Medical Device Marketing

Medical device marketing is different than Rx drug marketing, which is something attendees of the recent PharmaMed Marketing & Media Conference hosted by Med Ad News learned. This article summarizes a presentation from that conference and discusses how medical device marketing to consumers and physicians is different than Rx drug marketing. While some device marketing campaigns take a page from the Rx arena, there are difficulties and roadblocks ahead and these are also summarized in this article.

Obama v. McCain Survey Results

It's official! If the presidential election were held today, 55 percent of employees of pharmaceutical companies said they would vote for Mr. Obama and 28 percent said they would vote for Mr. McCain.

Good Luck to Us All!

There is no doubt that the next several years will be very tough on the pharmaceutical industry.

Pharma Marketing News Vol. 7, #8

Welcome to the October, 2008 issue of Pharma Marketing News.

Pharma Marketing News Vol. 7, #8

Welcome to the October, 2008 issue of Pharma Marketing News.

Boston Legal’s Denny Crane Takes on Pharma Marketing. Where does he get his “facts?”

In last night's episode of Boston Legal, a TV show, Denny Crane -- the senior partner at Crane Poole & Schmidt played by William...

Are Soon-to-be-Off-Patent Blockbuster Drugs Another “Troubled Asset” Needing Bailout?

While everyone was focused on the $700 billion proposal to bailout Wall Street, hardly anyone noticed the $25-$50 billion bailout of the automobile industry...

What I Saw at the Doctors’ Choice Awards Ceremony

I spent yesterday in New York City attending the 2008 Doctors' Choice Awards ceremony at the posh Palace Hotel (see my previous post about...

Bailout Bonanza, Recession Redux

The issues facing us Americans today go way beyond our vested interest in the pharmaceutical industry. For example, debating whether or not the industry...

A Great Resource to Help You Keep Track of Election Issues of Interest to...

There's more and more information coming my way about Obama's and McCain's views on healthcare and other issues of importance to the pharmaceutical industry.I...