Pharma Marketing News Vol. 10, No. 12: 20 July 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #12 (20 JULY 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
Good Promotion Practices Alliance
Plenty of attention being paid to pharmaceutical marketing fraud and abuse cases in blogs and in the general media. But there hasn't been much attention paid to good compliance solutions or best practices. That's the mission of the Good Promotion Practices Alliance (GPP), which is co-sponsored by Reprints Desk and Prolifiq Software.
Adverse Event Reporting: A Missed Opportunity
When asked what the # 1 concern pharmaceutical marketers have regarding using social media, the adverse event reporting (AER) boogey man is cited most often. The urge to avoid this boogey man at all costs may have more to do with CEO compensation that with fears of rank-an-file marketers.
Finding the Consumer Within the Patient: Insights Into How Healthcare Decisions are Made
Self Care Catalysts' Patient Intelligence Insights Guide™ on Diabetes is the only integrated patient-and consumer-centric report that explores how people suffering from an invisible condition such as diabetes actually circumnavigate their health condition, using the unique Self Care Health Decision Making Dynamics framework™. It is an example of what Grace Soyao, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Self Care Catalysts Inc., a health research and strategy company, means by 'Finding the Consumer within the Patient.'
Pharma YouTube Patient Videos Lack Transparency
Pharma social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube may lack patient-centered information and can also be sources of misleading information that could potentially do more harm than good.
Orphan Drugs Now “Where the Money Is,” Says Willie Sutton’s Ghost
Why do pharma companies bother developing drugs for for a disorder affecting fewer than 200,000 people? Willie Sutton's ghost may have the answer.
Pharma Marketing News Vol. 10, No. 5: 10 MARCH 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #5 (10 MARCH 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
Pharma Marketing News Vol. 10, No. 17: 10 November 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #17 (10 NOVEMBER 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
Getting Market Research Right in India & China
This is the last in a series of three articles highlighting points made by Kantar Health executives in a recent webinar titled, 'Getting It Right in the Emerging Markets: Identifying the opportunities and avoiding the pitfalls in conducting market research in new geographies.'
Physician Participation in Peer-to-Peer Social Media Sites
This article summaries research data exploring why physicians interested in using online peer-to-peer social communities outnumber by 2 to 1 physicians who are actually using them. Includes suggestions for what these communities must do in order to provide more value to physicians.
