By Guy Mastrion (@gmastrion)
Across all industries, people are using new technologies, tactics and communication mediums to connect with customers and accelerate business momentum. What qualities do other industries possess that can be beneficial to pharma?
Retail – Think Outside the Store
Retail has broken free from brick-and-mortar establishments and catalog shopping to include social media, online and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'technology'
4 Things Pharma Marketing Can Learn from Other Industries
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends
Tags:brand·business·consumer needs·Education·experience·finance·innovation·marketing·mobile·online·OTC·Pharmaceutical industry·product details·regulation·retail·social media·technology·workforce
Thinking Doctors? Think Smartphones.
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion
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By Sven Larsen (@zemoga)
A recent survey investigated physicians’ use of smartphones, and how it fits in to their detailing preferences. Here are some of the top findings:
The majority of doctors own smartphones.
While just about all of them still permit detailing rep visits, the numbers are dropping.
And almost [...]
Tags:application·BlackBerry·communications·doctor·Droid·e-detailing·innovation·IPhone·prescriptions·smartphone·technology
Assimilation in Tech Development
August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion
By Russ Ward (@russcward)
Imitation is the best form of flattery. You’ve heard that cliche, right? We’re going to talk about that a little bit today. But it’s actually about more than imitation – we’re going to talk about assimilation, and how you need to be doing it.
When the word [...]
Tags:assimilation·drug·Facebook·HTML·HTML5·research·science·Social network·technology·Twitter
Pixels & Pills Talks to Kevin Kruse about ePatient Connections 2010!
August 12th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Trends
Last year’s ePatient Connections conference was the event of the year, attracting some of the most influential voices in the industry and garnering lots of positive feedback from the attendees. Pixels & Pills sat down with conference leader Kevin Kruse to talk about why we all should be attending this year’s event.
1. ePatient Connections 2009 [...]
Tags:communication·Conferences·DDMAC·Digital Tools·drug safety·Education·epatient·events·Facebook·FDA·healthcare·interviews·marketing·Online Communities·patient communities·Patients·Pharma·social media·Social network·technology·Thought Leaders·Trends·Twitter·user needs·YouTube
Zee Future Of Health
August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Trends
By Daniel Licht (@thedvl)
Recently Zemoga worked with PSFK on concepts for their new report in conjunction with UNICEF. Now those are some big names. PSFK, for those that don’t know are the leaders in innovative ideas and trend spotting. If I need to explain UNICEF then you need some rethinking of your news sources and [...]
Tags:Augmented reality·creativity·crowdfunding·Design·future·healthcare industry·innovation·mobile·PSFK·SMS·social media·technology·Trends·UNICEF
Tech Forecast: HTML5
August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Knowledge, Opinion, Trends
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By Dan Licht (@thedvl)
In a few weeks, I’ll be writing about my thoughts on Flash and its capabilities and limitations. Today we’ll look at what might be the technology to supplant it: HTML5.
A new version of HTML? What’s the big deal about that? Can that really make a [...]
Tags:advertising·Design·Flash·HTML5·monetization·SEO·technology
Tech Forecast: Nanomedicine
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends
By Guy Mastrion (@gmastrion)
Hey, did you see the trailer for that wild new science fiction movie? The one where robots are the size of cells and you can swallow them, and they’ll go to work inside you?
Well, that wasn’t actually a movie trailer – but it might have been your evening news…what’s it all about?
Nanotechnology [...]
Tags:Cancer·health reform·nanomedicine·nanoparticle·NIH·oncology·research·technology
New Jobs in Pharma: Interactive New Media Social Web Guru
July 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Opinion
By Sven Larsen (@zemoga)
Which came first – the Pixel or the Pill? That’s what we’re often asked when people talk to us about our media and marketing efforts. Of course, the real question they’re often asking us is “Do you guys know anything about Pharma or are you just winging it?”
Luckily for us, we can [...]
Tags:business·digital·marketing·metrics·Pharma industry·Sales·social media·technology·Twitter
At the Intersection of Pharmaceuticals and Technology
July 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Knowledge, Opinion
CEO of Sproxil, Inc. Ashifi Gogo’s venture into social entrepreneurship has continuously enjoyed a strong link with academia. Ashifi holds degrees in mathematics and physics and is now the Holekamp Family PhD Innovation Fellow in engineering at Dartmouth College. At Dartmouth, he earned an IEEE GOLD Humanitarian Fellowship by virtue of [...]
Tags:Ashifi Gogo·consumer decisions·counterfeit·developing countries·Direct-to-consumer advertising·Education·guest·malaria·mobile·safety·Sproxil·technology
Productivity Applications for Pharma Sales
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion
This post is part of a week-long series identifying the challenges facing Pharma sales, and determining digital solutions to deal with these obstacles.
By Bob Mason (@BobMasonPalio)
With ever-shrinking headcount and budget figures, sales and marketing teams are under more pressure than ever to make sure that their sales forces are performing optimally.
There are about 100,000 pharmaceutical [...]
Tags:Digital Tools·doctor·efficient·Epocrates·Evernote·Google Maps·Pharma·Pharmaceutical industry·Sales·Salesforce·smartphone·technology