The Ogilvy and Convosphere partnership analysed the social media activity over EASD 2018 from pharma, HCPs, experts and health organisations. To find out more from our findings, email thesocialcheckup@ogilvy.com
WHO WE ARE
CHLOE PARTIKAS
Social Director
Ogilvy Healthworld
REBECCA CANVIN
Director of Social Media
Ogilvy Healthworld
JACKIE CUYVERS
Chief Executive Officer
Convosphere
RICK EVANS
Senior Digital Strategist
Ogilvy Healthworld
EASD ANNUAL MEETING 2018
15,668 Total Tweets around
EASD 2018 (1-5 October, 2018)
54 Million Potential Impressions
4,283 Unique Authors
9.9 Mil 11 Mil 13 Mil 14 Mil
6.7 Mil
3,187
3,851
3,720
2,969
1,941
October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5
Tweets per Day
Potential Reach per Day
We analyzed Twitter coverage of EASD 2018
TWITTER COVERAGE YEAR ON YEAR
2015 2016 2017
9,243
13,391
14,512
15,668
2018
Steady increase in volume of conversation over the years
# posts using the official congress hashtag
Note: Time frame considered: 1st – 5th October, 2018
HCP SHARE OF CONVERSATIONS
27%
38% 35%
40%
2015 2016 2017 2018
HCPs make up 40% of the Twitter users talking about EASD
Note: Time frame considered: 1st – 5th October, 2018
KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS
Patients, advocating diabetes care and management, shared
conference updates
TOP AUTHORS AND MENTIONS
1,100
@EASDnews
480
@sediabetes
@redGDPS
@estebanjodar
480 410 400
@cristinatejerap
The top author was the official EASD handle
Note: Time frame considered: 1st – 5th October, 2018
390 390
250
220 210
@sociedadSEEN
@drtinahones
@dr_kevinlee
@cristobmorales
@Novonordisk
HARMONY
KEY TRIAL MENTIONS
Top two trials were based on assessing CV safety in T2D
patients
444
GSK and DCRI
CARMELINA
287
Boehringer Ingelheim
and Eli Lilly
RISE
273
NIH’s NIDDK
CANVAS
37
Janssen Research
& Development
EXSCEL
36
AstraZeneca
Note: Time frame considered: 1st – 5th October, 2018
Trial name:
Sponsored by:
Note: Time frame considered: 1st – 5th October, 2018
KEY HASHTAGS
910
13,000
EASD AWARENESS
330 370 380 410
510
3,200
DISEASE AWARENESS
Disease awareness hashtags were frequently used by those
talking about EASD
Addition of key topics is more than 100% due to categorization of individual posts into multiple topics.
Note: Time frame considered: 1st – 5th October, 2018
KEY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION BY HCPS
Research and trials on diabetes was the most frequently
discussed topic
Disease
Presentations/Sessions
Treatment
Research & Trials
48%
8%
40%
36%
24%
Comorbidities
TOP ENGAGING CONTENT
Note: Time frame considered: 1st – 5th October, 2018
The top engaging content was mainly from HCPs and researchers
ConvoScore is a weighted Twitter channel performance score, based on overall engagement on Twitter
and engagement being driven by Pharma Company Twitter handles at EASD 2018
50% 50%
Assigned weight on Overall Twitter
Performance:
Assigned weight on EASD 2018
Engagement:
Overall Twitter Performance
Twitter Posts Follower Reach
EASD 2018 Engagement
Posts around
EASD ‘18
Engagement on Posts
around EASD ’18
ConvoScore, is calculated by generating ratings based on key Twitter engagement and reach parameters which
is further rationalized to form a score between 20 to 100 with 100 being the most desirable score.
WE USED CONVOSCORE TO MEASURE
PHARMA COMPANY SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
90 80
70 60
ConvoScore is based on overall engagement on Twitter and performance of posts around EASD 2018
= used paid promotion for tweets
TOP PHARMA COMPANIES RANKED AS
PER CONVOSCORE
EASD VIRTUAL MEETING
• EASD hosted a virtual meeting
for those who were unable to
attend the congress in person
• Gave viewers the chance to
watch live sessions and poster
presentations
• There were 104,000 views of the
live sessions over the four days
• The videos are also available to
view after the event
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT?
Data is the hottest
topic (3 of the top
x 3 pieces of
content were from
HCPs/ researchers)
Pharma is using
paid promo at
congress to
amplify content
Novo led the way
in terms of
engagement and
mentions. Quality
content, paid
targeting etc
WHAT SHOULD PHARMA DO?
1.Data is the hottest
topic. Consider
how to bring this to
people who can’t
attend
WHAT SHOULD PHARMA DO?
2.Think
strategically
about paid
promotion
and how best
to amplify
CHLOE PARTIKAS
Social Director
Ogilvy Healthworld
REBECCA CANVIN
Director of Social Media
Ogilvy Healthworld
JACKIE CUYVERS
Chief Executive Officer
Convosphere
RICK EVANS
Senior Digital Strategist
Ogilvy Healthworld
info@convosphere.com
thesocialcheckup@ogilvy.com
CONTACT US
To find out more & discover
how our experts can enhance
social activity at congress
Convosphere: +44 (0)20 3858 0235
Ogilvy Healthworld: +44 (0)7770 331 436
Notas del editor
Rick
@EASDnews: The official EASD handle
@sediabetes: Spanish Society of Diabetes : Working with AZ at EASD this year to discuss news from the congress in Spanish
@redGDPS Primary care focused diabetes group in Spain
@estebanjodar: Madrid based endocrinologist
@cristinatejerap: Ferrol (ES) based endocrinologist
@sociedadSEEN: Interdisciplinary Spanish based scientific society
@drtinahones: Malaga based endocrinologist
@dr_kevinlee: Doctor who attended the congress. Mentioned that people were taking photos in the symps even though they are not supposed to
@christobmorales: Spanish based endo
@novonordisk: Diabetes focused pharma company
Rick
HARMONY
The glucagonlike peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist albiglutide (Tanzeum, GlaxoSmithKline) significantly reduces major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in type 2 diabetes patients with established cardiovascular disease compared with placebo without any additional safety concerns, according to the results of the latest post-approval cardiovascular outcomes study of a diabetes drug.
CARMELINA
Adding the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor linagliptin (Tradjenta, Lilly/Boehringer Ingelheim) to standard of care in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) at high cardiovascular risk has no impact on cardiovascular (CV), heart failure, or renal events, even in those who already have kidney disease, reveal data from the CARMELINA postmarketing outcomes study.
RISE
NIDDK-funded study shows that gastric banding is equally effective as metformin in slowing progression of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
CANVAS
Use of diuretics may increase the risk for lower limb amputations in people with diabetes, and the same hypovolemic effect might help explain the increased risk of amputations seen with the sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor canagliflozin (Invokana, Janssen), new data suggest.
EXSCEL
— Results of the large cardiovascular safety outcomes trial for AstraZeneca's once-weekly version of the glucagonlike peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist drug for type 2 diabetes, exenatide (Bydureon), showing that the agent met the goal of cardiovascular safety but failed to show any significant cardiovascular benefit, have been reported here at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2017 Annual Meeting.
Chloe
No surprises that #EASD2018 was the top mentioned hashtag as it was the official one
#FocusonA1C is a hashtag created and used at EASD by MSD
All other hashtags are related to diabetes so no suprises
Chloe
All posts analysed were by HCPs:
Research & Trials: Posts on clinical trial results, or in general around a clinical trial or research, in EASD related posts.
Presentations/Sessions: Posts which mentioned of specific sessions, presentations etc., on clinical trials or on disease areas.
Treatment: Posts which talked of treatment options for diabetes (different molecules/drugs which are under investigation, or already approved drugs, insulins, other alternative measures etc.)
Disease: Posts which mentioned of diabetes, either Type 1 or Type 2.
Co-morbidities: Comorbidities talked in conjunction with diabetes such as CV risks.
Chloe
Interesting that the top engaging content was mainly from HCPs and researchers who were at the congress and tweeting photos of study data and presentations. The Sanofi DCV tweet was promoted through Twitter ads
SANOFI: https://twitter.com/SanofiDCV/status/1046520311519137792 (PROMOTED)
CRISTINA TEJERA: https://twitter.com/cristinatejerap/status/1048099773033709568
FRANCISCO TINAHONES: https://twitter.com/DrTinahones/status/1047390843752079360
DR ALICE CHENG (Endocrinologist, Associate Professor, University of Toronto): https://twitter.com/AliceYYCheng/status/1046666037603831809
Jackie
Jackie
Becky
104,000 views of the live session over the four days
Ability to filter out industry sponsored content
Gives viewers the chance to watch live sessions, poster presentations etc
The videos are now all live and there is the option to watch them after the event, and comment.
https://www.easd.org/virtualmeeting/home.html#
Becky
Becky
People want to see the data.
How can companies present information in the exhibition hall / congress stands that makes it shareable?
Data visualisation – needs to be easy to understand.
Think about when to release the information.
EASD is a big congress and offers the virtual experience. For smaller congresses, pharma have an opportunity to provide this content to wider audience
Chloe
Here are some examples of paid posts that performed well. Many didn’t. Video content is always more popular and as it is potentially more costly and time consuming to produce and subtitle, it’s always worth promoting. Particularly if it features a relevant vox pop. This clip from Novo Nordisk with a doctor speaking is perfect as it features someone at the congress. A real doctor, speaking to the audience who are there.
The post from Sanofi is very detailed but it’s data and facts, which we know perform well at congress time. This is perhaps a bit hard to read on a phone but it’s colourful and easy to grasp. Even if the minutiae are detailed, the basic point of the slide is simple to grasp.
Rick
Lots of the top posters were in Spanish. It was really interesting to see that the SED, the multidisciplinary diabetes society from Spain were hosting a satellite local language virtual event in Spanish, offering conference news and opinion in local language. This is a really great idea as it’s offering something different, something more relevant to local physicians in Spain, who may not speak English well enough to follow the presentations. Also, the satellite event capitalises on the fact that people are talking on social, but sidesteps the rules and restrictions that the congress put upon social media. In smaller congresses where there is no Virtual Congress experience this is a great way to share news of the congress with a wider audience. If the congress aren’t doing this themselves, what a great opportunity for pharma to work with a 3rd party group and enable this.