- PMLiVE

Europe needs new legal basis for health data, says eHealth Task Force

European healthcare also needs fundamental reorganisation if it is to benefit from IT advances

UK pharma won’t have to ‘trawl internet’ for adverse event reports

MHRA confirms that limits of pharmacovigilance responsibility also apply to blogs, chat rooms and social media sites

- PMLiVE

EC focuses on transformative potential of eHealth

But as eHealth Week starts, patient groups warn that patient empowerment could fail without better access to technology

Boehringer adds to local UK social media accounts

New YouTube channel joins accounts on Flickr and Twitter

- PMLiVE

ABPI forms new group to help pharma with digital communications

Joint ABPI-PMCPA Digital Communications Working Group includes pharma and agency members

- PMLiVE

Wins for Ask A Patient and GoodRx at the Webby Awards

Medicine rating website and a price-based prescription drug search engine win awards' pharma category

Roche and Novartis praised for web effectiveness

The pharma firms’ corporate websites are well-placed in Bowen Craggs’ Index report

- PMLiVE

Novo Nordisk expands social media efforts with new Twitter account

Danish pharma company's US business joins the social network

- PMLiVE

Digital Handbook for pharma marketers launched

Publication, and its website, covers digital strategy, best practice, social media, mobile and much more

UCB launches Facebook-based community for Parkinson’s patients

Will feature a reality video series showing real families living with the condition

- PMLiVE

Janssen launches iPhone organiser app for ADHD patients

Pharma company says it worked with UK physicians to develop the new Sorted iPhone and iPad app 

Centralised European pharma marketing applications can now be made online

eSubmission Gateway goes live for human medicine applications

- PMLiVE

Shire website breaches UK pharma code

But healthcare professional section of vpriv.co.uk cleared of breaking marketing rules

- PMLiVE

German online HCP community DocCheck expands into India

Partners with D2L Pharma Research Solutions to gain exposure in the emerging pharma market

Community social media sites massively more popular than those run by pharma

PwC study finds communities’ Facebook, Twitter and YouTube use shows 24 times more activity than the corresponding use of social media by health industry companies