Drug Companies Lose Protections on Facebook; Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca PLC Decide to Close Pages

Relationship status: “It’s Complicated.” Facebook and the pharmaceutical industry have had an uneasy partnership in recent years. Many drug companies didn’t join the site until Facebook gave them a privilege that others do not have — blocking the public’s ability to openly comment on a page Wall. But that’s about to change. In a reversal by Facebook, most drug company pages will have to have open Walls starting Monday.

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