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1990 Obra 90 passes, requiring all pharmacists to counsel Medicaid patients on their prescriptions
1992 Pre launch of MediZine
1993 Development of Consumer Health Educational Marketing platform
1994 MediZine is incorporated
1995 Industry-wide DTC surpasses $500 Million
1995 First issue of MediZine Guidebook is published and distributed via eight pharmacy chains
1997 DTC budgets grow substantially as DTC moves to broadcast
1998 MediZine Guidebook is distributed in 50 pharmacy chains, making it the nation's largest consumer health magazine
1999 MediZine Guidebook is distributed in 100,000 doctors' offices
2001 MediZine acquires Permission Marketing vehicles, REMEDY and the REMEDYDirect database
2002 REMEDY, distributed in 75,000 doctors' offices, becomes the nation's third largest health magazine
2002 MediZine Guidebook is renamed MediZine's Healthy Living, distributed through 67 major retailers
2003 MediZine launches Diabetes Focus, the nation's largest consumer diabetes magazine, distributed at the pharmacy counter
2003 MediZine surpasses 60,000,000 readers, annually
2004 MediZine launches Diabetes Focus Español
2004 Vioxx scare: DTC slows after hitting the $4 billion mark
2005 MediZine surpasses 100 National Awards of Merit in the health category
2005 Industry-wide movement toward educating the consumer
2006 MediZine launches MDminute
2007 MediZine surpasses 125,000,000 readers annually
2007 Two of MediZine’s publications receive prestigious MM&M Consumer Publication of the Year Awards – Diabetes Focus - GOLD, MediZine’s Healthy Living – FINALIST
2007 MediZine launches REMEDYDirect Online, a program that provides high quality permission based consumer acquisition opportunites for brands to open a dialog with targeted solution seekers
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