FDA To Study DTC Promotion Directed at Adolescents: Focus is on Immediate Benefits vs....

This article is a review of the proposed FDA 'Experimental Study of Direct-to-Consumer Promotion Directed at Adolescents' (FR # FDA-2013-N-1151), which aims to assess how adolescents interpret drug risk in DTC advertising.

Are Drug.com Websites “Fair and Balanced?”: FDA Studies Online DTC Prescription Drug Promotion

This article reviews the study 'Examination of Online Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Promotion' (FDA-2011-N-0230), which is designed to test different ways of presenting prescription drug risk and benefit information on branded drug Web sites.

Pharma Marketing News Vol. 13, No. 10: December 2014

Welcome to Volume 13, Issue #10 (DECEMBER 2014) of Pharma Marketing News.

Pharma Mobile Ad Spend in 2014

I try to keep track of how money the U.S. pharmaceutical industry spends on digital advertising to see if there are any trends. Of...

R&D Cost for Generics is Zero. Nothing. Nada. Nilch. So Why are Their Prices...

According to the latest estimate from Tufts economists, it now costs upwards of $2.6 billion to bring a new prescription drug to market (read...

Cost to Bring a New Drug to Market Is $2.6 Billion According to Tufts...

According to a new study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD), which receives funding from the pharmaceutical industry, the...

Imbuing Rx Drug Brands with Human Characteristics Boosts Sales

Rx Drug Personalities Perceived by Consumers

Does Your Wife Prevent You From Watching the New Viagra TV Ad? FDA Wants...

FDA Wants to Peek Into Your Bedroom to Learn If Your Spouse Affects Your Perception of Risks in Those New Viagra TV Ads!

FDA Plans DTC TV Ad Torture Test!

The FDA plans to to study the "Impact of Ad Exposure Frequency on Perception and Mental Processing of Risk and Benefit Information in DTC...

Taking Social Media Listening a Step Too Far

Today, I learned about a Twitter app called Samaritans Radar that was "pulled" because it took social media "listening" a step too far. According...