FDA Targets Companies for Facebook 'Likes.' Is Twitter Next? Posted 1. 2 August 2. By Alexander Gaffney, RACOver the last two years, two companies have found themselves in the sights of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the regulator warned them for violating federal advertising regulations by . Dr David Lim will talk about the FDA inspection practices and warning letter close-out program in this 60 minute session.But while FDA's warnings have yet to set off a wider crackdown on pharmaceutical companies, recent changes to the social media platform Twitter have raised the possibility that similar attention might soon be focused there. Background. To date, FDA has sent two Warning Letters to companies regarding the . As a dietary supplement, AMARC could not market its product for any specific disease claims without first having obtained approval from FDA as a drug product, which it did not do. A second letter, sent by FDA in July 2. Zarbees, for . Those claims indicated the company's product could treat insomnia, bronchitis, pneumonia, cold, congestion and provide relief from allergies, FDA said. FDA said it considered the company's . But while the feature is old, within the last few months Twitter has rolled out a new aesthetic design that allows users to see what their friends are . If FDA can chide a company for . GSK, for example, only appears to have . Conversely, Merck has favorited more than a hundred posts, but appears to have done so carefully so as to avoid any mention of its products. Boehringer Ingelheim has hundreds of favorite tweets, and like GSK and Merck it appears to fastidiously avoid any mention of its products. In other words, large, multinational pharmaceutical companies may already have strict social media policies in place that could help them avoid the sort of negative attention that could make its way into a Warning Letter. However, accidents can still happen, such as accidentally . Risk for Smaller Companies. But smaller companies, including those already cited by FDA for improper Facebook . For example, a review of Zarbees' Twitter account finds more than 5. While FDA called out the company's own tweets and retweets in its Warning Letter, it made no mention of its . Twitter only began rolling out those profiles in April 2. May 2. 01. 4. FDA's inspection was in May 2. Warning Letters and Untitled Letters. FDA Warning Letter to Chinese Company Cites Supply Chain Integrity. FDA's 29 July 2014 Warning Letter. The companies were also described in drug shipments as being in the same 'group,' FDA said. ![]() Other companies, which either lack established social media policies or a deep familiarity with FDA's advertising regulations, could similarly be at risk. And with many companies now maintaining a presence on multiple social networking channels, and the new ease with which consumers. ![]()
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