Cegedim Strategic Data,
leading provider of integrated healthcare market research and worldwide
promotional audits, has initiated a study comparing the ranking of
pharmaceutical companies' spend on traditional promotional channels to their
presence on two leading social media channels - Facebook and Twitter.
The analysis of social network
presence was conducted worldwide for November 2011 focusing on the top 100
pharmaceutical companies in terms of traditional sales force and marketing
channel spending. CSD then identified the Top 30 pharmaceutical companies for
Facebook and for Twitter based on their presence and healthcare-focused
activities.