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Twitter launches new initiative to direct users towards credible information on vaccines

May 17, 2019
Medical Communications Twitter, anti-vaccine, health, pharma, social media, vaccines

Twitter will now present users with a pinned tweet directing them towards reliable information on vaccines, according to a blog …

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US House of Representatives blocks drug pricing advert bill

September 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production Big Pharma, Drug pricing, HHS, Trump, Twitter, adverts

A ruling which would force pharmaceutical companies to disclose the price of their drugs in television advertisements has been set …

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Merck joins Pizer and Novartis in reducing drug prices

July 20, 2018
Medical Communications Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Trump, Twitter, price hikes

Merck & Co. have joined Pfizer and Novartis in halting price increases on medicines in the United States. The American …

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Donald Trump thanks Novartis for halting price hikes

July 20, 2018
Medical Communications Novartis, Pfizer, Trump, Twitter, price hikes

Donald Trump has thanked Swiss multinational Novartis for halting price hikes on prescription drugs in the United States. The US …

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Sanofi sees FDA approval for diabetes drug

February 26, 2015
Sales and Marketing Afrezza, FDA, Q2, Sanofi, Twitter, diabetes, insulin glargine, q4

US regulators have approved Sanofi’s diabetes treatment Toujeo which is said to be a follow-up to the French firms key …

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More patients self-diagnosing online

October 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Facebook, GPs, Twitter, digital, online, self-diagnosing, social media

Prior to visiting doctors more people are utilising the internet and social media to determine an illness and its subsequent …

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Pharma and Twitter: a happy marriage or time for a divorce?

September 22, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Facebook, PMCPA, Twitter, digital, pharma, social media

There has been a phenomenal rise in the use and scale of social media over the past decade, from the …

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Social media driving doctor complaints

July 21, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Facebook, GMC, Twitter, doctors, social media

The advent of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook are fuelling complaints about doctors, according to a new …

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FDA publishes ‘new thinking’ on social media use

June 18, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, FDA, Facebook, Twitter, social media

The FDA has issued new draft guidance on how pharmaceutical and medical device firms in the US can talk about …

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Twitter useful for tracking HIV outbreaks

March 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AIDS, HIV, Twitter, digital, flu, ucla, virus, wells

A study by UCLA researchers has shown that Twitter and social media can be used as a practical real-time tool …

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J&J tops social media leaderboard

January 22, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Facebook, IMS, J&J, JJ, Twitter, You Tube, social media

A new report has found that Johnson & Johnson is the most engaged pharma company when it comes to using …

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FDA issues online guidance

January 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Twitter, digital, online, ugc

The FDA has issued new guidance on what online promotional material pharma needs to show it. The document is out …

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Wellcome Trust makes $100m from Twitter shares

December 20, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Francis Crick Institute, Twitter, University College London, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust has walked away with a profit of more than $100 million from a previously undisclosed investment in …

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Twitter ‘drama’ produces drubbing for Medivir

December 11, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Medivir, Twitter, digital, nasdaq

A NASDAQ disciplinary committee has found Medivir guilty of breaching its rules after data from a trial was posted on …

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Labour may sue Hunt over ‘cover-up’ tweet

October 7, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hunt, Labour, NHS, Twitter, cover up

The Labour Party is considering suing the health secretary Jeremy Hunt over an alleged libellous Twitter post made on the …

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