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10 things DTC marketers should focus on in 2021

World of DTC Marketing

KEY TAKEAWAY: Consumer behavior has changed due to the pandemic, and DTC marketers should be aware of how consumers will evaluate and choose prescription drugs. Many organizations have postponed market research due to the pandemic but knowledgeable DTC marketers should be aware of the progressive trends in healthcare. Here’s my list: 1ne: DTC should focus more on providing health information about advertised medications and less on “selling.” The overwhelming majority of consum

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Keep Your 2021 Sales Pipeline Full Using the Selling Lessons of 2020

Integrity Solutions

By Will Milano. This past year laid bare some critical underlying selling skills and cracks in their sales pipeline that sales leaders were able to ignore or avoid while focusing on more immediate concerns. There’s no putting it off anymore. The good news is, we just went through a crash course in transformation — and there’s plenty to learn from it.

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Episode 36 – The Future and MedTech with Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD – The Medical Futurist

Medical Device Success

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Key points – 2021 will be a battle between science and disinformation. And, “The country where the willingness to get vaccinated is greater, wins”. Bertalan is the Medical Futurist. He and I spent some time this past week talking about the pandemic and our near term and long-term future in MedTech. If you don’t subscribe to his newsletters you should.

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YOUR BEST MEDICAL SALES STRATEGY FOR 2021

Medical Sales Guru

There is ONE THING that medical sales representatives MUST do to be relevant and SELL MORE in 2021… Medical sales professionals had their world turned upside down in 2020. Sure, some things are the same, but most HCPs are viewing their jobs through a different lens. This can be bad news for medical reps who just keep working the territory as before, but… Medical reps who know, understand and leverage the strategy that’s discussed here will find more opportunities in their terri

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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PMN WEBINAR: Video, Voice, and Virtual: Applying New Digital Technology to Enhance Customer Experience

Pharma Marketing Network

2020 was a year defined by unexpected challenges – and related opportunity – for pharmaceutical marketers. Some Key Discussion Topics Include: What have we learned about how to create connection within this new paradigm? Which recent innovations are poised to become the best practices that will create measurable impact in 2021? Tune in to listen to the Pharma Marketing Network and leading experts from GSK, Otsuka & Bayer as we navigate these trends and discuss what you need to know to

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Get everyone on the bus with strategic customer engagement

Clarity Engagement Solutions

Most of us don’t like change or are resistant to it. Just thinking about change causes us stress! We prefer to maintain things as they are vs the unknown of the future caused by change. We might deceive ourselves and say we embrace change, but in reality, it’s a much different story. If 2020 has shown us anything, it is that change is inevitable whether we like it, are prepared for it or not.

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The True Cost Of Sales Rep Turnover

Integrity Solutions

It’s important to understand what it’s really going to cost you when you lose a sales rep — and what steps you can take to minimize your turnover rates. Every sales leader can relate to that pit-in-the-stomach feeling when a star sales rep says they’re moving on. There goes the talent, the institutional knowledge, the continuity of relationships, the momentum.

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The Top 10 Medical Device Success Podcasts in 2020!

Medical Device Success

Reading time: 9 – 15 minutes Over 14,500 downloads! A BIG THANK YOU to all the podcast listeners and contributors!! 35 podcasts were produced in our inaugural year of 2020. The MDS audience came from 99 countries including Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Zambia and Uruguay! And, several times this past year we almost cracked the top 100 management podcasts in the USA.

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Rep-Lite Named Most Pioneering Hybrid Medical Contract Sales & Services Enterprise 2020 by GHP Mag

Rep-Lite

Rep-Lite has been recognized as the “Most Pioneering Hybrid Medical Contract Sales & Services Enterprise 2020” by GHP magazine in its fifth annual Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards. Jan. 8, 2021, Alpharetta, GA. Rep-Lite, a noted provider of quality medical sales talent to medical companies, has been recognized as the most pioneering hybrid medical contract sales and services enterprise for the year 2020 by Global Health & Pharma (GHP) magazine, a global information-sharing platform

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5 Trends That Will Shape Pharma Marketing in 2021

Pharma Marketing Network

Throughout the year 2020, pharma marketers were forced to explore new strategies in order to keep up with the many evolving trends. Pharma marketers have quickly learned how to adapt to these trends and are prepared to take on new opportunities in 2021. Five trends that will shape the pharma marketing industry in 2021 include media and tech, location independence, relationships despite digital congestion, questioning systems and doubt in institutions, and feelings around trust and wellness.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Get everyone on the bus with strategic customer engagement

Clarity Engagement Solutions

Why do most of us fight change? . We are all biased towards maintaining the present versus taking a step into the unknown future. Evolution has made us that way. We might often say we embrace change but in reality, it’s a different story. You are not alone…. Not that long ago our ancestors could actually die trying out something new. So, no wonder cautious people now dominate the earth.

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The future of pharma depends on its employees

World of DTC Marketing

MINUTE READ: Big pharma should take a good, hard look at small biotech companies and try to better understand how they succeed and are able to make strategic decisions faster without multi-levels of bureaucracy. This week a person with whom I have the highest level of respect because of her emotional and marketing intelligence landed a position with a small biotech company as Global Marketing Director.

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Will You Be Able to Keep Your Superstars in 2021?

Integrity Solutions

Money and incentives matter, but this year more than ever they’re only part of the sales retention story. Coming off of a tough year in 2020, more employees are feeling burned out and overwhelmed. With the stresses of the pandemic, uncertainty in the business environment, and pressures of working from home and juggling personal and professional lives, we’re all looking forward to a fresh start in 2021.

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Why Equipment? Why Now?

Every Ancillary

In the wake of COVID, practices are eager to get patients back into their offices. Many patients have avoided getting preventive testing done or had their visits done virtually. What can be provided virtually is limited, particularly when it comes to diagnostic testing. Equipment gives practices a reason to call up their patients and invite them back into their office.

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Optimizing Clinical Supply Strategy: Navigating Challenges & Finding Your Ideal Model

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What Percent of the Sales Force Should Be Out of the Money? The Answer Might Surprise You

The Marketing Advantage

January 26, 2021 It is not uncommon to hear from sales compensation plan designers that approximately 10% to 15% of the pharma sales force should finish a plan period without having earned a bonus payout. The reasoning behind this idea is that when sales representatives do not earn bonuses, they will work harder next plan period to ensure that they do earn a bonus.

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PMN WEBINAR: Video, Voice, and Virtual: Applying New Digital Technology to Enhance Customer Experience

Pharma Marketing Network

Pharma-Marketing is owned and operated by eHealthcare Solutions. The post PMN WEBINAR: Video, Voice, and Virtual: Applying New Digital Technology to Enhance Customer Experience appeared first on Pharma Marketing Network.

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Webinar recap: How Cigna is Innovating their Network Design Process

Clarify Health

On December 16th, we hosted an AHIP webinar discussion about how Cigna is innovating their network design process for market expansion. Health plan experts from Clarify Health, Dr. Jegar Jasani and Chuck Feerick, interviewed two leaders from Cigna, Austin Scott and Blake Amos. Austin has spent the last eight years at Cigna with responsibility for medical economics and analytics, leading the transformation of data and analytics for their government business segment.

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10 Essential pharma content strategy must-haves

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Pharma has not embraced a content strategy when the number of online health seekers is climbing. A content management strategy can lead to a better brand-patient relationship and turn customers into brand ambassadors. I’m not a huge believer in content strategy for CPGs. I feel that there is so much content already out there that people don’t have the time to read it all.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management. We investigate using adverse event (AE) data to monitor safety and discuss a clinical analytics platform that supports collaboration and data review workflows.

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3 Reasons Why Implementations Fail

Optymyze

This is part 1 of the 3-part “Failure Series” of blogs, where we will take a deep dive into common issues that organizations face when implementing new systems and solutions.

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Storytelling: Your Most Important Skill to be Successful in Medical Sales

Every Ancillary

The medical industry presents one of the most challenging arenas to be a successful sales rep. Selling to. highly educated buyers with limited time to spare means you must make the most of your. opportunities. There are countless books and articles that have been written with tips how to succeed in medical sales, each helpful in perfecting your game.

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MY WIFE GOT COVID-19. I GOT THE VACCINE.

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Necessity Is the Mother of Innovation: Key Trends and Predictions from Biotech Showcase Digital After an Unprecedented Year That Drove Momentous Changes in Healthcare

Pharma Marketing Network

By Stephen Towers, PhD. The program for this year’s Biotech Showcase Digital – the leading investor and networking conference for mostly small- and mid-cap biotechnology companies – highlighted several important advances in healthcare that have been greatly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic (to put a modern spin on the old adage, necessity is the mother of innovation ), including the embrace of digital health and advancement of novel vaccine technologies.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Webinar recap: How Cigna is Innovating their Network Design Process

Clarify Health

On December 16th, we hosted an AHIP webinar discussion about how Cigna is innovating their network design process for market expansion. Health plan experts from Clarify Health, Dr. Jegar Jasani and Chuck Feerick, interviewed two leaders from Cigna, Austin Scott and Blake Amos. Austin has spent the last eight years at Cigna with responsibility for [.].

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Katie Porter attacks pharma

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: “How big pharma takeovers destroy innovation” a report from Congresswoman Porter does make some points. Still, she is missing a lot of facts at a time when hospital and health insurance costs are soaring. I always have pointed instances in which pharma puts Wall Street first and patients second. Ms. Porter points out that R&D seems to have been replaced with mergers and acquisitions, but she misses the big picture by focusing solely on drug costs.

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Understanding The Benefits of Each Social Media Platform for Your Practice

LEVO Health

With technology being more accessible than ever, the importance of social media for growing your medical practice has never been higher. In 2020, over 3.6 billion people were using social media worldwide and this number is projected to increase to almost 4.41 billion in less than 4 years. Having a social media presence for your practice is becoming an essential tool for creating brand awareness and engaging with patients, which leads to more web traffic, leads, and appointments.

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Breaking Into Pharmaceutical Sales: Navigating the Path to Success

Pharmaceutical Representative Training

Breaking Into Pharmaceutical Sales: Navigating the Path to Success. Learn about The World of Pharmaceutical Sales- A Day in the Life of a.

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What the FDA's New Dosage Guidance Means for the Future of Clinical Research

Speaker: Dr. Ben Locwin - Biopharmaceutical Executive & Healthcare Futurist

What will the future hold for clinical research? A recent draft from the FDA provides valuable insight. In "Optimizing the Dosage of Human Prescription Drugs and Biological Products for the Treatment of Oncologic Diseases," the FDA notes that "targeted therapies demonstrate different dose-response relationships compared to cytotoxic chemotherapy, such that doses below the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) may have similar efficacy to the MTD but with fewer toxicities.

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How to do Video Interview for Job in Medical Sales (Zoom, Skype, WebEx, FaceTime, GoToMeeting)

Global Edge Recruiting

Global Edge Recruiting. How to do Video Interview for Job in Medical Sales (Zoom, Skype, WebEx, FaceTime, GoToMeeting). How to do Video Interview for a Medical Sales Job Hurray! You got a call from your recruiter or human resource manager asking you to do a video interview. The first question to ask is what platform the company uses. Companies today have access to a variety of different online providers, such as FaceTime, Skype, […].

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PharmD-2021 | September 20-22 | Washington D.C.

Pharma Marketing Network

Scientia Meetings cordially invites all the participants from all over the world to attend “International Conference on Pharmaceutical Research and Drug Development” which will be held during September 20-22, 2021 in Washington D.C. PharmD-2021 provides many exciting opportunities for scientists to create a unique program to hear presentations most suited to one’s personal interests by going back and forth among concurrent conferences.

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New Research: Telehealth Trends Among the Commercially Insured

Clarify Health

Much like how many consumers are turning to Amazon or Instacart delivery instead of in-store shopping during the pandemic, early data suggests that large swaths of the US population are choosing telehealth encounters instead of in-person visits with their healthcare providers. However, a key difference between the virtualization of services in healthcare and other industries is the complexity around healthcare data availability and useability to assess consumer trends.

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The complicated ROI measurement for pharma

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: The LinkedIn team had a unique take on measuring ROI. “77% of marketers measure ROI within the first month of their campaign, knowingly trying to “prove ROI in a shorter amount of time than their typical sales cycle., while only 4% of marketers even measure ROI over a six-month period or longer.” So how should DTC marketers really measure ROI?

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten