Social Media and Pharma Industry, a Paradoxical Oxymoron?
Cristina Falcão
04/19/2011 12:00:00 AM EDT
The world’s most highly regulated industry seems doomed to “forward retreat” tiptoeing into social media. Why? The reason lies on social media’s gist - user generated content (UGC) is the raison d'être but also the main drawback, since the lack of rules on the accuracy of online content (written by the users of websites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) makes pharma accountable.
04/19/2011 12:00:00 AM EDT
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The world’s most highly regulated industry seems doomed to “forward retreat” tiptoeing into social media. Why? The reason lies on social media’s gist - user generated content (UGC) is the raison d'être but also the main drawback, since the lack of rules on the accuracy of online content (written by the users of websites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) makes pharma accountable.
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