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The debate on DTC marketing is going to heat up again

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Today, people don’t see a DTC TV ad and run to their doctor to ask for an Rx. Some DTC budgets are only released when certain sales targets are hit. 3hree: DTC marketing minimizes the side effects of prescription drugs – One of the top pages within prescription drug websites continues to be “safety information.”

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HCPs use of digital

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When visiting a doctor, it’s pretty common to see a doctor going from room to room with laptops. More and more, I am hearing that pharma is NOT part of the digital conversation while talking to other doctors and going to independent health resource sites. It’s no secret that HCPs are using digital more and more.

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Medical Sales Strategies: How to Drive Doctors’ Recommendations

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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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Are new weight loss drugs an answer or problem?

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Novo Nordisk more than doubled its sales targets for obesity drugs to $3.7bn by 2025. 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. Then there is the price.

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DTC marketing is an oxymoron

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Product websites are stagnant, and online health seekers are going elsewhere to learn about your medication’s side effects and cost. A website and TV commercials are not enough to get patients to ask for a prescription medication especially when fair balance lists side effects like cancer.

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DTC as part of an integrated strategy

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A sales representative for a biotech company shared information with oncologists about patients’ attitudes towards treatment options, including the company’s brand. The research showed that patients wanted to understand how the drug works and the potential side effects. ” The concept of logical thinking.

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Is it too late for Biogen?

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Biogen will partner with Roche on the development, and potential sale of a promising cancer drug the Swiss pharma is advancing for several types of lymphoma, announcing Tuesday it’s exercised an option to share rights to the treatment. But is it too late for Biogen to stage a comeback with their reputation damaged?