Sociology
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.
We’re all Doctors Now (Sort of)
When it comes to seeing my doctor, the internet can be both a blessing and a curse. I tend to avoid going to the doctor for something I perceive as a slight pain, or minor discomfort. Really, it’s a bad, bad practice, and I know I should be better about going to my doctor, but [...]
Obesity and Our Bacterial Friends
One of the persistent arguments in today’s world is whether obesity is in our genes or something that can be controlled by diet and exercise (and a good night’s sleep and low stress and …). On my way drive home from work last week, I heard a very interesting story on NPR about research on the [...]
Are your Political Views Biologically Programmed?
I was sitting down for a drink the other day with a longtime friend when the topic of politics came up for discussion. Growing up in Massachusetts, I rarely encountered somebody of a conservative mindset, let alone someone who would admit to being so in such a heavily democratic state, so I had always assumed [...]
Compassionate Use for Investigational Drugs
In the Avelient BioPharm Blog article “A Brief FDA History Lesson“, Mariano Di Fabio provided some background on the events that lead to the establishment of the FDA’s current clinical trial framework, and he questioned if this framework should be changed so that experimental drugs could be released for use by terminally ill patients. Mariano [...]
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