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Piloting the storm

The threat of being permanently tagged as a model of social irresponsibility haunts the pharmaceutical industry in emerging markets like Brazil.For different reasons the conditions to put the performance of the industry at center-stage are gradually...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Author: Fabián Echegaray

Company: Market Analysis

February 6, 2006

Semiotic codes in the pharmaceutical industry

This paper looks at how trust, authority and science is currently 'communicated' in the pharma and other sectors.Semiotic analyses show how it is possible to leverage certain codes in order to build different types of trust relationships with...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Author: Diane Fox-Hill

February 6, 2006

Calculating the eROI for pharmaceutical websites

This paper seeks to provide some evidence on the return on investment of a website (e-ROI) using a longitudinal web survey methodology.Using data from 459 respondents, the results show that almost two out of three site visitors consult a doctor after...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Authors: Christophe Vergult, Fonny Schenck, Niels Schillewaert

February 6, 2006

Patient insights

In a survey among 500 chronically ill patients in Germany, three heterogeneous clusters could be identified: the actively informed; the uninformed disciples; the critical deciders.The three clusters significantly differ with regard to their coping...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Authors: Joachim Scholz-Ligma, Nicole Weber

Company: Produkt + Markt GmbH & Co. KG

February 6, 2006

Hand held devices

For many reasons hospitals have access restrictions that limit market research and data collection.This paper describes an alternative and efficient method to perform hospital market research using hand held devices and an anesthesiology software for...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Authors: Daniela Dening, Carlos Eduardo Reis

February 6, 2006

Taking the cost out of R&D and researching again

As consumer healthcare costs escalate, the pharmaceutical industry continues to lose consumer trust. Pharmaceutical companies can reduce consumers drug costs as a route to improving the industry's image by reducing prices and thereby profits; or...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Author: Bob Leitman

February 6, 2006

Beyond the patient

This paper is based upon the research findings of an independent study carried out to investigate the world of the modern healthcare consumer.Taking chronic back pain as an example condition, this paper describes how a holistic approach to research,...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Author: Tom Atkinson

Company: Insight Research Group Ltd.

February 6, 2006

Changes in patient behavior in seeking medical help

As a result of various environmental influences, changes in patient behavior in seeking medical help have been identified and have received great attention from the public and the industry.Obviously, the implication of the changes would be profound...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Author: Hongfei Zhang

February 6, 2006

Partners in innovation

This paper addresses innovative online qualitative research with pharmacists across Canada. The paper explores why innovation is crucial to business success and how companies can work together to foster new ideas; how an online methodology yielded...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2004

Authors: Mike Gadd, Laurie Thompson, Rachelle Deshaies

November 28, 2004