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		<title>Pharma&#8217;s Branding Problem</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Brand Gap: Expanded Edition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A brand is a person&#8217;s gut feeling about a product, service, or company. What&#8217;s the average person&#8217;s gut feeling about pharma today? When enough individuals arrive at the same gut feeling, a company can be said to have a brand. A brand is not what you say it is. It&#8217;s what your CUSTOMERS say it [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>A <a class="zem_slink" title="Brand" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand">brand</a> is a person&#8217;s <strong>gut feeling</strong> about a product, service, or company.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><em>What&#8217;s the average person&#8217;s gut feeling about pharma today?</em></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>When enough individuals arrive at the same gut feeling, a company can be said to have a brand.</p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffffff">A brand is not what you say it is. It&#8217;s what your CUSTOMERS say it is.</span></p></blockquote>
<p><em><strong>What are people </strong></em><strong><em>saying</em></strong><em><strong> about pharma?</strong></em></p>
<blockquote><p>TRUST is the ultimate shortcut to a buying decision, and the bedrock of modern branding.</p></blockquote>
<p><em><strong>How do the recent Pfizer and Lilly billion dollar settlements affect the industry&#8217;s trust and brand? </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Does anyone care?</strong></em></p>
<p>Postscript: Pfizer&#8217;s Kindler advises executive soul-searching- Fierce Pharma <a href="http://bit.ly/7yMid3">http://bit.ly/7yMid3</a> &#8211; via @cafepharma</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321348109?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thingspharmac-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0321348109">The Brand Gap: Expanded Edition</a><img style="border:none !important;margin:0px !important" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thingspharmac-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0321348109" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></p>
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