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Google Unveils New Pharma Ads
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Google just showed off mockups of its fancy new pharma ads at FDA’s social media hearing, on November 12. A few months back, the big G mentioned that it was working on ads to appease both pharmaceutical marketers and FDA, but this is the first time most people got to lay eyes on [...]
Posted in Strategy Also tagged Food and Drug Administration, Google, Health care, Search, Search Engines, Uniform Resource Locator, Yahoo 1 Comment
Pfizer Quietly Updates Company Logo
A few weeks back, about the time Pfizer started swapping out Wyeth signs for Pfizer branding, I was tipped off that the age-old Pfizer logo had been modified from the horizontal blue oval to an offset design.
Additionally, the company did tiny modifications on each letter, dropping the serif from the “P,” making the “F” less [...]
Feds Chase Down Faulty Skincare Promos
FDA’s Division of Drug Marketing Communications, this week, posted a slew of warning and untitled letters to pharma firms for misleading skincare advertisements. Johnson & Johnson, Galderma, and Allergan each received a letter documenting complaints ranging from false advertising to unsubstantial efficacy claims.
J&J received a violation letter in response to a journal ad for its [...]
Posted in FDA, Marketing Also tagged Allergan, Clinical trial, Johnson & Johnson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration 1 Comment
Building a Better Brief Summary
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FDA wanted to find out what people really think of the risk information printed on the back of pharmaceutical advertising. Surprise, people tend to absorb far less information from the giant blocks of text printed in drab language.
DDMAC social science analyst Amy O’Donoghue explained FDA’s recent study results to an audience of marketers [...]

New FDA Campaign Targets Detailing, Trade Shows