Google and Yahoo lobby FDA on drug advertising

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In what sounds like a very unhealthy union, Internet giants like Google and Yahoo are teaming up with the multibillion dollar pharmaceutical industry in the US to lobby... More »
Hexus - Nov. 13, 2009
FDA Tackles Gray Area of Social Media
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Drug makers, Internet companies and nonprofits called for clarity on what is a gray area for U.S. health regulators: how drug promotion on Twitter,... More »
ABC News - Nov. 12, 2009
Larry Weber: Current FDA Regulations Reflect a Pre-Web...
W2 Group Chairman Comments on Use of Sponsored Links and Social Media During FDA Public Hearing WASHINGTON (Business Wire) -- Larry Weber, chairman of W2 Group – a group of... More »
Globe Investor - Nov. 13, 2009
Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads
The Food and Drug Administration is hearing from dozens of drug and advertising executives at a two-day meeting on Internet marketing of medical products. The agency has... More »
PhysOrg.com - Nov. 12, 2009
Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads
WASHINGTONGoogle, Yahoo and other Web companies joined the pharmaceutical industry Thursday in urging federal regulators to make it easier to pitch drugs in online... More »
Denver Post - Nov. 12, 2009
UPDATE 2-U.S. FDA tackles gray area of social media
* More than 800 people tried to register for FDA event * Lilly, Yahoo call for 'clarity' on FDA guidelines * FDA urged to communicate with Wikipedia, other sites (Recasts... More »
Reuters - Nov. 12, 2009
FDA Begins to Shape Rules for Online Drug, Device Ads
WASHINGTON -- Drug and device makers are urging the FDA to establish clear guidelines that will allow the industry to discuss and promote products in the unsettled world of... More »
MedPage Today - Nov. 12, 2009
Google and Yahoo Claim FDA Warning Resulted In Fuzzier...
Google and Yahoo told the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday that its crackdown on sponsored links has, in some ways, resulted in search ads that are worse for both... More »
Media Post - Nov. 12, 2009
FDA Holding Meetings to Discuss Social Media Ad Regulation...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is meeting with pharmaceutical representatives in Washington, D.C. to discuss how it should handle online drug ads shown on the... More »
DailyTech - Nov. 13, 2009
Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads
WASHINGTON -- Google, Yahoo and other Web companies joined the pharmaceutical industry Thursday in urging federal regulators to make it easier to pitch drugs in online... More »
Ledger-Enquirer - Nov. 12, 2009
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