Accu-Check Diabetes Link — “Diabetes Link is a Website dedicated to helping people with diabetes gather information, learn important facts and enjoy healthy lifestyles. Whether you’re here to see what your favorite diabetes bloggers are talking about, get a better idea of what your numbers mean, or look into the progress toward a cure, you’ve come to the right place.” Aggregates tweets and blog posts from diabetes info sources including prominent bloggers

BETAPLUS — support community/program for Bayer’s Betaseron featuring a peer mentor program

Children with Diabetes — “The mission of Children with Diabetes, Inc. is to promote understanding of the care and treatment of diabetes, especially in children; to increase awareness of the need for unrestricted diabetes care for children at school and daycare; to support families living with diabetes; and to promote understanding of research into a cure.” Purchased by J&J in 2008 for a reported $6-7 MM

Crohn’s and Me — Unbranded site from UCB Pharma supporting yet-to-be-launched Cimzia, good overall disease information and features and active community

Diabetes Handprint – program that encourages people to share a message (as a handprint) about their diabetes with the community, sponsored by OneTouch (thanks to Fabio Gratton)

Hearing Journey — Sponsored by hearing implant company, small community, but active.

HER Story Community — For Herceptin from Genentech, allows women to share their story about breast cancer

iHateNeedles.co.uk — EMLA consumer website (UK)

GIST Earth — “GIST Earth is a global, interactive social network dedicated to connecting the GIST community from around the world.” Created by Novartis Oncology, modeled after their successful CML Earth (via @andrewspong)

MS Gateway – “If you live with Multiple Sclerosis and want to meet like-minded people, the MS Gateway Community is the place to be. This online community puts you in touch with other people living with MS so you can discuss ways of coping with MS in everyday life and at work. Participation is free, but you do need to become a registered user.” Sponsored by Bayer.

MSWatch –”MSWatch.ca provides the Canadian Multiple Sclerosis community a place to openly learn, discuss and share anything and everything to do with MS.” Note: Canadian-based site focused on MS, sponsored by Teva

PKU.com — support community for patients with PKU sponspored by Biomarin, maker of PKU treatment Kuvan

Voices of Diabetes — Novo Nordisk site that allows diabetics to share their stories and comment on others’

Walking Spree — “WalkingSpree is focused on delivering a best-of-breed online wellness program by incorporating the valuable features from online pedometer based programs, online social networking programs and online weight-loss programs.”

ACOR — Association of Online Cancer Resources includes a number of online support communities including sites such as Oncochat.org

ADHD News Forum — “Join our support group at the ADHD message boards with over 16,000 topics of discussion. Ask a question or connect with someone who is coping with ADHD like you.”

American Diabetes Association — Discussion board featured on diabetes.org, the home of the American Diabetes Association

Autism 151 — “Autism 151 is a campaign to pull our community together and offer a brighter, more positive view of autism.” Features videos shared by the community.

Body1 — “Body1 is a premier medical education and marketing company that educates targeted populations and provides interactive marketing tools for pharmaceutical, medical device manufacturers and biotechnology organizations.” (via @bunnyellerin)

The Canary Report — “The Canary Report is the leading website dedicated to news, information and inspiration for people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and those who love them.”

Cancer Compass — “Within CancerCompass you’ll find a thriving community of more than 15,000 people connected to the latest cancer news, cancer information, decision support resources, and most importantly, each other.”

CancerTV — “CancerTV is the destination to share information and learn about cancer across the web. We encourage you to post your own original programming and share your experiences in our members’ forum. Institutions can also contribute content, such as educational videos, for broadcast to our global, connected audience.”

Crazy Sexy Life — “Crazy Sexy Life is a supercharged health hub filled with compassion, knowledge, and an anything-is-possible spirit. Our righteous mission is to bring together amazing resources and cutting edge experts in one easy to navigate hot spot.”

CureTogether — “CureTogether helps people anonymously track and compare health data, to better understand their bodies, make more informed treatment decisions and contribute data to research.”

Daily Strength –”Most everyone has a serious personal challenge themselves or has someone close to them that does. DailyStrength is a collection of safe, anonymous, online support groups focused on over 500 specific challenges to help people overcome their personal challenge or support a loved one through theirs.”

Depression Tribe — “While professional therapy and medication are a critical part of treatment, journaling and “talking” with others can offer many a chance to gain insight into their problems. DepressionTribe offers members a place to share stories, encouragement and friendship.”

Diabetes1 — Created by Body1: “Body1 is a premier medical education and marketing company that educates targeted populations and provides interactive marketing tools for pharmaceutical, medical device manufacturers and biotechnology organizations.”

Disaboom — “For people with disabilities, Disaboom’s lifestyle articles, blogs, forums, and health information provide shared knowledge about SCI, cerebral palsy, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and other disabilities. Whether you’re an amputee, caregiver, disabled veteran, or interested in exploring adaptive sports, accessible travel, or any other disability-related topic, welcome!”

DoubleCheckMD — “The first-ever online medical search technology that empowers users to quickly and easily find accessible, accurate information on drug interactions and their side effects.”

eHealthMe — “eHealthMe is a platform to share and make use of drug outcomes in real world and in real time. Our user reports of drugs and conditionshave surpassed those on WebMD and other major health care websites. On eHealthMe, health professionals and patients can study how millions of people use their drugs, and change the way how drugs are prescribed or taken.” via @andrewspong

Face to Face Health — “FacetoFace Health is a healthcare social utility designed to connect people directly together with each other via our HealthMatch system.” Interesting angle to connect individuals versus a group discussion.

Healia — “online health community and support groups where you can anonymously share health information, find people with similar health interests, ask questions of peers and health professionals for free, and earn Healia Points for helping others. ”

HealthBoards — “provides a unique one-stop support group community offering over 150 message boards on various diseases, conditions, and health topics. The HealthBoards community is one of the largest and most dynamic on the Web, with over 400,000 registered members, and over 3 million messages posted.”

Health Central — discussion groups for multiple conditions from acid reflux to skin care.

HealthTuber — “Online Video Health Network”

iGuard.org — “We are changing the way that doctors, pharmacists, researchers and patients like you communicate about drug safety. We help you stay informed about your medications and help researchers access valuable feedback that can help improve how medications are used.” Includes patient reviews of pharma products

Inspire — “Inspire connects patients, families, friends, caregivers and health professionals for health and wellness support. Inspire works withtrusted health partners to build safe and secure health and wellness groups.” Numerous groups for many different disease states.

Juvenation.org – Juvenation is a social network created by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) especially for people with type 1 diabetes.

MedHelp — “MedHelp empowers over 7.5 million people each month to take control over their health and find answers to their medical questions. MedHelp has over 15 years of accumulated information from doctors and other patients across hundreds of conditions.”

MD Info — “MDinfo is a health information resource that empowers visitors to post questions and receive responses from Health Experts in a variety of specialties.”

Metabolic Body Odor Community — community entirely focused on support around metabolic disorders that cause body odor

My Cancer Place — “My Cancer Place is the only place to join a community of people with cancer, share information, give and receive support, learn from the experiences of others, and create a free web page with text and photos that you can change anytime.”

National Keratoconus Foundation Forum — “Through this forum and an email-based discussion group, KC Link, we provide information and support for people diagnosed with keratoconus,and their families.”

Obesity Help — “Welcome to ObesityHelp, the nation’s preeminent Bariatrics support community for patients and professionals.1998, ObesityHelp has been at the forefront of patient support and education, providing our over 600,000 members with the most comprehensive industry information available. ”

Our Beautiful Minds — “This website is dedicated to people dealing with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and other related conditions. That includes the people suffering from them and also those who love and/or care for them.”

Patients Like Me – unbranded, 3rd party company, supports ALS, Parkinson’s, MS, depression, and a few others. One of the largest and most active patient support sites in the world.

Planet Cancer — “A community of young adults with cancer” from @pixelsandpills

PrescriptionDrug-Info.com — “This community was started in early 2005 with the goal of providing an unbiased source of personal experiences with prescription drugs. The idea for putting this together was sparked by the fact that there did not seem to be an easy to use site out there for the average person to learn about and share their experiences with various medications. From the very first design to how the site operates today, simplicity and community have been our focus.”

RareShare — Unique social hub building communities for patients, families, and healthcare professionals affected by rare disorders.

Real Mental Health — “RealMentalHealth.com is the first social networking site focusing on mental health treatment and wellness. The online community includes individuals, their family members, loved ones and friends who want to easily and interactively obtain knowledge about symptoms and treatments in a supportive community environment.”

RealSelf — “Get the real story about cosmetic treatments from real people and great doctors”

Rheumatology Channel — “Developed and monitored by board-certified physicians, RheumatologyChannel provides comprehensive, trustworthy information about rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions and diseases, such as arthritis, gout, and lupus.”

RX Mole — “Rx Mole is an independent community for people to network together to share prices on local prescription drugs. Each member can confidentially submit or look up prices online. Know the price before traveling to a pharmacy.”

Sleep Disorder Connect – “Whether you have been diagnosed with sleep apnea or insomnia or another sleep disorder, we make it easy to start conversations, share treatments, read and post product recommendations, and much more.” Site is in Beta

SparkPeople — “This site really is free– with no strings attached. Over 5 million people have joined SparkPeople to lose weight and make healthy lifestyle changes. Major media outlets like Good Morning America, The Today Show, and People Magazine regularly feature successful SparkPeople members and talk about how this is a completely free site.” “Best Health Website” in 2006, 2007, and 2008 according to Business Week.

Sugar Stats — “SugarStats provides online diabetes management, community support and collaborative sharing to motivate and improve health.” Paid service.

Teen Connector — Private community for teens with cancer, sponsored by Teva.  Article about site here. (via @natbourre)

This is MS — “This is MS is an unbiased, unaffiliated site dedicated to eradicating Multiple Sclerosis. We offer an open-minded approach to *all* potentially viable treatments, ranging from the FDA-approved disease-modifying drugs such as Copaxone to alternative treatments such as Low Dose Naltrexone.”

Traineo — “Traineo helps you lose weight by letting you track your progress through a unique way of getting friendly motivation. The concept is simple: you sign up and choose up to 4 friends or members of your family to receive weekly email updates on how you’re doing.”

Upopolis — “Upopolis is a private social utility that connects young hospital patients to their family, friends and school network .” (via @natbourre)

WebMD Health Exchange — “Introducing a place where you can get help and give help within WebMD, the most trusted leader in online health information.”

Wellsphere — “Wellsphere’s mission is to help millions of people live healthier, happier lives by connecting them with the knowledge, people and tools they need to manage and improve their health. Recognizing that each person has their own unique health questions, we developed a model that combines personalized information and social support to help people address their individual concerns.”

Wiser Together/Wiser Pregnancy — “WiserTogether was born out of the simple idea that technology can help people facing challenging situations to make informed decisions that give them peace of mind. Making decisions without adequate information is stressful – especially when the health of you or your baby is at stake.” Community data and decision resource using “crowdsourced” past decisions and outcomes. (via Joel Selzer)

Asklepios — HCPs’ social network operated by the Canadian Medical Association

DermRounds — “created by dermatologists, this is a social and professional networking site dedicated to connecting dermatologists, residents, fellows, other physicians, health professionals, industry leaders, and anyone who is in the field of dermatology!”

DocCheck Faces — A HCPs’ social network for physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and veterinary surgeons. Linkedin structure with communities for Germam, French, Italian and Spanish HCPs.

Doctors.net.uk – “Doctors.net.uk is available to UK-registered doctors in primary and secondary care. It offers a professional, secure e-mail facility, clinical and non-clinical fora, the very latest medical information and free accredited education allowing doctors to maintain Continuing Professional Development (CPD).” Thanks to @sammielw

Doctor Networking — As a member of DoctorNetworking, you can connect and interact with an expanded network of physicians whose collective knowledge you can contribute to and benefit from. Your professional relationships are key to your professional success. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals.”

Doctrs — “Doctrs is an exclusive social net for Physicians.Doctrs has been founded by Michael Kamleitner and Lukas Zinnagl in 2008. The intention was to create a private network, which serves the needs physicians around the world face when being in a social net.”

IMedExchange — “iMedExchange connects physicians with information, opportunities, and each other. With a rapidly growing membership of physicians nationwide and more than 300 physician advisors, medical directors, and investors, iMedExchange is driven at all levels to support and promote the interests of physicians.”

MedicSpeak — “MedicSpeak is a premier international network of doctors and medical students. The objective is to enhance communication, collaborations, exchange of ideas and sharing of knowledge.”

Medting — “MEDTING is an interactive platform on web for the medical professionals over the world to share their knowledge. MEDTING is a best tool for a physician for sharing medical images, videos and discuss them with a large community of physicians. All for free, always.”

New Media Medicine — Based in New Zealand, a doctors’, medical students’, and pre-medical students’ social network. 60,000 members as of July 2009

OBGYN.net — “OBGYN.net has been online since 1995. It represents a vast and ever growing research and support community with over1000,000 pages of educational material and social networking.”

Ozmosis – “The Trusted Physician’s Network” is the professional application of a social network that enables verified, U.S. licensed physicians to exchange medical knowledge. By leveraging the power of the trusted network, Ozmosis delivers personalized and relevant medical information to each member, ultimately saving time and improving patient care.

Present Diabetes — “The multi-disciplinary diabetes team use PRESENT Diabetes to improve their skills in the treatment of their diabetic patients, learn from and interact with key opinion leaders and stay on the cutting edge of the dynamic field of diabetes and the diabetic foot. All the benefits of a Live Conference available free online.”

Relaxdoc – “Welcome to RelaxDoc.com, the exclusive FREE online resource for physicians – a private community created by physicians, providing concise information and valuable services to help you balance your personal and professional life. Relaxdoc.com is your single source for news and information, peer networking, travel, sports, and more.”

Sermo –”Sermo, the fastest – growing community created by physicians, for physicians. Here, physicians aggregate observations from their daily practice and then – rapidly and in large numbers – challenge or corroborate each others opinions, accelerating the emergence of trends and new insights on medications, devices and treatments. You can then apply the collective knowledge to achieve better outcomes for your patients.”

Spine Connect – “Syndicom SpineConnect is the leading collaborative knowledge network for spine surgeons to collaborate on difficult and unusual cases.”

TimedRight — provides healthcare professionals a tool to find, connect and engage with other healthcare professionals, helping them extend their network, deepen existing relationships, and freely share and exchange knowledge. As of this posting, May 11 2009, TimedRight is in beta.

VuMedi – “VuMedi is a surgeon-only video sharing website where you can view, upload, and discuss surgical videos.” (via @nicoleljohnson)

Acuvue — featuring open comments on the Wall (via @RosettaHC)

ADHD Moms–A Place for Moms with Children of ADHD; sponsored by McNeil Pediatrics http://www.mcneilpediatrics.net Launched 2008

Claritin Eye — (hat tip to @emilydownward)

The Coalition to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) — Sponsored by sanofi-aventis (via @melissakdavies)

CyberKnife

Labs are Vital — Abbott Laboratories: “Labs Are Vital exists to support laboratory professionals everywhere by celebrating their contributions and extending the lab’s influence within the health care community.”

Latisse — 8,000 fans

MS Village Canada

Neurostar TMS — via @arlyi

Lilly Oncology on Canvas — “Oncology On Canvas: Expression of a Cancer Journey is an art competition and exhibition that honors the journeys people face when confronted with cancer. This biennial competition, presented by Lilly USA, LLC (Lilly), in partnership with the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), invites people from the United States and Puerto Rico touched by cancer – patients, their families, friends, caregivers and healthcare providers – to express, through art and narrative, the life-affirming changes that give their cancer journeys meaning.” Thanks to @dcowlin and others.

NatureMaid VitaminID — “vitaminID.com offers a daily vitamin plan tailored just for you in a convenient monthly kit. Complete our confidential Personal Health Survey, created by a nutritionist, based on your health, diet, age and more. Start today, and become a more perfect you!”

Pfizer — Official company Facebook Page (via @mhuckman)

REMOVED: one of the few prescription drug pages on Facebook (from Novartis, hat tip to @emilydownward

AstraZeneca — via @eileenobrien

BayerTVInternational — via @dominic_tyer

BrainLine — BrainLine.org is a non-profit resource on preventing, treating, and living with traumatic brain injury.

Concerta — ADHD Channel branded with Concerta from McNeil Pediatrics (via Kru Research)

CyberKnife

Genentech — focuses on employee videos regarding why they work for the company (note: allows ratings and comments) From EyeonFDA

GSK — via EyeonFDA

InBedStory — “My life started getting a little, shall we say, tricky a while ago. Activities in the bedroom became, you know, increasingly limited. No naughty business as it were. Not that I didn’t want it, I just couldn’t. It got me down, but now I’m back to my fine, upstanding self and you can see how in these videos. This is my story. Maybe it will even strike a chord with you. Produced by Bayer Schering Pharma, helping men get their mojo back. Find out more about erectile dysfunction at www.In-Bed.info.” (via @pharmafocus and @lenstarnes) Also InBeddr channel featuring Q&A with doctor (via Sam Walmsley)

LAP-BAND (via @arlyi)

Lilly Oncology on Canvas — via @dcowlin

MS Village Canada

My Treatment Decision – Genomic Health

Novartis Clinical Trials

Nutropin — Genentech-sponsored “GrowthHormoneTherpy” channel (via @edwardaten)

Pfizer UK — featuring the advert created by “Pfizer in response to research which found that more than one in seven British adults (15%) has admitted to bypassing the healthcare system to get hold of prescription only medicine without a prescription”

SanofiPasteur

TevaNeuroHealth

UC Success — unbranded YouTube page for Asacol’s support program

AF Stat — Sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis

Amgen (via @pierreyves)

AstraZeneca — previously held by a “squatter,” this is now controlled by AZ global (confirmed by AZ on 8/25)

AZHelps — AZ account that finds people tweeting about Nexium and then responds with a standard message offering assistance.

Baxter International (via @Roche_com)

Baxter US

Bayer Men’s Healthcare (thanks @lenstarnes)

Bayer US News

BMSNews (via @andrewspong)

BoehringerUS

Dialogo Roche (via @Roche_com)

GE Healthcare

Genentech

GSK

LifeSensor

Lundbeck — via @eileenobrien

McKesson Health IT

Medco Health Solutions

Medscape Oncology

NeuroStar TMS — via @arlyi

Novo Nordisk Race With Insulin

Pfizer_news — Officially confirmed with Pfizer on July 23

PKUAwareness — from Biomarin (via @EileenOBrien)

Sanofi-Aventis TV — provides updates on S-A’s new video channel

SanofiVOICES

ThromboAdviser — Non-branded thrombosis channel supported by Bayer Schering Pharma. (via Len Starnes)

CyberKnife

PrilosecOTC

Strataderm

Sabine Kostevc, Roche

Chris Hogg, CV Therapeutics

Conor McKechnie, GE Healthcare

Brad Pendergraph, Novartis

Christopher Sampson, AstraZeneca

Dennis Urbaniak, Sanofi-Aventis

Paul Young, Sanofi-Aventis

Advancing the Science (Mayo Clinic) — “The goal of Advancing the Science is to provide a virtual home for the extensive community interested in Mayo Clinic medical science and how it impacts treatments worldwide. It includes everyone who fits that description, whether student, scientist, science journalist, research collaborator, or one of Mayo’s more than 500,000 annual patient visitors or family members.”

Avenirdelasanté – GSK France blog (in French) – added by Why Dot Pharma

“BTW” Johnson and Johnson

Kaiser Permanente Dr. Maring’s Farmers’ Market and Recipe Update — “Over my 37 years of practicing medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, it’s become clear that what people eat is a major factor affecting their health. On this website I look forward to sharing good food with you and celebrating the people who grow it.”

McKesson Medical Imaging Talk

More than Medicine — GSK corporate blog

Physician Update (Mayo Clinic) — “News for Medical Professionals from Mayo Clinic”

Scar Treatment Blog — brand blog for scar treatment Strataderm

LAP-BAND

HealthMap — “HealthMap brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. ”

Who is Sick? — “Who Is Sick was started in 2006 with a mission to provide current and local sickness information to the public – without the hassle of dealing with hospitals or doctors. With a strong belief in the power of people and a faith that user generated content can be extremely valuable, our team set out to create an entirely new system for tracking and monitoring sickness in your area and obtain sickness information. Information retrieved by tracking sickness in my area can also be used to map sickness trends in my region.”

Medpedia — “The Medpedia Project is a long-term, worldwide project to evolve a new model for sharing and advancing knowledge about health, medicine and the body among medical professionals and the general public. This model is founded on providing a free online technology platform that is collaborative, interdisciplinary and transparent.” “Only physicians and Ph.D.s are allowed to edit the Articles on Medpedia after they create an account and are approved as an Editor.”

Femmes Avant Tout — a French blog for women affected by breast cancer, exchanging stories and experiences – supported by Roche France and active since 2007. Thanks to @skoko

Instant Social Media for Life Scientists

Instant Social Media for Life Scientists — Here’s a collection of different links to social media examples in the life sciences area including Biotech. There is a mix of blogs, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. (from @Comprendia)