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DTC Study: Marketers misaligned with online health seeker needs

World of DTC Marketing

It’s more about weighing the benefit against the potential side effects. Still, we’re finding that people are more interested in potential “side effects,” especially a side effect that compromises their immune system or causes GI upset. Their doctor was a distant second.

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The debate on DTC marketing is going to heat up again

World of DTC Marketing

Today, people don’t see a DTC TV ad and run to their doctor to ask for an Rx. 3hree: DTC marketing minimizes the side effects of prescription drugs – One of the top pages within prescription drug websites continues to be “safety information.” Still, the gatekeeper continues to be their doctor.

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What’s the most significant change in DTC?

World of DTC Marketing

The days of someone seeing an ad for a prescription drug and rushing to ask their doctor about it have replaced the quest for more information, usually online. Today patients and caregivers want to know more about the product’s side effects and cost, and they also want to hear from current patients.

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Are new weight loss drugs an answer or problem?

World of DTC Marketing

But before the company can make Wegovy mainstream, it has to convince doctors to prescribe it and insurers and governments to pay for it. It has to persuade patients to sign up for some heinous side effects. Even if Novo Nordisk can win doctors over, it faces a more significant challenge in convincing reluctant payers.

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Can pharma really leverage social media?

World of DTC Marketing

The types of professional content on Facebook that physicians are most likely to engage with include continuing medical education opportunities (37%) and physician online community information (31%). Bombard doctors with promotional messages, and you’re going to lose. To test this, we did a small campaign for a psoriasis product.

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A scientific approach to irrational consumer choices

World of DTC Marketing

Virtually nobody will run to their doctor to ask about a drug they saw on TV without doing research first. What people seem to be interested in are drug side effects vs. efficacy. Ad recall is essential for CPGs, but for prescription drugs, the question that’s missing is “what action did it lead to?

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The Weight Loss Medication Dilemma: A Physician’s Perspective

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While influencers have set the bar high in terms of what these medications can accomplish for patients, doctors will have to navigate expectations to bring our patients back to reality. Physicians want to see patients have a successful treatment plan and stopping a medication due to a side effect obviously will not achieve that.

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