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Another reason change is needed at FDA? Fair balance

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Pharma TV ads drive people online to search for more information. Safety pages on Pharma product websites continue to have high utility. As we have seen over the past few years, Pharma companies are a business, a regulated business, but still a business. Prescription drugs are not the same as items found in a grocery store.

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The debate on DTC marketing is going to heat up again

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SUMMARY: DTC marketing is not the reason why prescription drugs cost so much. The FDA needs to study what people do when they see a DTC ad. Here are some myths around DTC marketing: 1ne: DTC ads result in patients asking for prescriptions they don’t need. Still, the gatekeeper continues to be their doctor.

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Jazz Pharma uses flying pig for huge grey area DTC

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals has introduced a new prescription medication for patients with sleep apnea/narcolepsy that “helped adults get up to 9 hours of improved wakefulness in clinical studies at 12 weeks” and they’re using a flying pig on their DTC. billion in 2018, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.20% to reach $86.01

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A realistic view of healthcare in 2022

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1ne: The value proposition of prescription drugs still outweighs potential side effects – Wegovy’s demand quickly exceeded supply after the FDA approved once-weekly semaglutide injections. People don’t want to lose weight through diet and exercise if they can lose it through a prescription drug.

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Elements of a great pharma website

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Consistently we heard that they like images of real patients or a REAL doctor with one key message communicated. They understand that patient content could be edited to meet FDA requirements, but they like reading others’ experiences managing their health issues. 9ine: “Why aren’t pharma websites updated?”

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DTC marketing is an oxymoron

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A website and TV commercials are not enough to get patients to ask for a prescription medication especially when fair balance lists side effects like cancer. For most a content strategy is unheard of and even though email marketing is still a very viable tactic pharma sees it as too complicated to measure the ROI.

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A scientific approach to irrational consumer choices

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GOOD MORNING: The FDA is taking a scientific approach to evaluating direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug advertising, focusing on measuring consumer perceptions of the information presented in ads. Ad recall is essential for CPGs, but for prescription drugs, the question that’s missing is “what action did it lead to?