA Also tagged business, FDA, Food safety, Hamburg, Margaret Hamburg, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, United States Leave a comment
Woodcock Under Investigation
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An FDA director has come under fire by a generics firm claiming that the director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research favored a competitor in a wanton act of conflict of interest. The Wall Street Journal this morning broke the story that Janet Woodcock is under investigation by [...]
Posted in Strategy Also tagged Amphastar, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, Sandoz, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Wall Street Journal Leave a comment
Google Unveils New Pharma Ads