QUICK READ: The Federal Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) on Wednesday issued the first warning letter specific to paid-search ads since 2014. The FDA said that the…
Pharma profits are very healthy
QUICK READ: Researchers writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that in the years between 2000 and 2018, 35 big drug companies received a combined revenue of $11.5 trillion,…
Is Facebook right for pharma?
QUICK READ: The Washington Posts said: “After years of avoiding social media, drug companies are growing bolder about advertising on Facebook and other social networks, according to interviews with advertising…
Additional salespeople not going to help fish oil
KEY IDEA: Amarin feels that adding salespeople might be the answer to make Vascepa a blockbuster. They are also ramping up TV ads in support but will it make a…
DTC: The environment has changed
QUICK READ: Healthcare costs are a key part of the upcoming election but misinformation spreads quickly as we are learning with the Coronavirus. Yes, some drug prices are high but…
Incompetence: The US response to the Coronavirus
QUICK READ: The actual fatality rate for the normal flu is about 0.1 percent, and while the overall death rate for COVID-19 indeed seems to be about 2.3 percent. As…
Obesity is more dangerous to public health than the Coronavirus
QUICK READ: In 2017–2018, the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity in adults was 42.4%, and there were no significant differences between men and women among all adults or by age group. …
Americans are in the midst of a sex recession
QUICK READ: American teenagers and young adults are having less sex. Today’s young adults are on track to have fewer sex partners than members of the two preceding generations. People now in their…