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Digital marketing in pharma: more than just an ‘add-on’ to current strategy

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Bonin Bough, global director of digital and social media at PepsiCo and now one of the members of Pozen’s revolutionary Digital Advisory Board (DAB), has heard it often from a variety of people: they have better Internet browser versions at home than they do at work. “That’s crazy,” says Mr. Bough. ...

Could gaming change healthcare?

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

(This blog post by Leigh Householder and Ben Harben of GSW Worldwide is being reposted with their permission) Gaming is a big part of American life. Last year, 50% of households gamed often. Most chose that gaming time over some other media or entertainment. Those immersive, entertaining, often all-encompassing games change ...

Veeva’s iRep combines CRM and CLM on the iPad

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Apple is getting a lot of buzz today around Verizon’s announcement that it will begin carrying the iPhone. But don’t let that overshadow some other big news that happened today around Apple’s iPad that may prove to be of even greater importance for the pharmaceutical industry.  Known for its customer relationship ...

Intouch Solutions launches TweetPharm

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

The digital marketing agency Intouch Solutions Inc. continues to innovate by unveiling several social media tools, including TweetPharm and its share»send»save product. TweetPharm is a free interactive infographic that tracks pharmaceutical companies’ use of Twitter. The share»send»save tool is a social sharing widget designed especially for the heavily regulated pharmaceutical ...

A click away from Vimovo

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

VIMOVOtouchpoints, a new Website from AstraZeneca, provides physicians with a variety of helpful tools and information about Vimovo, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April 2010. Vimovo is a fixed-dose combination of delayed-release enteric-coated naproxen, which is a pain-relieving nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and immediate-release esomeprazole, ...

New e-book provides marketing tips for the year ahead

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

A contributor to Med Ad News and the founder of AdvanceMarketWoRx, Ellen Hoenig-Carlson has recently released a free e-book titled Best Learning Actions for Healthcare Marketers in 2010. With pharmaceutical companies navigating a complicated environment of new regulations and mediums for communication, the book is designed to help pharmaceutical and ...

The future is online, virtual collaboration… in 3D!

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

A 9-year-old boy obsesses over his mayoral approval rating within the online world of Sim City 2000. A 13-year-old girl misses dinner to attend a board meeting as her World of Warcraft compatriots debate the merits of a guild merger. Speaking today at a panel discussion hosted by ProtonMedia and ...

FDA’s engagement impresses in wake of social media hearing

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

I had a chance to catch up with John Kamp, executive director of the Coalition for Healthcare Communications, to get his post-game analysis of last week’s FDA hearing on the pharmaceutical industry’s use of social media. Overall, Mr. Kamp was pleased with the presentations made by the industry and the ...

TGaS panel makes case to FDA on social media concerns

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

FDA’s public hearing on the use of social media by the pharmaceutical industry is in full swing. Med Ad News Editor-in-Chief Christiane Truelove is maintaining a live stream of Twitter posts covering the event. TGaS Advisors, a benchmarking and advisory services firm serving the pharmaceutical industry, brought together digital marketing executives ...

Digitas Health boosts global presence

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Digitas Health is growing, officially expanding its global presence with Digitas Health London and Digitas Health Boston. The agency's expansion suits the needs of its clients with international reach. "This digital re-engineering that’s taken place in marketing started first in the U.S., but is beginning to broaden around the world," says ...