patient-centered marketing

4.16.2012 Direct-to-Patient and DTC

Purdue Plans Big DTC Campaign for Intermezzo

By Jeremy Spivey, Senior Research Analyst Advertising Age reports that Purdue Pharma is planning a major DTC ad campaign for its new product, Intermezzo. Although Intermezzo is based on the same active ingredient molecule as Ambien, a sublingual administration...
 

3.30.2012 Marketing

Patients Are Non-Adherent for a Multitude of Reasons

By Michelle Vitko, Senior Research Analyst In an earlier blog post, I discussed the cost of patient non-adherence -- poorer health outcomes for patients and billions of dollars in lost product revenue. Low adherence rates have been a problem for a...
 

3.16.2012 Marketing

As Patients Turn to Internet, Companies Build Dedicated Adherence Teams

By Michelle Vitko, Research Analyst Drug companies are increasingly building centralized Patient Adherence teams, as revealed in our latest study on patient adherence. This is a recent development, with most companies reaching the decision to create...
 

2.10.2012 Marketing

Data Sneak Peek: Which Groups Are Involved in Patient Adherence Teams?

By Michelle Vitko,Research Analyst The Research team is right in the middle of our new study of patient adherence and compliance, and we've now interviewed executives from a variety of companies in the life sciences industry about their patient adherence...
 

2.9.2012 Marketing

ePharma Summit Day 3 – That’s a Wrap!

By Casey Ferrell,Research Analyst Okay, it’s been almost 24 hours since ePharma Summit 2012 wrapped. Like a good holiday feast, if you did it right you’re probably still digesting the experience like I am. Day One’s symposia offered a more intimate...
 

2.7.2012 Marketing

ePharma Summit Day Two Roundup – Starting the Conversation

By Casey Ferrell,Research Analyst Well, we’re two thirds of the way through the 2012 ePharma Summit. Day One was a full day of symposia, while Day Two was a mishmash of sessions, keynotes, thought leader panels, futurists, multichannel tracks, examples...
 

1.3.2012 Lifecycle Management

Pfizer Aims to Retain Lipitor Patients for a Little Longer

By Jeremy Spivey,Senior Research Analyst After years of nurturing its global blockbuster and trying to prepare for patent expiration, Pfizer's Lipitor is finally open to direct generic competition in the United States. Ranbaxy, which has 180 days of...
 

12.20.2011 Marketing

New Survey Aims to Uncover Most Effective Patient Adherence Tactics and Strategies

By Michelle Vitko,Research Analyst Experts estimate that patient non-adherence costs the healthcare industry as much as $290 billion annually (as reported in an NEHI study). Additionally, non-adherent patients Continue reading “New Survey Aims...
 

11.1.2011 Clinical Development

Mobile Focus on Commercialization Creates Clinical Development Opportunities

By Casey Ferrell,Research Analyst Smartphones are quickly becoming the standard device consumers use to connect to friends, the internet and the world at large. The share of smartphones as a proportion of overall device sales has increased to 29 percent...
 

9.22.2011 Marketing

Is Technology the Solution to Patient Non-Adherence?

By Michelle Vitko,Research Analyst Experts estimate that patient non-adherence drains close to $300 billion of revenue from the healthcare and life sciences industry in the US alone. In our own research, surveyed pharmaceutical executives revealed that...