Entrepreneurs? Please — Disrupt Healthcare!

I was inspired to write this post to answer a question on Quora: “Can a consumer internet entrepreneur cross over into the healthcare space with limited domain expertise?” Absolutely. But you will need – A compelling motive. I know of a CEO who was trained as a lawyer. Her child had a rare disease and [...]

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Optical Care – Tips to Improve Your Vision

Many vision problems begin inconspicuously. If you are not mindful of your eyes, these small harmless symptoms will soon foster into major medical concerns that may leave you blinded. The remedy to a healthy 20/20 vision is simple, but it requires discipline and dedication on the behalf of the individual. Find below some helpful household [...]

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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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74% of Medical Students Believe Pharma Sponsored Grand Rounds are Biased

PLoS medicine did an analysis of medical students’ attitudes toward pharma marketing to them, and not surprisingly, they’re skeptical and confused. I say not surprising because that attitude translates to how physicians feel about pharma, except they are more indignant: “What, Me, corruptible?! How dare you! Sir, I am a PROFESSIONAL!” I’ll let Robert Cialdini, [...]

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Pharma and Social Media: It’s Not About Controlling the Conversation, but Finding the Right Venues for Engagement

Now that Facebook Pages is to Marketing what LinkedIn Profiles is to Job Seeking – pharma companies are in pickle: Facebook is going to open up comments no matter what. This means pharma companies can no longer restrict people from commenting on their Facebook pages. Er…. DUH! Why is this big news? People get on [...]

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