“We are hopeful that using guidelines such as AstraZeneca‘s Social Media Principles will be useful tools for AstraZeneca and for others who choose to engage in the discussion,” it says.
And it was on AZ Health Connections that the company published details of its white paper, which outlines feedback to its February 2010 submission to the FDA’s investigation, and also suggests approaches the US regulator might take.
Now take a look at this: http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2011/02/seroquel-opinionated-postscript-by.html
An Opinionated Postscript
" But I do damn the F.D.A. for approving the drug for other things that do nothing but validate off-label advertising and profiteering at the expense of our patients. They’re using F.D.A. approval as a gold-standard for their evidence-based medicine meme. Looking at those Clinical Trials we just reviewed, I didn’t see a whole lot of gold. In my opinion, that’s the place to start the reform movement. Every time I hear something like, "Now approved for augmentation of antidepressant monotherapy in treatment-resistant depression," I feel ashamed that I’m a Psychiatrist…"
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/14/seroquel-xii-an-opinionated-postscript/
Through a glass darkly
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/14/seroquel-xi-through-a-glass-darkly%e2%80%a6/
Matters Cerebral-Serebral
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/13/seroquel-x-matters-serebral/
"I’m sitting here almost 14 years later trying to figure out how much weight gain they knew about before the submitted their approval application in 1997. Lisa Arvanitis, on the other hand, is sitting back there at the time with weight gain information analyzed in every way possible [including my scattergram!]. They even had more than I knew from OLE [Open Label Extension - Zeneca gives medication away free to people after the trial ends who want it and continue to collect data]. And what they’re pondering is how to turn their weight gain problem into an asset? Now that’s hubris. "
Read the entire post with graphs and stats at the link above.
The Seroquel Series
Weighty Matters
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/13/seroquel-ix-weighty-matters/
Sins of Ommission
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/12/seroquel-viii-sins-of-ommission/
Seroquel the FDA finale
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/12/seroquel-vi-the-fda-finale/
Through the Looking Glass
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/11/seroquel-v-through-the-looking-glass/
Ooching
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/10/seroquel-iv-ooching/
Their best shot
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/10/seroquel-iii-their-best-shot%e2%80%a6/
Guessing
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/09/seroquel-ii-version-20-guessing/
Introduction to Atypical
http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2011/02/08/seroquel-i-introduction-of-an-atypical/
(Hat tip: http://bipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com/ )
Bottom Line:
How can we believe a company that pays a $520 million settlement to the DoJ :http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-civ-487.html but still does not admit any wrongdoing!
Until this is settled - forget about social media AZ!
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