Big Pharma wants the FDA to create seal of approval symbol

Big Pharma wants the FDA to create seal of approval

I stumbled upon this interesting little morsel of thought posted over at Pharmalot today.

I invite each of you to go over and express your opinion and vote in Pharmalot's poll.

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Drug Safety, Social Media & A Universal Symbol

In a briefing yesterday about social media, the PhRMA trade group reiterated its proposal that the FDA should allow drugmakers to use a universal symbol that would indicate a link to risk information online. “The use of the FDA’s own logo or other FDA-approved symbol would shine a brighter spotlight on official Web sites of FDA-approved medical products containing reliable and comprehensive information about medicines’ benefits and risks,” PhRMA contends. The trade group first suggested this last November, when the agency held a hearing about social media. That followed controversial warning letters issued last spring by the FDA to 14 drugmakers for failing to include risk info in their search ads. Since then, the industry has been grappling with ways to provide fair balance in sponsored search results without any actual guidance from the agency. Besides a symbol, PhRMA also suggests direct links to warning info and “responsible” Tweeting (see the PhRMA comments to the FDA)

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So I though I might expand upon this article just a little, and conduct a poll myself here on this blog. I have diligently searched out some potentially excellent symbol candidates the FDA could use as their "seal of a approval". Look them over and feel free to cast your vote for a favorite on my top right sidebar.

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AND THE WINNER IS?

UPDATE: After calculating the results of this random scientifically conducted poll, it has been determined that "A. Your Screwed" and "H. FDA Bull" have tied as winners in this process. I would like to thank all those that have participated and urge you to vote in the comment section here to break this tie in the arduous boondoggle selection process.


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