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Pharma advertising is drawn to the centerpiece visual, the image that crams all the key message points into a single, discrete unit. Otherwise known as the Iconic School, this approach has gained a wide following in pharma.

First of all, words are something of a risk in pharma ads. Why? Well, words have a habit of meaning something, and real meaning can be a problem to the lawyers and regulators who comprise the approval committees. Words, you see, make claims, tell stories, generate meanings--scary stuff!

The pharma ad business should really be called the pharma sales aid business. That's because the bulk of our creative and marketing activities ...

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