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Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2009 Brittany Agro |
The New Sales Force The arms race is over, and it's time to reinvent pharma sales. Here's what forward-looking companies are experimenting with, and how it's working. |
BusinessWeek February 5, 2007 |
The Doctor Won't See You Now A host of forces is now converging to clamp down on hard-driving, gift-toting pharmaceutical pitchmasters who have been ambushing physicians for the last decade. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Michael Goodman |
A Very Specialty Moment Big Pharma is on a shopping spree for biologics and other specialty products. It has the money to buy them. But does it have the mojo to develop and market them successfully - or will the mid-size biopharmas make their big move? |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2005 Mike Iafolla & Steve Greco |
Under the Influence The number of influences that affect physicians' prescribing has increased and rep saturation has reached the tipping point, resulting in "customer fatigue." Companies must now take into account a plethora of influences when planning their sales and marketing efforts. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2007 Walter Armstrong |
Forecast 2007: At Sea In times of crisis, it's harder than ever to take the long view. The healing arts may be as old as humankind, but the business of pharma is still in its infancy. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2007 Davenport et al. |
Sales Slip Even before Pfizer blinked, companies were asking, "What ails sales?" In this annual survey, 50-plus pharmas and biotechs answer the hard questions about reps' productivity, profitability, and what to do about it. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Nickum & Kelly |
Missing the Mark(et) Pharmaceutical companies spend billions on data. Sales reps crowd the waiting rooms. So why is the doctor out? |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Steven Tarnoff |
How to Keep Out of Regulatory Quicksand Pharma sales teams may soon need law degrees just to keep up with the changes in federal and state mandates. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Nappi & Rodgers |
Marketing to Professionals: Streamlined Scheduling Better scheduling of sales visits can increase doctors' receptivity to pharmaceutical reps. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Patrick Burns |
Sales Management: A Sample Plan One of the pharma industry's most important promotional tools is also one of its least understood. Here are new approaches to measuring the impact of sampling--and giving reps the tools they need to use samples better. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Torsten Bernewitz |
The Force Behind Sales Forces Don't underestimate the importance of the first line manager. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2011 Frank Vinluan |
GSK's New Drug Marketing Model: Pharma Reps As Educators, Not Sellers The conversation between sales reps and doctors today is vastly different compared to one year ago. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2006 |
Sewing Up New Sales Simple, elegant lines are the backbone of any good design, including a new sales model. Get that right, and your model can be tailored to fit any customer. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2006 David Duplay |
Marketing to Professionals: A Sample Plan Sure, pharmaceutical e-sampling can save money. But there are plenty of other reasons to use it. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2011 |
Emerging Pharma Leaders 2011 Meet 2011's Emerging Pharma Leaders. Can these 30 trendsetters build competitive scale from scarcity? |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Patrick Clinton |
PharmExec's 2006 Forecast The 2006 pharmaceutical industry is under assault from Congress, the press and the public, add a complex government program that will unimaginably change industry economics, and subtract revenues from off-patent products. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2012 Wilcox et al. |
Sales Force Survey: Still Too Much Business as Usual? In the global battle for market share, the ability to adapt and mobilize your human assets around a responsive commercial model is a key variable of success. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2012 |
Emerging Pharma Leaders 2012 Meet 2012's Emerging Pharma Leaders. Can these 15 global trend setters set the mark on their time in history by doing better with less while tapping new opportunities from science and technology to build competitive scale? |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006 Scott Hull |
Back to the Future? Some states want to block access to doctor-level prescribing data. And the AMA helps members keep prescription records away from sales reps. An "old timer" remembers how he sold before databases came along. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 9, 2014 Kleinrock & Noor |
Pharm Exec's Pharma 50 2014 For those companies in this year's Pharm Exec Top 50, meeting the accelerating market demand for specialty products has become an acute strategic imperative. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2009 |
Why All the Bad Buzz? European docs have always been down on pharma - but now the US is catching on. Perhaps pharma has oversold the "service model." |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2012 |
The Personal Touch in Digital Promotion The shift from sales rep meetings to digital selling methods must include innovation and a physician-centered mindset in order to be successful. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2009 Walter Armstrong |
Attack of the Monster Merger Just when you thought it was safe to go back into M&A, the mega merger returns. What's right about Pfizer-Wyeth, and what's scary. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2007 Diane West |
Spend Trends 2007: Hang 10 Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Hits Its First Decade: Dr. Dot-Com... Digital Detailing... etc. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010 |
When the Payer IS the Player As Medicare, Medicaid, and the nation's web of private payers gain market power, how can pharma stay ahead of the cost-containment curve? |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2012 William Looney |
The Learning Curve In a wake up call to this year's Emerging Leaders a group of St. Joseph's Business School Health Management alumni say time has no limit on surprises; change for pharma is here and it's good. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2014 |
Sales Reps and the New Commercial Organization By rethinking the role of the sales rep and the new skills it demands, pharma companies can put themselves in a prime competitive position. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 3, 2007 Walter Armstrong |
Take Me to Your Leader Turnover in the top 10 pharmas has new CEOs racing to reinvent the way their companies do business. Running a large pharmaceutical company has becoming immensely complex, and requires a broad set of management skills. Even then, a CEO may never see a beloved molecule approved for drughood. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Sibyl Shalo |
Out to Lunch? For the average pharma rep, a 13-minute sales oriented meal trumps a 60-second office visit, any day of the week. |
CRM November 2009 Lauren McKay |
Pharmaceuticals -- CRM Undergoes an Experimental New Treatment An older CRM vertical gets a new dose of on-demand technology. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 William Looney |
Pharma 2012: Hard Times Before the Harvest 2012 will be a transition year for pharma, one of the most important in its history. The challenge is that many new treatments may not complete the move from 'bench to bedside' in time to plug the yawning revenue gap. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2005 |
Thought Leader: A Q&A with Steve Rauschkolb With new guidelines pressuring companies to demonstrate superior value, and an environment that will tolerate little else, pharma firms are looking toward innovation and technology to create better training methods. |
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Amy Barrett |
Pfizer's Funk Pfizer CEO Hank McKinnell helped pioneer the age of blockbuster drugs. The company now spends twice as much on sales and administrative expenses as it does on R&D. But a dearth of new products and fears over drug safety are hurting the entire industry. Is there a fix? |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2007 Walter Armstrong |
Make It New To fix pharma's business model, nothing less than big, bold, and risky fits the bill. Two radical new visions focus on getting back to the roots of innovation -- and letting a thousand flowers bloom. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2012 Ben Comer |
Compliance Kulture: The Facts Behind GSK's CIA Big Pharma talks a lot about changing its business model to one that prioritizes quality and value over quantity and waste. How do you judge a sales rep's performance if not on how much she sells? |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2005 Steve Tarnoff |
Sampling: Crimes in the Closet The pharmaceutical industry's time-honored sampling practices used to be good selling strategies. Until the Office of the Inspector General called them fraud. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2007 Jeffrey Zornitsky |
Sales Management: Get Committed By better managing relationships with physicians, pharma companies can develop a base of dedicated prescribers. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2011 |
Arming up for the Digital Revolution As a longtime advocate of new approaches to meeting customer needs in pharma, Martin Wygod sees the biggest change as the coming growth of digital platforms as the principal source of information and communication in healthcare. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2005 |
Thought Leader: Getting "Sirius" About Specialty Now, at the helm of Sirius Laboratories, a private company specializing in dermatology, Gary Barnes draws upon his experiences and offers insight into his world of specialty sales force excellence. An interview follows. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Musacchio & Hunkler |
More Than a Game of Keep Away The Prescribing Data Restriction Program takes effect in July. The AMA explains how individual doctors can keep their prescribing habits safe from reps, and how pharma can keep using the anonymous data -- if the industry polices itself. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Anbil et al. |
Managed Markets: Positioning Your Product For Success with Pull Through Strategies A patient-centric approach to drug development delivers the benefits that actually create value |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 |
Compliance: Getting Those Ducks in a Row Pharma must coordinate the efforts of medical, legal, HR, global partners and many other players in the regulatory compliance space to keep itself afloat in choppy seas. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2011 |
The Steep, Slow Climb A survey of leading experts reveals 2011's sobering reality and the trends that smart drugmakers will follow into the next decade. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Al Topin |
The Doctor-Patient Disconnect Doctor-patient conversations aren't always what we think; this basic interaction represents both a problem and an opportunity for today's drug marketers, says the author. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2009 Carrie Fisher |
Uneven Landscape The headlines are about layoffs, but some segments of pharma are still hiring. Pay, meanwhile, tightens. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2006 Davenport & Fisher |
Sales Force Survey Base pay is up and incentives are easier to earn as the pharmaceuticals industry tries to hang onto top performers and attract new talent. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2011 Robert Neumann |
iDeal Tool of Sales Trade The sleek, portable iPad, coupled with customized apps, gives sales reps a leg up. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Jason Hogg |
Marketing to Professionals: Diagnosing MD Behavior A centralized database allows pharma marketers to truly know doctors. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2013 Looney et al. |
Pharm Exec's 2013 Emerging Pharma Leaders Meet the Emerging Pharma Leaders of 2013. These 15 trend setters represent the future of an industry that knows it must change: the question is how, and to what? |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Zimmerman & Fay |
Marketing to Professionals: Dr. Ambassador The pharma industry is under siege in the news media. Smart companies must create a role for physicians as ambassadors who can raise patient confidence in drugs and the pharma industry as a whole. |