Jim Edwards: AstraZeneca's "Man Behind the Curtain" Moment: Company's Blog Monitoring Database Is Hacked

VIA B-Net

Jim Edwards

AstraZeneca's "Man Behind the Curtain" Moment: Company's Blog Monitoring Database Is Hacked

"AstraZeneca (AZN) woke up to a PR headache this morning when a mental health blogger got hold of a database created to monitor web coverage of its antipsychotic drug Seroquel. Although the database doesn’t contain any specific gaffes, it’s still something of a “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” moment for the company.

Everyone knows pharmaceutical companies monitor bloggers who cover the drug business. But they don’t usually let bloggers see the results of their surveillance, which is what makes this incident so fascinating. Seroquel is a touchy subject for AZ right now, as it is facing thousands of lawsuits claiming the company failed to warn patients that a side effect of the drug is weight gain. Seroquel is one of AZ’s best-selling drugs."--JIM EDWARDS


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Open letter to Jay Byrne: President of v-fluence


AS a reader of the blog being accused of hacking into V-Fluence, it wasn't that hard to do. I just CLICKED ON THE LINK TO THE V-FLUENCE INTERNAL DOCUMENT AND IT OPENED.That simple, and EMBARRASSING FOR JAY BYRNE!

Then, I discovered, as I scrolled down the list menu one of MY articles that was in their file along with Robert Whitaker's and PharmaGossip's. I could read the whole thing.

V-Fluence tracks and has files on health bloggers, book authors and anyone else writing about Seroquel, Zyprexa, and God knows what else.

Just one simple click was an entry into v-Fluence's log sheet.....Jim Byrne and AstraZeneca are all over my blog today, so yes as a concerned citizen of the truth and transparency of the pharmaceutical industry, I would like answers now as to what is in YOUR file about ME.

Come clean Jay!

It seems unethical to have secret files on innocent citizens on behalf of a billion dollar drug company such as ASTRAZENECA.

Who else are you watching?
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Further reading:

Friday, April 30, 2010 AstraZeneca's PR Machine Caught With Their Pants Down!-Bob Fiddaman, author of Seroxat Sufferers Stand Up!

V-Fluence and defamation of character: the blog author accused of 'hacking' responds HERE

The week in review, AstraZeneca, Seroquel, US DoJ, v_Fluence


PharmaGossip:2010 Sunday, May 2, 2010
AstraZeneca - Seroquel: V-FluenceGate contd. Will Stan call Senator Grassley's aid?

Clicking is not hacking!

See the comments.

If Chuck gets involved that will take V-FluenceGate to a whole new level!"