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LATEST NEWS

Pfizer, Lilly disclose ED ad schedules

Pfizer and Lilly shared their schedules for Viagra and Cialis ED ads with the Parents Television Council, which published them on its website so that parents bothered by the spots could shield their kids from them.
 

And the award goes to...

Campaigns for a health insurer and a device company took top honors at the seventh annual MM&M Awards.
 

FROM THE MAGAZINE

DDR on DTC: Lyrica and Humira

The fall magazines are always fat with ads, and the latest issues of People were no exception. I was happy to spot many DTC ads in one very hefty issue, two of which really stood out--one for Pfizer's Lyrica and another for Abbott's Humira.
 

Palmer fronts Centocor prostate cancer website

Golf legend and prostate cancer survivor Arnold Palmer is the celebrity face of a new educational website and program developed by Centocor Ortho Biotech and Us TOO, a nonprofit prostate cancer support organization.
 

Family health risk ads prompt changes

Drug ads emphasizing familial health risks prompt at-risk patients to adjust their lifestyles, not just pop a pill, a study found.
 

'Metabolic mindset' common, says survey

An agency said a survey of 1,500 Americans with one or more metabolic disorders revealed four behavioral types common across diabetes, obesity and other conditions.
 

Consumers worry about influence

A fifth of consumers have asked their doctor to prescribe a drug they learned about through advertising, and fully two-thirds have received free samples of prescription drugs from their doctor--but they worry about the industry's influence on physicians, according to a Consumer Reports survey.
 

Antidote: H1N1 flu vaccine

There is a lot of confusion about this year's flu vaccine, in part because last year's novel H1N1 mild flu pandemic broke the usual mold on flu.
 

iVillage, QualityHealth deal connects media, marketing

Marketing firm QualityHealth says a partnership with website iVillage will potentially expose more women to its pharma-sponsored content while giving clients better control over DTC media spend.
 

Creativity is needed now, more than ever before

When was the last time you took a good, hard look at the ads in some of the regular journals you receive?
 

Consumer Marketing briefs

Featuring news about Novo Nordisk, CannaCare and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
 

Special Reports

Patient Marketing Report: Thinking Past the Pill

Pfizer is investing heavily in adherence, putting patient support programs on equal footing with some of its drugs, Matthew Arnold reports
 

Global Report: Advertising that Travels

Languages, cultures and federal regulations aside, is marketing pharmaceutical products outside of the US all that different? Ben Comer talks global strategy with the experts
 

Advertitis: The Search for a Cure

All too often in pharmaceutical advertising, somewhere between the initial idea and the finished product, the communication—and the originality—disappears. Ross Thomson and Craig Sponseller, MD, explain why it's essential for creative and medical to work seamlessly together
 

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
 

Making Marketing Dollars Count: Made to Measure

In an age of accountability, where every dollar counts, Deborah Dick-Rath talks to industry insiders about how they can make a measurable difference in their marketing mix
 

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