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Pharmaceutical training boost: how the growth and skills levy could shape industry development

European Pharmaceutical Review

Growth and Skills Levy – enabling greater training flexibility Since its introduction in 2017, the Apprenticeship Levy has generated over 21 billion from UK employers, increasing apprenticeship funding from 1.5 billion in 2017/18 to 2.5 billion in 2023/24.

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Half a million-dollar bonus for cancer drug price increase

World of DTC Marketing

Porter then moved on to tear apart the $13 million Alles made in 2017 as Celgene’s CEO. This is a drug that has seen yearly price increases at a time when it’s facing more competition. ” Porter rhetorically responded, outlining how the average senior in her district couldn’t even afford one pill.

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470% price increases

World of DTC Marketing

For a patient taking 3 tablets daily, the annual net price of Imbruvica increased from $72,587 in 2013 to $115,533 in 2017 (the last year for which AbbVie provided the Committee data). AbbVie has obtained or applied for over 250 patents on Humira to block competition from lower-priced biosimilars. net revenue from Humira.

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Insulin prices demonstrate pharma’s greed

World of DTC Marketing

Free market forces are clearly not operational; there is limited competition on price, the person who needs the product is not in a position to negotiate the price, and there is no relationship of price increases over time compared with overall market inflation. Second, the pricing is not the product of a free market economy.

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Regional inequalities threatening Europe’s biosimilars market

European Pharmaceutical Review

The report noted that biosimilar adoption levels vary significantly across Europe because of differences in baseline use of biologics, biosimilar reimbursement, procurement, policies, and education, based on research published in a paper in the Journal of Market Access & Health Policy in 2017.

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3 Common Challenges in SaaS Sales

Integrity Solutions

And any number of those challenges has likely contributed to the findings by The Sales Management Association that only 51% of salespeople across all industries made quota in 2017. This is a trap that even experienced technology salespeople can fall into because of how crowded and competitive the SaaS market is.

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The Edge That Will Help Sales Leaders Get Ahead

Integrity Solutions

For more on this, check out our 2017 research, Turbo-Charging Passion to Drive Sales Performance.). Of course, that means the few organizations that are doing it right can claim a huge competitive advantage. Our data showed that high performing coaches blend a review of current performance, skill development and improving motivation.

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