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Online Media Trends

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Research, a leader in syndicated research and marketing services for the health and pharmaceutical industry, announced today that the strategic research and advisory service ePharma Consumer(R) is available for subscribing clients. This online study of U.S. consumers includes trended data for over five years coupled with insight from one of the world's leading authorities on healthcare and information technology adoption.

"ePharma Consumer provides our agency and pharmaceutical clients with insight into how consumers are using branded and unbranded pharma properties online today," states Meredith Abreu Ressi, VP Research for Manhattan Research. "Combining this research with server and usage data is critical to painting a complete strategic picture of the online consumer marketing and media landscape."

ePharma Consumer(R) explores topics such as online pharmaceutical information resources, DTC advertising, utilization and trust of online Rx information, pharmaceutical company and Rx product websites, search engine use, use of blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networking, and more. Global pharma companies and agencies alike rely on this advisory service year after year for budget planning, product site development, market sizing, and ROI measurement for online initiatives.

The ePharma Consumer(R) research and advisory service helps planners and marketers to:
-- Examine consumer use of pharmaceutical information online and trends

over time

-- The impact of Web 2.0 on consumer pharmaceutical marketing strategy

-- Utilization trends for 30+ corporate and 150+ branded product sites

-- Determine the profile of online visitors by brand (Rx status,

caregiver, or information seeker)

-- Assess the actions taken offline after visit
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