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A few days after Merck pulled Vioxx from the market it was revealed that the drug manufacturer may have known about Vioxx's cardiovascular side effect problems for years and tried very hard to conceal the evidence and block any action by the FDA. While this was going on an estimated 27,000 people suffered heart attacks and who knows how many strokes possibly due to Vioxx! hard to conceal the evidence and block any action by the FDA. While this was going on an estimated 27,000 people suffered heart attacks and who knows how many strokes possibly due to Vioxx! If this obstructionism by Merck is true, then someone should pay.

Welcome to the June 9, 2017, issue of Pharma Industry News Update (aka PinUp). Do you hate your job in pharma? Perhaps, like a friend of mine, your position got eliminated after many years of loyal service. But it may be a blessing in disguise if the behavior of Big Pharma is more and more at odds with your personal values. If so, you have options for cleansing your soul.

This article is a review of an industry conference presentation that focused focused on leveraging eDetailing for effective closed-loop marketing campaigns.

Access to physicians is becoming more and more of a problem. Doctors need immense amounts of medical information, but their patient loads limit their ability to see pharma sales reps or attend conferences or other educational activities away from their offices at such venues as local restaurants and hotels. And it is impractical to bring KOLs and experts into the physician's office.

Welcome to the March 2009 issue of Pharma Marketing News.

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Until the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world in early 2020, pharma had been pretty resistant to the idea of involving the end-customer, or the patient, into their business models. COVID-19 not...

More and more physicians are completing CME courses online, according to a survey by Boston Consulting Group. Data from ACCME also show that physician registration for Internet-based CME (enduring materials) also increased. Yet, the percent of physician participants in online CME as a total of all physician participants is very small and physician use of online CME has not kept pace with their use of the Internet in general.

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Welcome to the June/July 2009 issue of Pharma Marketing News.