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Tik-Tok, Instagram, and other social media channels may soon be overwhelmed with pharma companies’ content, but is it a good idea? According to MedData Group, 72% of physicians surveyed were active on Facebook weekly, and 38% were active on Instagram and LinkedIn weekly. What about social media options?
In particular, they are much more focused on the health implications of the vaccine (for example, sideeffects, ingredients, speed of the vaccine development process)—they want to know it is safe and they want to see that others are safe after receiving the vaccine.
The research showed that patients wanted to understand how the drug works and the potential sideeffects. Patients who experienced side one or more sideeffects were more likely to delay or stop treatment. Most physicians are trained in medicine and rely on their experiences to understand patients.
As social media has become a more integrated part of our lives, influencer marketing has exploded. Google Trends has reported that the top search terms for Wegovy besides weight loss are “Wegovy cost” and “Wegovy sideeffects.” ” Can influencers persuade people to ask for Wegovy?
Yet the media has led with “diabetes drug leads to major weight loss” Will doctors inform patients? Wegovy’s most common sideeffects were gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, which 80% of patients reported, according to USA Today.
” According to media headlines, I’ve been following the “buzz” around the new diabetes drugs that promise weight loss. While there is a segment that sees the drug as a “quick fix” to lose weight, others are skeptical and want to know more about sideeffects and costs.
Survey any physician if they’ve been asked by a patient about a prescription weight loss medication and you’ll hear a resounding “yes.” If you ask physicians where they think patients heard about these medications, I predict they’ll say from an influencer. 1 I predict this number will only steadily increase.
Once vaccination levels reach critical mass, people will once again return to their physician’s offices. It needs to be a total digital marketing integrated effort that considers social media and third party websites like patients like me. Having just a website is not enough. Let’s be clear about pharma product websites.
patients, and caregivers, are very active on social media and often reach out to each other to compare treatments and OTC products to help manage their M.S. I have been developing, for clients, a patient journey map from awareness to asking for an Rx based on research with current customers. DTC managers are often surprised by the results.
As HCPs get more digitally savvy, pharma marketers should understand that engaging physicians through channels and time of their preference with content relevant to the individual customer. ” HCP’s are moving quickly into digital. Pharma needs to experiment with ways to help patients and caregivers instead of “buy us.”
Social media is part of our online lives, but too many people believe what they read regarding health information and prescription drugs. I’ve spent a lot of time mining social media data for clients to show what people are saying about their products. So what is the purpose of DTC? Pharma websites need to evolve.
How do physicians feel about patients asking for a new drug via a telehealth visit, and can the prescriber evaluate whether a patient is a good candidate or a new drug? When consumers stay at home amid broadly disruptive events, their media consumption rises nearly 60% — and even more in some cases, according to a Nielsen data analysis.
While some media outlets are saying that a COVID-19 vaccine can help pharma’s reputation I believe that is wishful thinking. Forward-thinking pharma marketers are thinking about ways to integrate DTC marketing into telehealth and at physician portals. For new drug launches, TV is still number one.
Lilly’s new diabetes drug is being talked about all over social media because of its weight loss properties, but what’s not mentioned is that it requires a diet modification and has sideeffects that can cause more severe health issues. Why don’t doctors have the “the talk”?
AI may predict the questions patients and physicians have about a drug or its sideeffects. Basically, the AI integration monitors social media content around certain keywords and the call center and recommends content be added to the website. The question then becomes, should that content be distributed by AI?
Social Media – What’s being said about your product? On site at physicians office – Are patients asking about your product as a resut of being exposed to product information at the site of treatment. If you’re offering a coupon you can measure downloads and redemptions. What are the biggest concerns?
Neuralink has already come under the scrutiny of groups, including the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine, which has called for the company to release data from its animal experiments, including sideeffects from the implant procedure, such as infections. — Physicians Committee (@PCRM) November 30, 2022.
Traditionally, when pharma marketers and their strategy, creative, and media agencies develop marketing plans, investment recommendations tend to focus on HCPs, patients, and managed care. On the HCP side, marketers tend to allocate the bulk of their investment on medical doctors as, historically, they have been the primary prescribers.
This blog post could provide information about the drug’s potential benefits, its sideeffects, and how it compares to other drugs on the market. Create new content on a regular basis and promote your content through social media, email marketing, and other channels. It takes time to build an audience and see results.
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Patients should understand that many OTC products are indicated for acute constipation and should not be taken chronically unless under the supervision of a physician,” McCourt says. “We Help Patients Understand the Need for Effective Treatment—and Get It. We have to make sure patients are getting adequate care.”.
This summer, we started a research series on Current and Future AI Trends in Healthcare, where we surveyed over 150 physicians, and conducted both qualitative and quantitative research with pharma industry members from 20 different companies. ” Everyone Agrees AI Needs Guardrails Conversations about AI always turn quickly to the risks.
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In an alert issued last week , the FDA said apetamin is being promoted over social media as a weight-gain solution and highlighted that young adults are reporting cardiac and nervous system disorders, and liver injury after taking the drug.
This summer, we started a research series on Current and Future AI Trends in Healthcare, where we surveyed over 150 physicians, and conducted both qualitative and quantitative research with pharma industry members from 20 different companies. ” Everyone Agrees AI Needs Guardrails Conversations about AI always turn quickly to the risks.
Healthline Media Rx Savings Program Healthline Media Elisabeth Paredes, VP of Sales eparedes@heathline.com High drug prices routinely turn consumers away at the point of purchase. Healthline Media Consumer Drug Information Pages Visitor survey. Healthline Media Rx Medication Discount Service survey. 1 References: 1.
Using NLP algorithms, ChatGPT can quickly and accurately analyze large amounts of customer feedback and sentiment from social media posts, comment sections, and online reviews. This capability allows pharma marketers to gain valuable insight into specific healthcare needs.
In contrast, a patient who has been recently diagnosed with cancer will benefit from more action-inducing content about finding a physician and a second opinion on treatment because time will be of the utmost importance to maximize their patient outcomes. . How to manage common sideeffects. Preparing for treatment.
Whether it’s a desperately needed vaccine for a contagious disease, new research on sideeffects or success of treatments, or a life-saving treatment using new technology, pharmaceutical marketers must be ready for whatever new developments arise. Market research only tells part of the story.
What are people saying about your products on social media? What sideeffects are they talking about? . You don’t need 25 pieces of information from them to set up a phone call or follow-up with the physician to learn more. So, how can you be empathetic and put the patient at the forefront of every decision you make?
It is primary care physicians who are looking into the general population to help determine if there’s disease there. I had relationships with physicians because of my career, thankfully. One of the beautiful parts of social media is that we can connect with people far away very easily. He said he wouldn’t do it.
The panelists also discussed the impact the pandemic has had on ‘regular,’ non-COVID-19 care, clinical sideeffects of lockdown, and whether it is safe for patients to return to the doctor’s office. What impact has the pandemic had on your preventative care and elective procedure volumes?
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In recent years, social media has evolved into an essential part of pharma operations, for better or worse. Within the life sciences space, traditional ways of leveraging social media include marketing and spreading awareness of a disease or treatment. Healthcare Provider (HCP) marketing.
A couple of years ago, I first wrote about how social media’s role in the Pharma and healthcare sectors has been growing exponentially. In recent years, social media has evolved into an essential part of Pharma operations, for better or worse. . Over half of HCPs reportedly notice relevant ads and posts on their social media feeds.
There was in those days, social media was sort of a little bit of an outcast, in terms of the major conferences didn’t focus on it too much. So, a bunch of us who were really into social media said, “Look, we’re going to have an unconference”, you know, sort of Like, yeah, a satellite conference. So you kind of stood out.
The Media Promotes Weight Loss Drugs But… The headlines are all over social media. They can be expensive and have serious sideeffects. An app called Calibrate offers personalized coaching and access to physician-prescribed GLP-1 agonists for $1,649 per year or $138 per month.
Addressing difficult-to-treat diseases and disorders, quickly, safely, and with little to no sideeffects is a positive boon to our overburdened health system.
Dr. Flora also talks about how approaching marketing as a shared mission adds value to the doctors work and boosts their confidence, particularly through media training. For healthcare marketers looking to build effective, doctor-led campaigns, this podcast offers practical advice on how to get doctors more involved and improve patient care.
SUMMARY: The numbers game for COVOD-19 vaccine makers has started but what most of the public, and the media, don’t understand is that the preliminary numbers don’t mean a damn thing until they are peer-reviewed. Moderna said their Covid vaccine is more effective than Pfizer’s, with nearly 95% efficacy.
Every day there seems to be a media story on someone who died because they were unvaccinated. Some physicians have refused to see unvaccinated patients, but I’m not sure that’s a solution. The other possible sideeffect of all this could be the reluctance to try newly approved drugs.
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