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LATEST NEWS

Info-starved patients want more from docs, survey says

Doctors aren't doing enough to educate patients about disease management, leaving patients to fend for themselves, according to a MedTera study conducted in September.
 

FROM THE MAGAZINE

DDR on DTC: Celebrex

We all know chronic pain is a horrible thing, something people have tried to alleviate with every means possible-- herbal, physical, mystical, even pharmaceutical.
 

Novo Nordisk launches new campaign for Victoza

Novo Nordisk launched a consumer campaign for Victoza, emphasizing the product's ability to bring down blood sugar levels and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes.
 

Bayer settles OTC multivitamin case

Bayer agreed to pay three states $3.3 million to settle charges that it made unsubstantiated claims in advertising that its One A Day Men's multivitamins reduced the risk of prostate cancer.
 

Mobile rising to become a digital channel leader

As we finish 2010, one of the surprising healthcare marketing headlines has been the rapid ascendancy of mobile as a leading digital channel.
 

Moving from 'share of voice' to 'share of influence'

Biopharma is caught in a swirl of uncertainty greater than anything it has ever faced: legislative mandates, changing media consumption and patient and professional empowerment.
 

MedImmune flu effort has Facebook page, soccer great

MedImmune, together with Women's Professional Soccer and the American Youth Soccer Organization, launched an online campaign promoting flu immunization featuring soccer great Brandi Chastain.
 

Online groups are hotbed of promotion

Social networks are a "Wild West" of medical misinformation, a study has found. More than one in four comments on Facebook diabetes communities is promotional in nature, generally for unapproved products, Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers said.
 

Antidote: Coumadin

I and every other clinician who treats patients with the common blood thinner warfarin (Coumadin) have a problem.
 

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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