Activism & Advocacy

Pharma Patient Connection: Insight is the Missing Link to Authenticity

This is based on a presentation I gave to DTC Perspectives’ Marketing to the Digital Consumer conference, October 12-13, 2011 in Fairfield New Jersey. Authenticity in Pharma-Patient Connection

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Pharma Companies that Can’t Handle Comments Should Get Off Facebook, Good Riddance!

Jonathan at Dose of Digital talks about pharma’s fear of Facebook pages centering around 2 issues that pharma thinks require 24/7 monitoring: Adverse Events and negative publicity. I hear the same excuse on why pharma companies are so scared to look at patient comments on blogs: adverse events. I’m sorry, but adverse events are happening [...]

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Stop Pretending You Don’t Know, Pharma Companies!

I remembered years ago I was speaking to a Forest employee who told me how proud she was to be working at Forest because of how ethical the company and the CEO was. That same employee was critical of me for talking to the WSJ about some of the less ethical practices that pharma companies [...]

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How Ear Infections in Toddlers Affect Speech Development

Indirectly, ear infections can lead to the congestion of inner ear canals that interfere with proper hearing. Because very young children and toddlers’ auditory structures aren’t configured yet the same way as adults, the fluid that accumulates aren’t always drained and ends up staying in the ear causing ear infections. This in turn simulates a [...]

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Which Side Are You Really On, Jane Chin?!

I received what is probably the most passionate email from a reader of this blog that I’ve ever gotten since creating NakedMedicine.com in 2006. The email concludes with this: I can’t figure out what your agenda is Ms Chin. Are siding with the poor hard working physicians who are fighting a losing battle with their [...]

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