June 26, 2018 — By Michael Parenti, Senior Engagement Strategist, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness Real world evidence and data privacy regulations were among the hot topics at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication 2018 Rising Leaders Conference on Healthcare Policy. A source of much corporate concern, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) finally went […]
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June 11, 2018 – In light of recent data breaches and controversies in the news, such as the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica situation, data privacy concerns are front and center in the minds of consumers and regulators, according to Stuart Ingis, Partner, Venable LLP, and Counsel, Digital Advertising Alliance. “It’s a very exciting and interesting time for […]
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June 4, 2018 – The answer to the question of whether or not the presidency of Donald Trump has been good for the advertising business appears to mostly be a “yes,” according to 4As Executive Vice President of Government Relations Dick O’Brien, who spoke in Washington, D.C., at a recent session of the Coalition for […]
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May 29, 2018 – As the dust settles on the Trump administration’s drug pricing blueprint, the pharmaceutical industry is facing a mixed bag of potential short- and long-term impacts, according to Kate Rawson, Senior Editor, Prevision Policy and The RPM Report. Rawson, who spoke May 23 at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication Rising Leaders Conference […]
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By John Kamp, Coalition for Healthcare Communication Executive Director May 16, 2018 — Pharma fared quite well Friday at a White House press briefing outlining ways to reduce drug prices. Indeed, Wall Street responded by increasing the share prices of major drug companies, and even the share prices of payers and insurers, longtime marketing “frenemies.” […]
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May 14, 2018 – Leaders and rising stars in the healthcare communications field – in advertising, marketing, medical communications, journal publishing and digital platforms – will get both information about what is going on in Washington healthcare policy and access to key Washington contacts at the Coalition for Healthcare Communication Rising Leaders Conference on Healthcare […]
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April 24, 2018 – When Sharon Callahan, Chief Client Officer, Omnicom, and CEO, TBWA\WorldHealth, was approached by a small group of women in advertising to support the start of a Time’s Up Advertising movement, she didn’t hesitate to sign an open letter putting industry on notice that sexual harassment is not okay. “There were 14 […]
Read more April 9, 2018 – During a turbulent time in Washington, D.C., healthcare marketers and communication professionals likely have many questions about how the Trump administration’s priorities will impact their industry, how new data privacy regulations that may result from Facebook’s misuse of data will impact their jobs, how a focus on drug pricing could lead […]
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By Karsten Risch, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Havas Health & You Promoting fraudulent or ignorant medical practices used to be called quackery. Of course, the tendency to cite anecdotes as conclusions without supporting data is widespread — and not limited to healthcare — and has increasingly been called “fake news.” In particular, social […]
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Nov. 28, 2017 – The Coalition for Healthcare Communication supports Alex Azar to become the next Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, according to a Nov. 28 letter from the CHC to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), […]
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