FDA Guidance on Social Media: Questions Answered and Unanswered

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Date Dec 1, 2016
Time 01:00 PM EDT
Cost $299.00
Online
Date: December 1, 2016
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm, EST US
Duration: 90 Minutes - Online
Price: $299 - Includes Bonus Handouts

~PLEASE NOTE: This course focuses on the FDA Guidance on Social Media related to the promotion of approved products.  It does not cover the use of social media in clinical or other non-commercial settings.

Course Description:

Ever since FDA’s 2009 hearings on the Internet and social media platforms, industry has been anxiously awaiting guidance from the FDA on the proper use of social media to promote approved products.  With a flurry of guidances released in 2014, FDA provided significant information for makers of prescription products who want to engage in social media channels that consumers and healthcare professionals are increasingly using to access healthcare information.

This session will provide an overview of the state of FDA guidance on social media with an emphasis on explaining where FDA has provided guidance on compliant use of social media and where FDA has failed to provide guidance.  Additionally, this session will discuss how you can implement and manage programs to mitigate compliance and brand risk with an emphasis on the space-limited contexts such as Google text ads that started
FDA's focus.

Join our interactive online training course where you will learn:

The current state of FDA guidance on social media

Timing and next steps from FDA

Settled areas of FDA guidance that are unlikely to change

Controversial FDA positions that are likely to be revised

Key issues of remaining uncertainty

Risks vs. Benefits: “Selling” management on the importance of social media

Managing your social media activities to protect your brand

What’s worked, what hasn’t, and what’s happened as a result

Who Should Attend

This course will benefit senior decision makers who are determining whether to “green light” social media initiatives, marketers of prescription products who are trying to use social media, and regulatory professionals who are tasked with ensuring compliance of social media promotional tactics.

Instructor Bio

Dale Cooke fda compliant social media promotional instructor

Dale Cooke is owner of PhillyCooke Consulting, which provides advice and training to companies about developing compliant promotional materials for FDA-regulated products.

Dale has worked with more than 30 pharmaceutical and medical device clients around the world. His insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Health blog, The Pink Sheet, MedAdNews, PharmExec, and others. Dale is an active member of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS), Drug Information Association (DIA), Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), and the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.  He also serves on the faculty of the University of California San Francisco’s American Course in Drug Development and Regulatory Sciences program.

Dale is the author of Effective Review and Approval of Digital Promotional Tactics, which is part of the FDLI’s primer series. He is regularly invited to speak at industry conferences on topics including FDA enforcement trends, best practices for review processes, global review practices, and life sciences use of social media. Previously, Dale served as the head of Regulatory for Digitas Health LifeBrands, which is part of the Publicis Healthcare Communications Group.

Dale earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Southern Methodist University and an M.A. in Analytical Philosophy from the University of Arizona and studied Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel University’s School of Public Health and Healthcare Compliance at Seton Hall University’s School of Law.

 

 


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