US FDA guidelines on social media still not ready
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
More than a year after the US Food and Drug Administration held the "Superbowl" of public meetings, where over 70 speakers provided input over two days in November 2009 about what types of medical product promotion should be permitted on Google, Yahoo, Twitter, and other online sites, the agency has yet to produce its much-anticipated social media guidelines for industry – missing its self-imposed year end 2010 deadline.
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