FDA to Launch Blog on Drug Safety and Establish a Facebook Presence?
Mark Senak, author of the outstanding EyeonFDA blog, who is attending the 6th Annual PR & Communications ExL Pharma Summit this week at Pfizer’s New York headquarters, posted an article this morning about new social media developments at the agency.
First, FDA has finally hired a Director of Online Communications and hopefully will participate in divining regulatory guidance for the use of social media by the life sciences agency.
Second, FDA’s Center for Drug Development and Evaluation (CDER) is considering developing a blog that focuses on issues surrounding drug safety and risk management.
Third, the agency is looking at establishing a presence on Facebook (oh my).
Finally, when queried about the implications of the agency’s planned social media campaign for the use of social media by life sciences companies, the FDA representative suggested that “industry is regulated in ways that the agency is not.” In other words, as Mark aptly quipped: “for now - until there is a guidance or set of regulatory guidelines for social media, the rule of thumb is "do as I say, not as I do... "
Hat tip to the EyeonFDA blog!
Until next time...
Good Luck and Good Job Hunting!!!!!
