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Pharma Marketing Management Notes Unit 1 – 5
UNIT – 1
Marketing: Definition, general concepts and scope of marketing; Distinction between marketing & selling; Marketing environment; Industry and competitive analysis; Analyzing consumer buying behavior; industrial buying behavior.
Pharmaceutical market:
Quantitative and qualitative aspects; size and composition of the market; demographic descriptions and socio-psychological characteristics of the consumer; market segmentation& targeting.Consumer profile; Motivation and prescribing habits of the physician; patients’ choice of physician and retail pharmacist.Analyzing the Market;Role of market research.
UNIT – 2
Product decision:
Classification, product line and product mix decisions, product life
cycle,product portfolio analysis; product positioning; New product decisions; Product
branding, packaging and labeling decisions, Product management in pharmaceutical
industry.
UNIT – 3
Promotion:
Methods, determinants of promotional mix, promotional budget; An overview of
personal selling, advertising, direct mail, journals, sampling, retailing, medical
exhibition, public relations, online promotional techniques for OTC Products.
UNIT – 4
Pharmaceutical marketing channels:
Designing channel, channel members, selecting the appropriate channel, conflict in
channels, physical distribution management: Strategic importance, tasks in physical
distribution management.
Professional sales representative (PSR):
Duties of PSR, purpose of detailing, selection and training, supervising, norms for
customer calls, motivating, evaluating, compensation and future prospects of the PSR
UNIT – 5
Pricing: Meaning, importance, objectives, determinants of price; pricing methods and strategies, issues in price management in pharmaceutical industry. An overview of DPCO (Drug Price Control Order)and NPPA (National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority).
Emerging concepts in marketing: Vertical & Horizontal Marketing; RuralMarketing; Consumerism; Industrial Marketing;
Global Marketing.
Scope of Pharma Marketing Management
The pharmaceutical industry not only needs highly qualified researchers, chemists and,
technical people, but also requires skilled managers who can take the industry forward
by managing and taking the complex decisions which are imperative for the growth of the industry. The Knowledge and Know-how of marketing management groom the people for taking a challenging role in Sales and Product management.
Objectives of Pharma Marketing Management
The course aims to provide an understanding of marketing concepts
and techniques and their applications in the pharmaceutical industry