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Lawmakers eyeing tax deductions on drug ads

Drug and advertising industry advocates are sounding the alarm over congressional threats to tax drug advertising.
 

Bayer work a blueprint for new consumer health site

DazMedia hopes to leverage its interactive work with Bayer on Betaseron, an MS treatment, into other product and condition areas for a new website: Real World Health. The site is expected to launch during the third quarter, and may include condition areas such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and/or HIV.
 

From MM&M Magazine

Consumers prefer generics worldwide, says study

Consumers worldwide overwhelmingly prefer medicines that have been around a long time to the latest treatments, and over half prefer generics to branded drugs given the choice, according to a DDB Health survey.
 

Marketers weigh DTC policy pitfalls

Consumer drug marketers huddled in Washington for the start of the DTC National Conference in mid-April, unsure of the future but certain they faced a more active FDA and an uphill battle with regulators and policymakers.
 

DDR on DTC: Novartis/Deutsch-NYC's Exelon Patch

Kudos to Novartis and Deutsch-NYC for their illuminating DTC campaign for Exelon Patch!
 

Headliner: WebMD's Wayne Gattinella

Heading up the biggest brand in online health has its benefits. "When I tell people I work at WebMD, they smile and tell me how the site has helped them," says Wayne Gattinella. "That makes me feel really good."
 

J. Lo joins Sanofi for pertussis awareness ads

Sanofi Pasteur and the March of Dimes have recruited Jennifer Lopez to serve as the face of a whooping cough awareness campaign.
 

There's no reason to stockpile Tamiflu

A few weeks ago I brought some samples of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) to a TV studio to use as a prop on a show. But when I went to leave the show, I discovered that one of the producers had rifled through the box, and most of the samples were gone.
 

Consumer Marketing Briefs

Featuring news about Boniva, DDMAC and the ED Advertising Decency Act
 

Special Reports

DTC Report: Between Screens

Drug advertisers may be saving the TV industry, but they're moving beyond dabbling in digital
 

The Age of Engagement

There's more to patient programs than simply telling folks what to do. Ben Comer looks at ways to drive actions
 

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