Category Archives: E-Media

Why Don't Those Damn Marketers 'Do' Digital?

By Sven Awege. Over the last few years I’ve worked with pharma marketers trying to preach and teach the virtues of digital channels. It has been a thankless task, with bucket loads of blood, sweat, and tears of frustration. I have used a number of different techniques, from talking about the revolution in big forums to [...]
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Hepatitis C: Engaging Patients Online

Given the amount of activity in the hepatitis C drug development space – as evidenced in PharmExec’s 2013 Pipeline report – patients are scouring the internet for information on the disease, available treatments, and soon to be available treatments. A new Industry Standard Research report examines the digital cracks consumers encounter when looking for [...]
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Pharmacists: The Other White Coats

Patients in search of face time with a healthcare provider are stopping into their local drugstores, where consultations are free and the wait time is shorter. Pharmacists are in a unique position, too, to move the needle on drug adherence.
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Locating the Human Ghost in the Digital Machine

Featured panelists at ExL’s annual Digital Pharma East conference this week included practicing physicians, vocal ePatients, social media gurus and digital marketing consultants with plenty of hours logged in big pharma boardrooms.
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Diabetes Drug Launch 2012: Tip-tops and Promo-flops

With Halloween candy flooding the shelves in pharmacies across the nation, it’s only appropriate that we turn the conversation toward an ever-growing drug market and therapeutic area: diabetes.
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