FDA Partners with PatientsLikeMe For Social Media Adverse Event Reporting

Online patient community PatientsLikeMe and the FDA are  forming a research partnership for its massive repository of patient-generated data on health conditions and treatments, writes MobiHealthNews. The agency will assess the platform’s feasibility as a way to generate adverse event reports, which the FDA uses to regulate drugs after their release into the market.

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