<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/728cf6a1-347b-4e8e-95ec-df4b93bfa383/F64E8A66-0274-44F9-829B-0E5490608A5C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425" href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425" style="font-size: 11px;">www.emarketer.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425"><SPAN class="big_red_text_multiline" id="lblTitle">Pharmaceuticals and Word-of-Mouth</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425"><DIV>Less than 10% of pharmaceutical-related word-of-mouth in the US takes place online, compared with nearly three-quarters that happens in person, according to a <A target="blank" href="http://www.kellerfay.com/">Keller Fay Group</A> report. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425"><P>Nearly 70% of consumers surveyed thought that pharmaceutical information from peers was credible and believable, even if the peers were not experts. "The [word-of-mouth] majority isn't coming from healthcare professionals," Mr. Keller said. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.emarketer.com/img/C38E23A5-60B1-43B5-B1C9-E401214946BE" alt="Online vs. In Person Prescription Drug Word-of-Mouth Conversations in the US, 2008 (% of conversations)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425"><P>"Healthcare and pharmaceutical brands need to listen and measure what is being said about their brands offline and online," said Fergus Hampton, CEO of Millward Brown Precis, in a statement. "Even though more than 80% of word-of-mouth still happens offline, when it's online, it's magnified." </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425"><P>Online ad spending by pharmaceutical marketers in the US is predicted to be $173 million in 2012, up nearly 85% from the $93.6 million projected for this year, according to the <A target="blank" href="http://www.the-dma.org/">Direct Marketing Association</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.emarketer.com/img/D3764AF3-3F99-4734-90B6-722D7B61E851" alt="Online Advertising Spending by the US Pharmaceutical Industry, 2008 & 2012 (millions)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006425"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.emarketer.com/img/025DA3CD-BDC6-4CD3-8B48-EE0166742AD2" alt="Top 10 US Product Categories, Ranked by Advertising Spending, 2007 (millions and % change)" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F64E8A66-0274-44F9-829B-0E5490608A5C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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