Merck, Glaxo Wellcome offering disease management guides through DTC ads, toll-free numbers.
Executive Summary
MERCK "SURVIVING HIGH CHOLESTEROL" GUIDE AVAILABLE THROUGH TOLL-FREE NUMBER involving an extensive health questionnaire administered to callers. Merck is advertising the guide via television and print ads that began Jan. 29. The campaign, from Ogilvy & Mather, is running simultaneously with print ads for Zocor (simvastatin).