Some differential implications of classical Marx-Strohhacker theorem are extended for multivalent functions. These results are also generalized for functions with fixed second coefficient by using the theory of first order differential subordination which in turn, corrects the results of Selvaraj and Stelin [On multivalent functions associated with fixed second coefficient and the principle of subordination, Int. J. Math. Anal. {bf 9} (2015), no.~18, 883--895].