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Is DTC effective?

World of DTC Marketing

Among the 26% of respondents who talked to a health care provider about a specific prescription drug they saw advertised, 16% said they received a prescription for the advertised drug. Online research is used to evaluate new prescription drugs. But is this really true across all DTC? Today it’s a multichannel approach.

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The financial toxicity of treating cancer

World of DTC Marketing

(Stat News) Today, a study followed 380 patients being treated at community oncology groups across the U.S. Patients who experience financial hardship during cancer treatment are at higher risk for treatment nonadherence, poor quality of life, and worse survival. billion in 2020 (2020 U.S. billion in 2020 (2020 U.S.

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Value-based healthcare can help reduce costs

World of DTC Marketing

The nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group, reported $4.9bn in profits in the first quarter of 2021 compared to $3.4bn in the same period in 2020 – a 44% increase. Value-based healthcare is a healthcare delivery model in which providers, including hospitals and physicians, are paid based on patient health outcomes.

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GUEST COMMENTARY – Beyond the Script: Branding Patient Support

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Maximizing the Impact of Patient Support Programs through Strategic Branding A pharmaceutical company is powered by their portfolio of product brands, but can reach new heights by servicing patients, engaging prescribers, and driving better health outcomes. Today, nearly all product brands offer some degree of customer service.

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AbbVie continues to be what’s wrong with big pharma

World of DTC Marketing

I continue to believe that there are very good people who care about patients working within pharma but it’s hard to understand how anyone who works for AbbVie can feel good about their employer. prices on seven of the 10 costliest prescription drugs in 2020 without justification, increasing drug spending by $1.67

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AbbVie sucks

World of DTC Marketing

AbbVie, Humira’s manufacturer, kicked off 2020 with a price increase in excess of 7 percent on its mega-blockbuster brand-name treatment. The cost of Humira, which is injected via syringe, was more than $72,000 a year on prescription drug websites this week and is not expected to come down until at least 2023.

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Influencer marketing in pharma

World of DTC Marketing

bil­lion in 2020, ac­cord­ing to In­flu­encer Mar­ket­ing Hub , which es­ti­mat­ed the mar­ket would grow to $13.8 At the same time, over­all dig­i­tal ad spend in the phar­ma space sky­rock­et­ed 242% year over year from Jan­u­ary to Feb­ru­ary in 2020 and 2021, Me­di­aRadar re­port­ed. bil­lion in 2021.

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