Social Listening to Understand the Unmet Needs of Patients

Social Listening to Understand the Unmet Needs of Patients By Marina Shayevich and Sara Ray Across healthcare, patients lament the imperfection of pharmaceutical treatment. Although grateful to have life saving and life improving medications, patients are often met with frustration at the limitations of their medications. Nowhere is that more evident than in rare diseases, where the rarity of the illness may lead to a scarcity of available, approved pharmaceutical treatment options. Many patients are left to turn to off-label medication use in the effort to get the best solution possible. Even then, these treatments do not [...]