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Drug Makers Shy About Facebook Sharing

  • NPR, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11 AM
When Facebook told drugmakers that they had to start allowing comments on their Facebook pages, some of those pages started disappearing.

"Take On Depression" suddenly disappeared. "ADHD Moms" vanished, too. So did "Epilepsy Advocate." In the past, drug companies had been reluctant to create Facebook pages without a guarantee that they'd be closed to public comments, a unique accommodation on Facebook's part. But that accommodation ended last week.

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