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Should doctors refuse to treat obese patients?

World of DTC Marketing

IN BRIEF: Doctors are not required to treat obese patients who won’t do anything to lose weight but the problem is more than reminding patients they need to get exercise and drop pounds. Susan knew she needed to lose weight, especially when her doctor told her that her A1C indicated that she was prediabetic.

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Medical Sales Strategies: How to Drive Doctors’ Recommendations

MaBiCo

Medical Sales Strategies: How to Drive Doctors’ Recommendations Medical sales are a set of activities and skills whose purpose is to influence health care professionals to recommend or prescribe a product. Selling to private practice doctors is different than selling to healthcare organizations.

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Foodsmarts’ New Program Allows Doctors to Prescribe Produce Just as Easily as They Can Medication

MedCity News

Foodsmart is rolling out its new program that enables doctors to refer their patients to Foodsmart’s dieticians and healthy eating platform, as well as write prescriptions for healthy food just as easily as they might a normal pharmacy prescription.

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Our abysmal health care system

World of DTC Marketing

First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. The insurance companies get to dictate medical care and go out of their way to deny medications, surgery, or treatments with no repercussions. Prior authorization is out of control. The result:?

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Healthcare Docket: Help Wanted — Doctor Expert Witnesses

MedCity News

The post Healthcare Docket: Help Wanted — Doctor Expert Witnesses appeared first on MedCity News. Major malpractice verdicts have spiked in recent years.

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Roche scores FDA nod for prefilled syringe version of Vabysmo, easing its administration

Fierce Pharma

Since Roche gained approval for its eye disease medication Vabysmo in 2022, it has stormed a market dominated by Regeneron and Bayer’s Eylea. Since Roche gained approval for its eye disease medication Vabysmo in 2022, it has stormed a market dominated by Regeneron and Bayer’s Eylea.

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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. Most doctors sign on in the morning and see a snapshot of what’s happening by their specialty. doctors and 45% of all NPS and physician assistants as verified members.

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