Twitter launches new initiative to direct users towards credible information on vaccines
May 17, 2019Medical 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 …
US House of Representatives blocks drug pricing advert bill
September 18, 2018Manufacturing 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 …
Merck joins Pizer and Novartis in reducing drug prices
July 20, 2018Medical 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 …
Donald Trump thanks Novartis for halting price hikes
July 20, 2018Medical 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 …
Sanofi sees FDA approval for diabetes drug
February 26, 2015Sales 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 …
More patients self-diagnosing online
October 6, 2014Medical 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 …
Pharma and Twitter: a happy marriage or time for a divorce?
September 22, 2014Manufacturing 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 …
Social media driving doctor complaints
July 21, 2014Medical 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 …
FDA publishes ‘new thinking’ on social media use
June 18, 2014Medical 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The FDA has issued new draft guidance on how pharmaceutical and medical device firms in the US can talk about …
Twitter useful for tracking HIV outbreaks
March 5, 2014Medical 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 …
J&J tops social media leaderboard
January 22, 2014Medical 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 …
FDA issues online guidance
January 16, 2014Manufacturing 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 …
Wellcome Trust makes $100m from Twitter shares
December 20, 2013Medical 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 …
Twitter ‘drama’ produces drubbing for Medivir
December 11, 2013Medical 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 …
Labour may sue Hunt over ‘cover-up’ tweet
October 7, 2013Medical 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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