The objective is to understand the unmet needs related to the diagnosis and management of patients with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD).
Authors
Sharon Parish, Zainab Shahpurwala, Rahul Ravindranath, Amod Athavale, Nandini Hadker, and Michelle Lim-Watson
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ISPOR Meeting, May 2019
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Claims-based prediction models commonly use dichotomous indicator variables (e.g., presence/absence of disease) or count variables (e.g., frequency of claims) as predictors. The research objective was to compare the predictive ability of this standard model with other models that account for the sequence of events. The models were applied in the context of predicting hypoparathyroidism diagnosis among Medicare beneficiaries.
Authors
Site Li, Bingqing Yu, Xinyi Wang, Guangyan Yu, Diptanshu Singh, Gavin Miyasato, Masanao Yajima
Journal
ISPOR Meeting, May 2019
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“A key improvement that we have seen in the industry is centralizing resources — both headcount and budget — outside of the brand team. This allows companies to focus on key initiatives, such as patient health literacy, patient co-creation activities, and even call center dialogue that can help break down the barriers of a complex conversations into a human dialogue,” says Sue Lipinski, executive director, omnichannel marketing, TGaS® Advisors.
A January 2019 TGaS Advisors study polled pharmaceutical marketers about their…
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When I was a young pharmaceutical hospital representative, I had at least five products to promote to five different hospitals and to at least 12 different specialties. I vividly remember being on a conference call (on a grimy pay phone) where I was told that beginning that moment, one of our products would change from 20 percent to 90 percent of our territory’s performance weighting. And I turned on a dime. Was I or anyone else considering the effects my lack…
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Obesity is a disease that is caused and influenced by genes and the environment. Whether different etiologies or presentations of obesity result in homogeneous disease burden and/or cost is not well characterized.
The objective is to determine whether there are distinct segments within the pool of patients who are obese that are differentiated by clinical characteristics, and quantify their healthcare resource utilization (direct healthcare costs [HCC]), using U.S. claims data.
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Marissa Suh, Monica Fay, Amy McCagg, Ida Moeller, Scott…
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Sue Lipinski, TGaS® Advisors, a division of Trinity
At an individual brand level, it’s highly unlikely that social media platform activity will decrease based upon the social media scandals from 2018. Most of the marketing efforts that TGaS benchmarks are showing that brands leverage these platforms intelligently and with great consideration. Now, if their key driver analysis (KDA) or ROI analysis indicates little to no value from social media, then you will see a decrease. However, at…
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Pharma and biotech companies are innovation drivers at the frontlines of research and development. To fund and support this promising science, there is a great need for partnerships and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to drive the growth/pipeline of the industry. For these collaborative relationships to occur, understanding the value of a company’s underlying assets is of the utmost importance.
Since Trinity’s founding, multiple pharma and biotech clients have relied on its expertise in forecast and valuing assets. These engagements have…
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