Pharmaceutical Marketing

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 Generic medicines: Medicines that are

identified by a descriptive or official name,


as opposed to branded medicines
 Branded medicines: Medicines that are
identified by a trade name
 Patented medicines: Medicine wholesale is
protected by patent rights
 OTC Medicines: Medicines used for self-
medication and can be sold without a
doctor’s prescription
Pharmaceuticals Organizations department

The Pharma functioning can be divided into five:

i. Main Function - Sales and Marketing

ii. Medical Department

iii. Manufacturing

iv. Research & Product Development

v. Support Department
Pharmaceuticals Organizations
department

The main department sales and marketing can be further

divided into two as ,

i. Marketing and PMT team

ii. Sales team (field staff)

Pharma Marketing
Pharmaceuticals Organizations
department
Marketing and PMT team functions:
‘ It’s a thinking brain of any Pharma Company
 Development of strategy
' Brand Development and Branding ' Promotion
 Marketing strategy
 Decision making
 New brands Launch or withdrawal of any brands
 Media Planning ‘
 Training '
 Brand Projection
Pharmaceuticals Organizations department
contd

■ Sales team (field staff) function:

•' They generates sale by meeting the customers

■ Strategy Implementers

■ Eyes and ears of the company in the field

■ Sales Projection, Territory projection

Pharma Marketing
Pharmaceutical Product Marketing and
Sales
■ Pharmaceutical professional belong to an extraordinary
class.
■ Healthcare professional job is unique, special and
rewarding.
■ One is engage in healthcare business for,
■ Improving the overall quality of life of people
around, service the customer / doctors by giving
them latest medical information
■ Present before them logical prescribing alternatives
■ Facilitate continues medical learning.
■ Doctors all over the world agree, they depend on Medical
Detail men for a big portion of latest medical information.
1 Pharma Marketing
Types of selling
a) Consumer selling

Media Consumer
Product
advertisement (Customer)

b) Healthcare selling

Customer Consumer
Product (Doctor) (Patient)
Customer

•Pharmaceutical selling is an indirect selling

•One promote a particular product to a doctor who identifies r


the need of that particular product to a particular patient and
prescribes the same hence, a doctor becomes a customer and
patient become a consumer.

•Similarly the chemist honors the prescription raise by the


doctor’s and the stockiest supply the stocks to the chemist
while the C & F agent who hold the stock on behalf of the
companies.
Who is the customer?

■ Similarly in pharmaceutical selling you promote a


particular product to a doctor who identifies he need of that
particular product to a particular patient and prescribes the
same

■ Hence, a doctor becomes a customer and patient become


a consumer.

■ That is the reason pharmaceuticals selling is considered


as indirect selling.

■ In this profession you may not meet the actual consumer


of your product.

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