December, 2020

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Telehealth will be worth about $25 billion in 2021

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Deloitte predicts that the percentage of virtual video visits to doctors will rise to 5% globally in 2021, up from an estimated 1% in 2019. While 5% may not sound like much, consider that 8.5 billion doctor’s visits, worth a total of approximately US$500 billion. The most time-consuming task is to make an appointment with your doctor just to ask for a new Rx or an Rx renewal.

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Conversation with Badger Maps CEO Steve Benson on Selling During and After COVID-19

Medical Sales Guru

Steve Benson is the founder and CEO of Badger Maps, an incredible software that allows outside sales reps to work their territories with maximal efficiency. Steve’s company has access to data from over 5,000 companies – data that tells a story about how sales has changed since COVID-19 appeared in the U.S. In this special edition of the Medical Sales Guru Podcast and Medical Sales Channel, I interview Steve about changes in the sales landscape and what sales reps should be doing righ

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Episode 35 – CRM 1 – Critical Elements to a Productive Foundation

Medical Device Success

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes For MedTech sales to succeed in this new environment, you need Demand Generation. For Demand Generation to succeed, you need a well implemented and accepted CRM system. Only 45% of organizations use CRM for its intended purpose. Less than 40% of businesses have a CRM adoption rate over 90%. Because these statistics include large B2C companies, I suspect the adoption rate in small to medium sized MedTech companies is worse.

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[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. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the industry to experiment with new media, emerging technologies and innovative platforms to keep physicians, providers and patients informed, engaged and empowered. As telehealth appointments replaced office visits, webinars replaced in-person conferences and digital communication replaced reps in the field, what have we learned about how to create connec

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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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Effective ways to increase access to healthcare stakeholders by 350%

Clarity Engagement Solutions

Pharma companies and healthcare ecosystems are now slowly emerging from a corona lock down of astronomic proportions. Around the world, Systems, hospitals and primary care centers are no longer accepting calls from pharm a field teams. In response to this challenge, many brand teams chose to amp up their digital efforts. Unfortunately, this translated into pushing the same branded content messages via email not only to physicians, but a broad range of healthcare stakeholders.

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The Link Between Coaching Skills For Sales Leaders and Sales Coaching Maturity

Integrity Solutions

Effective sales coaching yields results, and sales leaders intuitively seem to understand this. So where’s the disconnect? Why isn’t everyone putting their energy and attention behind something they know will deliver results? You don’t have to look far to find another article or blog post talking about the importance of coaching in the workplace. Productivity, retention, engagement, adaptability and performance are just a few of the benefits coaching has been shown to deliver.

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Welcome to the Post-2020 Sales Training Landscape

CLD, Inc.

As 2020 wraps up, let’s take a bit of time to reflect on some of the ways sales training has changed this year.

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Episode 34 – eatNgage Enhances Webinar and Virtual Sales Call Engagement

Medical Device Success

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Want to more than double your webinar attendance and engagement throughout the webinar? Want more impactful virtual sales calls? For MedTech companies this is a no brainer. Reasonable cost and very effective. If a major pharma company likes the results they are getting, you will too. In this 5 th episode that is part of our demand generation series we talk to Avi Tessler, CEO of eatNgage to learn more about their online engagement platform that is all about

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Understanding AI’s Full Potential in the Drug Discovery and Development Process

Pharma Marketing Network

An extensive report by eMarketer, AI In Drug Discovery and Development , discusses how AI can speed up the drug discovery and development process while eliminating costs, how startups are taking first steps at utilizing AI’s power to streamline the process of bringing a drug to market, and current barriers preventing AI from its full potential in the drug making process.

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Effective ways to increase access to healthcare stakeholders by 350%

Clarity Engagement Solutions

Pharma companies and healthcare ecosystems are now slowly emerging from a corona lock down of astronomic proportions. Around the world, Systems, hospitals and primary care centers are no longer accepting calls from pharm a field teams. In response to this challenge, many brand teams chose to amp up their digital efforts. Unfortunately, this translated into pushing the same branded content messages via email not only to physicians, but a broad range of healthcare stakeholders.

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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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Virtual Selling – It’s the Same, Yet Different – and Here to Stay

Integrity Solutions

By Mike Esterday for the December 2020 edition of Top Sales Magazine. My last column for Top Sales World – in the July 2020 issue – was titled Successful Selling When Your World Turns Upside Down. That piece had a warning for salespeople and customer service teams everywhere: Your jobs have changed – your customers too – and it’s time to understand selling in a new world.

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The immediate future of DTC

World of DTC Marketing

As we look forward to 2021 DTC marketers should be noting the changes in consumer attitudes and the way they request new treatments. Much has changed but a lot is also the same. Business magazines are writing about the “digital future” of healthcare but are consumers ready? Some are, but most aren’t. First, let’s dispel a recent topic: telehealth.

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Getting into Medical Sales without Experience

Every Ancillary

How to get experience when you have no experience. If you are looking for your first opportunity to break into medical sales, you have likely encountered the proverbial chicken and egg scenario… how do I get experience if every position requires prior experience? This is the top frustration for job candidates seeking their first opportunity. In fact, “how to get a medical sales job without experience” is one of the top searches on Google relating to medical sales.

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The Malaysia Institute Of Technology

Contrarian Sales Techniques

The Malaysia Institute Of Technology was mentioned in this post for the first time in the blog. Since it's the first time that I've come across the name, I've decided to look for more relevant information. And here goes. Malaysia University of Technology Malaysia University of Technology, also known as UTM, is one of the largest and most renowned research universities in the world in the field of technology.

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

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What a Clinical Trial Transparency Program Is (and Why You Need One)

Pharma Marketing Network

Tune in now to listen to Darshan Talks Podcast, What a Clinical Trial Transparency Program Is (and Why You Need One). The post What a Clinical Trial Transparency Program Is (and Why You Need One) appeared first on Pharma Marketing Network.

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Pharma commercial leaders talk about decoding patient journeys

Clarify Health

This month, Clarify Health hosted a webinar with Reuters Events Pharma to discuss decoding patient journeys for commercial impact. It included an all-star panel of speakers from Clarify, Eli Lilly, and Boehringer Ingelheim, and it was moderated by Reuters. Attendees were primarily from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, working in the commercial organization.

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Adapting to the Realities of Remote Sales

Integrity Solutions

As customers get more comfortable with buying virtually, their expectations are going to continue to go up. And that means, when it comes to remote sales, your team needs to keep raising its game. Remote sales is the reality for most companies now, and likely will be for the foreseeable future. In fact, in some areas, virtual is here to stay. According to a recent Bain & Company survey , 80% of buyers and sellers believe there will be a sustained increase in virtual interactions going forwar

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Is DTC effective?

World of DTC Marketing

According to a study in the Journal for American Board of Family Medicine “respondents (76%) said they were likely to ask a health care provider about advertised drugs; 26% said they had already done so. Among the 26% of respondents who talked to a health care provider about a specific prescription drug they saw advertised, 16% said they received a prescription for the advertised drug.

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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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Navigating the UK regulatory pathway to increase patient engagement with trials

pharmaphorum

Involving patients in clinical trial design can hugely benefit pharmaceutical research's sustainability. This pharmaphorum webinar, held in association with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), takes place on Wednesday 16th December, 11:00 GMT / 12:00 CET and will look at how to navigate the compliance pathway to increase patient engagement with clinical trials.

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The Technopreneurs Association Of Malaysia

Contrarian Sales Techniques

To promote the interests of technopreneurs and support the development of technology industries in Malaysia, a group of Malaysian technopsreneurs has established the Techno-Technophiles Association of Malaysia (TeAM), as mentioned in this line. The members of the team are divided into three categories: technology professionals technology companies technology entrepreneurs Membership in TeAM is open to all those associated with the technology industry in Malaysia, as well as to anyone interested

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Stephen Towers, PhD

Pharma Marketing Network

Stephen Towers, PhD is a leader in medical communications and healthcare marketing, with extensive experience in developing promotional medical education programs and medical affairs initiatives across numerous therapeutic areas and on behalf of diverse US healthcare organizations, from large pharmaceutical companies to smaller biotechs. As VP at Chameleon Communications (part of Omnicom Health Group), he leverages his scientific acumen and pharmaceutical expertise to create impactful scientific

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Pharma commercial leaders talk about decoding patient journeys

Clarify Health

This month, Clarify Health hosted a webinar with Reuters Events Pharma to discuss decoding patient journeys for commercial impact. It included an all-star panel of speakers from Clarify, Eli Lilly, and Boehringer Ingelheim, and it was moderated by Reuters. Attendees were primarily from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, working in the commercial organization.

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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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Reflections on 2020 and A Message of Thanks, Optimism and Hope for 2021

Integrity Solutions

For most of us, 2020 is a year we’ll be glad to see in the rear-view mirror. Between the pandemic, the business disruption, and the many personal and professional struggles and responsibilities we’ve all had to juggle over the past 12 months, it’s been challenging, to say the least. While disruption is always rough when you’re going through it, as 2020 closes out, we can also reflect back on some of the silver linings and positive developments that came out of the year.

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A new normal for digital health?

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY : According to Harvard Business Review, “digital health solutions and technology will play a crucial role in the difficult work of optimizing processes and systems for greater efficiency, financial viability, and enhanced outcomes. While this is true digital health won’t go anywhere unless there is a renewed effort on the user experience.

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How to Set Territory Goals in COVID-19 Recovery

The Marketing Advantage

December 15, 2020 Imagining how COVID-19 cases will spike after the holidays presents an ongoing challenge in creating post COVID-19 sales compensation goals. Yet even though setting goals for the first quarter of next year will still be challenging, it will be easier than it was at the start of COVID-19. At The Marketing Advantage, with our many years of sales incentive compensation experience, we are approaching goal setting differently depending on the product and the impact of COVID-19 on sa

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SoftSolvers Solutions Sdn Bhd

Contrarian Sales Techniques

SoftSolvers is a team of dedicated professionals who provide customized solutions that are valued by customers and focused on customer satisfaction, quality, and customer service. We've touched on this in the previous random notes on Jetpharma. It is one of the few companies in Malaysia that assesses the need for the CMM standard and its build standards for software development.

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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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Advances in Genetic Medicine May Be Outpacing Some Clinicians’ Understanding, But Pharmaceutical Marketers Can Do Much to Address the Problem

Pharma Marketing Network

Almost two decades after the human genome was sequenced, a trickle of new genetic medicines (i.e., those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivo gene therapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies. With over 100 late-stage gene therapy trials underway and an increasing number of gene-editing technologies entering trials, it’s clear that this trickle will soon become a torrent.

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21 Tips to Grow Medical Sales in 2021

Every Ancillary

Many industries have undergone a rapid revolution during 2020, especially healthcare. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated certain trends for how medical practices make purchasing decisions. Multiple surveys have shown that roughly half of physicians no longer do in-person visits with sales reps…and that is before the pandemic! It is safe to assume that many of the remaining half have instituted protocols to limit in-person visits, making it more difficult for sales professionals accustomed

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Texting and Other Novel Ways Healthcare Firms are Connecting with Medical Professionals

MobileLocker

Learn how pharma and med tech companies can use texting and other novel media to reach medical professionals and patients during the pandemic and beyond. The post Texting and Other Novel Ways Healthcare Firms are Connecting with Medical Professionals appeared first on MobileLocker.

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Should pharma be in the app business?

World of DTC Marketing

Consumers downloaded 204 billion apps in 2019, and mobile use has been increasing during the pandemic. Apple, with its new privacy requirements, is challenging app developers and brands while Facebook cries fowl. It will have little effect on app use, though, for consumers. In 2020, there should be over 592 million daily app downloads, and a survey by Gallup revealed that nearly half (45%) of Americans have at least tried digital health products such as fitness trackers or mobile health apps.

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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