The authors are affiliated with the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, in University, Miss. Dr Yang is assistant professor in the department of pharmacy administration. Ms Thumula is a graduate student in the department of pharmacy administration. Dr Pace is a research scientist at the Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management. Dr Banahan is director of the Center for Pharma...

Recent years have seen an "explosion" in the abilities of scientists to use neuroscience in new domains. Unfortunately, it is little known and reported on how advertising companies make more effective pharmaceutical drugs commercials. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how neuromarketing techniques may impact the consumer response to pharmaceutical advertising campaigns. The result shows t...

Many studies have shown that pharmaceutical marketing affects prescribing choices. Studies that have assessed the effects of educational interventions on perceptions of pharmaceutical promotion have found mixed results. This study assesses the short-term effects of an educational intervention about marketing tactics on the attitudes and fund of knowledge of residents, medical students, and atte...

There is evidence that drug-marketing techniques affect doctors' prescribing practices. This has ethical implications for doctors, as it affects the trust required in the doctor-patient relationship. Doctors need to recognise they are affected by drug marketing, and take steps to maintain their independence from the pharmaceutical industry.

The majority of research on the pharmaceutical sector has focused on an overall micro economic, medical oriented welfare issues, whereas the marketing management role of the innovative drug manufacturer has to a large extent been disregarded. Using the case of Turkey, through a series of in-depth interviews with highly innovative companies, other marketing management possibilities to develop pr...

Background: Development of EU guidelines Guideline (GL) in the pharmaceutical legislative framework represents a harmonised EU approach based on the most up-to-date scientific knowledge to facilitate planning the overall pharmaceutical product development, the preparation of applications for marketing authorisations by the pharmaceutical industry and the assessment, approval and control of medi...

Purpose: This research aims to identify key factors that influence physicians’ drug selection decisions as well as the main sources of information for physicians about new drugs and the most effective “reminder methods” used by pharmaceutical sales representatives. This study fills a gap within the existing literature by identifying the most important factors that affect physicians’ drug select...

Pharmaceutical marketing has become a mainstay in U.S. health care delivery and traditionally has been directed toward physicians. In an attempt to address potential undue influence of industry and conflicts of interest that arise, states and the recently upheld health care reform act have passed transparency, or "sunshine," laws requiring disclosure of industry payments to physicians. The Cent...

Two courses, advanced decision-making and pharmaceutical marketing, were combined in a collaborative process to mimic how the pharmaceutical industry determines the potential of new drugs. Integrated student teams worked together to complete semester-long projects and taught each other their respective knowledge areas—marketing and statistics. Real-world data for medical and pharmacy claims pay...

“We try never to forget that medicine is for the people. It is not for the profits. The profits follow.”1 This noble mantra is longforgotten in today’s world of extreme pharmaceutical marketing tactics, which are frequently deceptive and supported by biased information. Pharmaceutical manufacturers often appear to forget their moral purpose and instead engage in the hard sell, stopping at nothi...