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Too many patients aren’t filling their prescriptions. Here’s how the industry can change that.

Fierce Pharma

Medication adherence is a large and growing challenge for pharma companies, healthcare providers and the patients they serve. In the U.S. Research shows that 20% of patients have failed to fill a script in the past, and one-third aren’t confident managing their illness.

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Prescription: Definition, Important Parts, Handling, Labelling, Dispensing Process, and Errors

Teachntest

Definition: A prescription is a written order for a patient to receive a medication or treatment. It is typically written by a physician or other authorized healthcare provider and given to the patient, who then takes it to a pharmacy to have it filled.

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Improving Patient Portal Engagement with Pharma Content

PM360

Typically, results or new treatment prescriptions are simply uploaded to the portal with the doctors expected to give explanations during the appointment—even though the ability to provide additional information within the portal is readily available. However, only 32% of patients trust pharma-developed apps.

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Marketing to Type 2 Diabetes Patients: How Pharma Can Increase Treatment Awareness, Improve Outcomes

PM360

However, despite being one of the biggest markets in pharma, diabetes drugmakers have a hard time standing out in the crowded field, and many patients still aren’t confident in their ability to manage their disease. Patients are willing to explore new prescription therapies as well, but most are unaware of their available options.

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Three Ways Pharma Advertisers Can Benefit from Attention Metrics

Pharma Marketing Network

Given their often niche content, pharma marketers must target smaller, more exclusive audiences to drive results while developing impactful creative. Instead of trying to find new sources of identity, pharma marketers don’t have to look far to replace audience-based targeting. Premium Placement Quality Allows Creative to Shine.

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The Importance of Pharma Marketers Engaging with the Nation’s Leading Prescribers

Pharma Leaders

Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician associates (PAs) take an active role in breast cancer treatment for their patients, including detecting early signs of the disease, helping manage prescription side effects and identifying appropriate specialists for patient care. What Pharma Marketers Gain.

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Value-based healthcare can help reduce costs

World of DTC Marketing

This means that primary, specialty, and acute care are integrated and that healthcare providers work as a networked team to deliver the best-coordinated care. For example, treatment plans may require the contributions of pharmacists, behavioral health providers, social services, specialists, and more.