tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199522738412628687.post8359071226456611521..comments2011-12-22T14:24:46.987-06:00Wendy W. Blackburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712567520098554819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199522738412628687.post-43974614839307087582011-12-22T14:24:46.987-06:002011-12-22T14:24:46.987-06:00Hi, Jason. Thanks for your comment and kind words-glad you found it helpful. Unfortunately there&#39;s no written rule or easy answer around how responsible pharma is for these types of posts. In my experience, the current interpretation by pharma co&#39;s is that if the comments are posted to a property owned or maintained (&quot;controlled&quot;) by them, then it is their responsibility. If it&#39;s one that poses risk (per the examples above), they need to address it. This could include not publishing it, deleting it after the fact, or publishing it and then clarifying/correcting misinformation (and yes - definitely - if they delete or don&#39;t publish they should let the poster know why!) <br /><br />The industry has been waiting on clarification from FDA on if this interpretation is correct, and also if pharma&#39;s responsibility spreads to additional websites outside of the company&#39;s control. <br /><br />Each company has a slightly different interpretation and threshold for risk, but from what I&#39;ve seen, this is currently the norm until things are clarified.Wendy W. Blackburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712567520098554819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199522738412628687.post-24003062966185403282011-12-22T13:48:26.420-06:002011-12-22T13:48:26.420-06:00Hi Wendy,<br /><br />Exactly how responsible are Pharma companies for comments made by others? Eg. Off label usage posts from members of the public. <br /><br /> Clearly, they&#39;d be well within their rights to remove those posts. And it would help to both delete AND offer an explanation for the removal.<br /><br />Is there a link to any articles discussing just how accountable pharma is for such posts? Forgive me if this is an easy answer. <br /><br />This was a good read, by the way. :)<br /><br />Jason Boies<br />Radian6 Community TeamJason Boieshttp://www.radian6.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199522738412628687.post-27179790651682778542011-12-21T09:14:55.924-06:002011-12-21T09:14:55.924-06:00Hi, John:<br />Thank you for your comment and for the clarification. Of COURSE you would NEVER go onto pharma pages, sidewikies, or social media pages and post comments just to see what happened. Shame on me for even thinking you would do something like that. <br /><br />Happy, healthy holidays to you John - stay out of trouble!<br />WendyWendy W. Blackburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712567520098554819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199522738412628687.post-70826754359649480372011-12-21T09:03:59.488-06:002011-12-21T09:03:59.488-06:00Wendy,<br /><br />Nice post. But I know for a fact that John Mack woud NEVER post such a disparaging comment on a pharma Facebook page! Even me, Pharmaguy, would not stoop so low!<br /><br />Pharmaguy<br />www.pharmaguy.comPharmaGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.com