U.K. watchdogs hope to tap social media for drug-safety purposes

U.K. watchdogs hope to tap social media for drug-safety purposes

September 8, 2014 | By Tracy Staton

Now, it's U.K. drug regulators who are devising plans to eavesdrop on social media. But unlike the FDA, which plans to monitor the world of online sharing to see whether its communications are hitting their targets, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency plans to search for drug safety info.