Certain Physician-Drug Industry Relationships Have Declined Dramatically
The authors of a physician survey published in the November 8, 2010, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine conclude 'given that 83.8% of physicians have PIRs, it is clear that industry still has substantial financial links with the nation's physicians. These findings support the ongoing need for a national system of disclosure of PIRs [Physician-Drug Industry Relationships].' Such a system is part of the Physician Sunshine Law, which is scheduled to go into effect in 2012 with public disclosure of payments scheduled to begin September, 2013.
Politics Vs. Science in the Plan B Decision
Sebelius focused on the fact that Teva's study did not contain data for all ages for which this product would be available for use. According to Tina Raine-Bennett, MD, MPH, of the Women's Health Research Institute at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, a principal investigator of the University of California-San Francisco study, it is unreasonable and virtually impossible to study the use of emergency contraception in 11- and 12-year-olds, because only a small fraction of them will have had sex by that age.
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. 19: 21 December 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #19 (21 DECEMBER 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
Pfizer Battles to Protect Lipitor Cash Cow
Lipitor Won't Go Gentle Into that Good Generic Night. Pfizer is taking a number of steps to protect it's Lipitor franchise and it hopes that many patients currently taking Lipitor will remain loyal to the brand.
Pharma Paid Celebrity Best Practices
Pharma Paid Celebrity Best Practices Should Pharma Disclose Payments to Celebrity Spokespeople?Pharma marketers in the U.S. sometimes use celebrities as spokespeople for their branded...
Deconstructing Pitts’ Guiding Principles for Pharma Social Media
Peter Pitts, author of DrugWonks Blog, has put together 11
Are Pharma Sales Reps Service Employees?
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether drug companies have to pay their sales representatives for working overtime hours, a question that could have considerable financial impact on the industry. The question before the court in case CHRISTOPHER V. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP is whether or not pharmaceutical sales representatives are exempt from overtime pay under the 'outside sales' exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. If the Supreme Court rules that pharma sales reps are NOT exempt, some sales reps worry that they will become
Pharma Marketing News Vol. 10, No. 18: 1 December 2011
Welcome to Volume 10, Issue #18 (1 DECEMBER 2011) of Pharma Marketing News.
The Digital Life of Doctors
While primary care physicians in general are frequent users of the Internet, oncologists see online sources of information as more important than PCPs and therefore may need less personal contact to learn about products. That was just one of the results from the 2011 Digital Life survey of 1,454 physicians summarized is this article.
