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More than half of American adults look online for health information.

July 2, 2009 By Mark-Hollander Leave a Comment
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What this means for your digital marketing initiatives The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that 61% of American adults look online for health information and continue to deepen their engagement with the online world. 41% of e-patients have read someone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analytics Tagged With: fda guidance, health care communicators, health information, medical device manufacturers, New Media, roi metrics, trends

Social Media is mired in a massive hype cycle

May 23, 2009 By Mark-Hollander 1 Comment
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"Signal to Noise" refers to the ratio between the desired signal - music for example - to noise like static and hiss.  On your iPod, you want more signal and less noise. And according Brian Roy, president and founder of Cosinity a firm creating communications applications … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: 80/20 rule, facebook, roi metrics, trends

Roche to hit top in cancer sales by 2012

January 20, 2009 By Mark-Hollander Leave a Comment
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URCH reports in their newly available Cancer Market Trends 2008 - 2012 that Roche is expected to overtake Amgen as the top seller of oncology products. Only Genentech and Merck are expected to post double digit growth, causing a shift in balance for former leaders anofi-Aventis, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pharmaceuticals Tagged With: biotechnology, pharmaceutical, trends