Globally, Pharma’s Digital Spend is (Still) Only 6% of Total Promotional Budget
According to Cegedim Strategic Data (CSD) -- a provider of healthcare promotional audits -- in the last 6 months of 2013, the global pharma...
WLF to FDA Regarding Distribution of Off-Label Reprints: See You in Court!
In February 2014, FDA released a new draft guidance document entitled "Distributing Scientific and Medical Publications on Unapproved New Uses - Recommended Practices."
FDA's...
Healthcare Marketers Trend Report 2014: I Give It a “C-Meh!” Rating
"Not all available market research is created equal," says Rich Meyer, author of DTC Marketing Blog. According to Meyer, "some research is a must...
How to Host a Successful Pharma TweetChat: Tips from Boehringer Ingelheim
This article reviews BI's 'playbook' -- titled 'How pharma TweetChats can drive healthcare innovation' -- which provides detailed insights for planning and delivering successful pharma TweetChats. The authors of the playbook -- Patricia Alves, Social Media Community Manager, and Jaclyn Fonteyne, Social Media Specialist, at BI -- were also interviewed for this article.
FDA Opens Window for Pharma to Correct Misinformation Online: Wikipedia is at the Top...
This article reviews the FDA's guidance on how pharmaceutical companies can respond to misinformation related to a firm's own FDA-approved or -cleared products when that information is created or disseminated by independent third parties on the Internet or through social media, regardless of whether that misinformation appears on a firm's own forum or an independent third-party forum or website.
FDA Sets Up a Roadblock for Branded Rx Promotional Tweets: Are There Any Useful...
This article reviews the FDA's guidance on how pharma marketers must present both benefit and risk information within a
Pharma Marketing News Vol. 13, No. 6: June 2014
Welcome to Volume 13, Issue #6 (June 2014) of Pharma Marketing News.
Pharma DTC Advertising Spend vs. Time Consumers Spend in Various Media
I came upon an interesting chart in Mary Meeker’s state-of-the-Internet slide deck. Meeker — formerly of Morgan Stanley, at VC firm Kleiner Perkins since...
You say “Xareltor” and I say “Xalkori”: Whoops! There Goes Another Patient!
How should you name a new drug product? "That question," reports Alexander Gaffney (here), "is the subject of a new draft guidance by the...














