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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 ...

Sermo and AMA sound off on split

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Sermo claims that its break with the American Medical Association was driven by physicians' need for an alternative voice on critical healthcare issues by way of radical transparency. The AMA believes the value no longer warranted further participation and opted not to renew with Sermo in May. At the result ...

Companies counter insulin safety concerns

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Since Med Ad News' diabetes therapeutic feature was published last month, questions regarding the safety of insulin analogues such as the insulin glargine Lantus have surfaced. Now diabetes drug marketers Sanofi-Aventis SA and Novo Nordisk AS are engaged in rapid-fire PR initiatives to back the clinical evidence of their products. On ...

Wellness cognizance spreads

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Prevention may never overthrow treatment, but healthcare-focused companies and their advertising agencies are mindful of the wellness trend. Public opinion favors prevention as the most important healthcare reform priority, and Americans overwhelmingly support increasing funding for prevention programs to reduce disease and keep people healthy. Now, healthcare-focused marketing and advertising ...

Juice Pharma Worldwide pursues altruistic efforts

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Med Ad News’ interest in pharmaceutical advertising agencies’ philanthropic activities has grown since creating the Heart Award in 2009. Juice Pharma Worldwide reached out to share their recent project-oriented philanthropic involvement with Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York and additional pro-bono advertising plans for the future. In May, ...

Medscape: The next generation

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

WebMD continues to stay ahead of the technology curve. As WebMD looks to the ongoing success of its consumer mobile application, the organization prepares to launch a mobile application for physicians with Medscape for iPhone and iPod Touch in June. WebMD Mobile has surpassed 500,000 downloads since its launch in ...

   
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