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2024-10-24

Seizing the Ever-Changing Public Relations Landscape! A Case Study on Flu Education for Children

Many brands and products utilize the power of public relations to help advance their offerings or expand market size, translating originally complex and difficult-to-understand concepts into more vivid and impactful narratives. In this context, healthcare products or new concepts have also become more prevalent in people's lives with the assistance of professional medical public relations.

Public Relations as Influence: Social Communication and KOLs as Major Tools for Medical Education

However, Taiwan's regulations on medical advertising are stricter than in other countries, making it impossible to clearly state therapeutic effects or product names through heavily promotional advertisements or posters. Instead, exposure and promotion can only occur through collaborations with medical associations or third-party organizations, using a more subtle approach. This situation has changed in recent years with the rise of various digital platforms and the prominence of social media KOLs, allowing many pharmaceutical companies to gain public attention and even change behavior patterns through high traffic and viral marketing from these new channels. An example of this trend is the oral antiviral medication for influenza launched by the Japanese company Shionogi.

Influenza is an acute respiratory disease caused by the influenza virus, prevalent during the autumn and winter seasons each year. Severe cases of influenza can lead to pneumonia, myocarditis, and even death. During the influenza season, information on prevention and early treatment fills major platforms. In recent years, Caisone Public Relations has observed the flow of digital trends and the insights of young people. With the support of Shionogi and medical associations, they have successfully stepped outside traditional thinking and begun telling stories in innovative ways. 
 

"Drink More Hot Water" Line Stickers Become the Latest Catchphrase for Flu Season

When discussing influenza, it’s inevitable to mention common complications, vaccine recommendations, and antiviral medication analyses. To make the information more engaging, many pharmaceutical companies and PR firms invite well-known celebrities to serve as health education spokespeople. However, due to the constant flow of information from various brands, the public has become fatigued with flu-related content. This year, Shionogi made a bold breakthrough at the suggestion of Caisone Public Relations by inviting the popular graphic IP "Ugly White Rabbit" as a new spokesperson; "Ugly White Rabbit" has become the first non-human representative in the medical field.

Creator Paul uses the perspective of "Ugly White Rabbit" to illustrate the uncomfortable situations following a flu infection, including persistent coughing and a complete drop in HP levels. The complete set of 40 stickers titled "Flu Guardian ft. Ugly White Rabbit" has been released on the Line platform under the Taiwan Pediatric Infectious Diseases Association, tightly integrating flu health education with everyday life. A series of initiatives centered around the "Ugly White Rabbit" worldview will also be launched soon, including clinic flyers and health education animations. In this campaign, Caisone has identified the high-density integration of social media and daily life, as well as the growing trend of graphic illustrations, leading to a fresh breakthrough in the often rigid and serious realm of public health education.

 

Welcome to search for the LINE stickers: "Influenza Guardians ft.uglyrabbit" or click the link to purchase the stickers and become a flu guardian together!

https://line.me/S/sticker/28472154 
 

Public relations are rapidly changing, and Media-WIND Health Group Public Relations is seizing trends to launch multiple digital health education initiatives.

The fast-moving and unpredictable environment and technology present significant challenges for brands and PR firms but also predict a future where PR operations will be more diverse and impactful. In response, Media-WIND Health Group Public Relations has recruited talents from various fields and collaborated with numerous pharmaceutical companies to create works that are no longer rigid and complex, allowing them to maintain a strong presence in an age where information can slip away quickly.