Is marketing to blame?

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Some people believe that marketing, when it comes to pharmaceuticals, is crossing over to the dark side. What happened to make marketing such an important role in whether a drug is successful or not, and has marketing to both HCP's and consumers crossed the line ? In an era of increased consumer power it isn't always the best product that succeeds anymore, it may come down to the best marketing. Read More...
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Another hangover for pharma...

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Well one look at today's Wall Street Journal section on pharmaceuticals is enough to make a portfolio manager downgrade all pharma stocks. Avandia could cause heart attacks, Amgen gets a subpoena from the New York, and a Novartis drug could cause kidney failure. What does this all mean? Well for pharmaceutical companies it could mean that portfolio managers are going to direct more investment dollars away from pharma and biotech but there are also some serious implications for DTC marketers. Read More...
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