Archive for April, 2009

Having the Conversation: How Pharma can Get Social

How can Pharmaceutical companies begin to get social? They have avoided delving in deeply for some time now, but as social media becomes more prolific, they will be forced to examine their online strategy and possibly forced to adopt some medium that will create a better line of communication with the consumer. We explore this issue more in this week’s post.


Think Differently: Life and Intelligence by Our Hand

What if we could create life? In three separate stories, we examine how scientists all over the world are tackling the issue…and seeing some measure of success in bringing artificial life to reality.


Guest Post: What is in our Water?

Today’s guest post is courtesy of Susan Torlucci, an NSA Wellness Educator that I met at one of my small business networking groups. She’s written for this blog before about health and wellness, and today she brings us an article about the benefits of drinking pure Alkaline water.  
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“It must be something in the water” is [...]


Pharma Marketing: New Media is Still FDA Regulated

The FDA recently scolded 14 pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for improper use of contextual ads on search engines to promulgate their products. According to the agency, they did not follow the “fair balance” policy established for radio and TV ads…but does the FDA get too strict with internet search?


Sweet Job: Using Cotton Candy to Generate Artificial Human Tissue

 
The summer approaches, and so does the anticipation for fairs, the beach, and barbecues.  Fairs and carnivals I think are going to be particularly exciting this year, as my son is at that age where he’s just old enough for some of the slightly more exciting rides with his dad, and he’s able to partake in [...]