While the number of physicians open to pharmaceutical sales calls is shrinking, a new survey suggests some venues are more hospitable to industry than others.
AARP, which has taken heat for omitting rebates and discounts from its old “Rx Watchdog” pricing reports, said it found such discounts do little to hold down prices.
Targeted cancer therapies and chemotherapeutic products are a $20 billion category. Expanding indications for marketed products and a bulging pipeline should keep this segment growing for the foreseeable future, analysts say.
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.
Quadrant creates journal partnership
September 15, 2010
8:10 pm
Quadrant HealthCom united two titles–The Female Patient and OBG Management–under an alliance providing advertisers with a “ping-pong” opportunity for campaigns.
ASCO Post launches in print, online
September 15, 2010
8:08 pm
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Harborside Press launched the inaugural print issue of ASCO Post in June, and launched a website home for the title last month.
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.
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.