Checking Under the Hood of Pharma Mobile Apps
Let's look 'under the hoods' of two pharma-sponsored mobile apps and compare disclaimers. We'll compare Janssen's PASI calculator, which has an update disclaimer, with the new AFib Educator 2.0 app developed by Sanofi-Aventis.
Pharma Marketing News Vol. 10, No. 10: 8 June 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #10 (8 JUNE 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
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.
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.'
Ad Dollars Follow Eyeballs to Web: Guesstimating Total Pharma Web Ad Spending
Guesstimating Total Pharma Web Ad Spending. Internet advertising revenue in the United States totaled $26.0 billion for the full year of 2010. How much of this was spent by pharma? Best guesstimate: $1 billion, which accounts for about 11% of the total pharma physician and consumer ad spend.
Boehringer vs Facebook Social Media Socialism
Boehringer-Ingelheim (BI) stands out in its attempt to stand out from the social(ist) cookie-cutter crowd of pharma FB pages. Shows what you can do with dedicated resources and creativity.
Pharma Marketing News Vol. 10, No. 11: 21 June 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #11 (21 JUNE 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
AstraZeneca Hosts First-Ever Twitter Chat
Despite dire predictions of 'PR failure,' the #rxsave Twitter chat hosted by @AstraZenecaUS on 15 February 2011 was a great success, which is pharma social media speak for 'did not crash and burn.' It was proof that a pharmaceutical company can indeed host meaningful Twitter chats.
The Phil Mickelson Enbrel Campaign
From the Audition in the Press to TV, Web, and Print Advertising. Pfizer and Amgen demonstrate how to launch a branded spokesperson campaign starting from a bit of over-the-top unregulated press relations to fully regulated TV, print, and Web advertising. It must be costing a mint!
Pharma Facebook Pages Being Phased Out: A Good Run While It Lasted!
No doubt you've heard that as of August 15, 2011, Facebook opened up comments on ALL pharma pages with some exceptions. That means that the pharmaceutical industry will no longer be able to shut off comments on their Facebook pages.
