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Navigating Facebook’s Latest Waves
Posted on 2012-03-07 21:21:08 by Jared
There’s no denying it, change can be scary. So when the world’s hub of social media interactivity announces drastic changes that directly affect you and your brand’s marketing presence, you may ...
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MARKETING
Is the FDA Socially Irresponsible?
Posted on 2012-02-28 18:37:08 by Jared
Is the FDA's snail-like response to the changing marketing landscape merely annoying, or is it worse than that? Heartbeat CEO Bill Drummy believes that the FDA's refusal to provide meaningful,...
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MARKETING
Sins of omission: the FDA’s social media inaction puts patients and industry at risk
Posted on 2011-04-20 18:31:08 by admin
"Eighteen months ago, 80 of my closest friends and I presented before the US Food and Drug Administration on how the agency should regulate the promotion of medical products via the internet and...
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MARKETING
Social Media & Pharma: How a Red Herring Can Turn Into a Whale
Posted on 2011-02-14 21:17:57 by admin
It's always fun to be accused of intellectual inconsistency in front of 500 people. Last week at the ePharma summit in NYC, I said that "social media in Pharma is a big fat red herring." By which I...
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MARKETING
Patient Marketing Report: Friending Social Media
Posted on 2010-01-15 14:45:40 by admin
"Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, the social media triumvirate, if you will, aren't really social media at all without a real-time dialogue between brand and patient, says Bill Drummy, Heartbeat...
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MARKETING
Social Media and the Internet: Regulating an Earthquake
Posted on 2009-12-04 14:15:45 by admin
"Bill Drummy, one of the multitude of thought leaders to speak at the US Food and Drug Administration hearing on using the internet and social media to promote medical products, gives his take on the ...
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MARKETING
FDA to Hold Public Hearings on Big Pharma’s Social-Media Use
Posted on 2009-09-23 19:38:45 by admin
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a two-day public hearing in November on how pharmaceutical companies use the web and social-media tools to market their products, the first step in a...
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MEDIA
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Posted on 2009-05-01 18:43:18 by admin
Thinking (Way) Outside the Box "Smarter buying of 'traditional' online inventory will dramatically improve online ROI. But to really maximize returns on your marketing dollars, you also need to...
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