Introducing a Pharma-friendly Custom Wall Application for Facebook

Tight regulation coupled with the current lack of clear guidelines from the FDA on what pharma companies can and can’t do on sites like Facebook has made many companies hesitant to join (or stay on) these platforms, even as data shows that an increasing number of patients are turning to social networking sites for health information. At Beyond, we’ve been working with several leading Pharma companies to come up with a solution: a moderated Facebook Wall alternative we’re calling the PharModerator. This application provides Pharma companies with complete control over the content on their Page – allowing administrators to engage in meaningful dialogue with consumers, while allowing regulatory teams to sleep at night. Continue reading


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Categories: Analytics & Measurement, Creative & Development, Next15, Pharma, Portfolio, Social Media
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Traditional News Outlets Still Beating Blogs to the Punch 96.5 Percent of the Time

So says a new study examining traditional news and blog coverage of the 2008 presidential election. Researchers at Cornell used computer algorithms to identify, track, and pinpoint the origin of repeated phrases on 1.6 million mainstream media sites and blogs. … Continue reading


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Most Influential Blog Series: The Full Report

Today we bring you the full Power 50 Blog report. When my colleagues at Context Analytics and I set out to conduct this study, we wanted to provide PR professionals with research that would help them navigate the blogosphere by … Continue reading


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