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Free Prescription Drugs Are Often Available—If Only Your Doctor Can Find Them

MedCity News

The more pressing issue is that there is no mechanism in place to make this information easily digestible, personalized to each patient, and placed in context with competitors’ prices. Price transparency has come a long way over the past couple of years, with insurance companies and hospitals now required to publicly disclose their prices.

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The debate on DTC marketing is going to heat up again

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: DTC marketing is not the reason why prescription drugs cost so much. Here are some myths around DTC marketing: 1ne: DTC ads result in patients asking for prescriptions they don’t need. Today, people don’t see a DTC TV ad and run to their doctor to ask for an Rx. DTC ads do NOT lead to unnecessary Rxs.

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Reaching HCPs online

World of DTC Marketing

The most desired information doctors now want is about patient assistance programs, with 49% saying they want pharma reps to provide that information. They all said the same thing “our salesforce is not paid to hand out information on just patient assistance programs.” Where to start? Here are some options.

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What should DTC do?

World of DTC Marketing

Consumers would ask their doctor about an advertised prescription drug in a perfect world. Most patients said they had done more research online or talked to other patients about their experience before asking their doctor about the brand. In our REAL world, that isn’t the way it happens. The research was straightforward.

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10 things DTC marketers should focus on in 2021

World of DTC Marketing

KEY TAKEAWAY: Consumer behavior has changed due to the pandemic, and DTC marketers should be aware of how consumers will evaluate and choose prescription drugs. Here’s my list: 1ne: DTC should focus more on providing health information about advertised medications and less on “selling.”

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DTC Study: Marketers misaligned with online health seeker needs

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: People are going online more and more to sarch for health information after seeing a DTC pharma TV spot. 2wo: By far, going online for more information was the next step to learn about new treatments. 4our: We included a series of questions on understanding online health information. Their doctor was a distant second.

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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.