Tag Archives: Reps

Lives of Patients Keep Sales Reps off Life Support

By William Looney | Published: April 19, 2011
Pharm Exec’s sister conferencing unit explores the future of the US sales rep, including the implications of GSK’s new value-based compensation model Last week brought a small but dedicated group of sales professionals to a CBI conference in San Diego with a clear mandate: to rate the future of the “detail man” — dead or [...]
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Big Pharma Reps Still Competing with Local Players in Emerging Markets

By Reid Paul | Published: September 15, 2010
Although pharma is an increasingly global marketplace, the relative rankings of companies are becoming more localized — with significant variations — according to a new Cegedim survey of physician attitudes towards reps in the major western markets and Brazil, India, Russia, and China. According to the International Rep Quality survey, physicians tend to favor domestic [...]
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GSK to Cut 1,800 Sales Positions (Updated)

By George Koroneos | Published: November 5, 2008
GlaxoSmithKline, today, announced that it is restructuring its US pharmaceutical sales organization. The plan will include elimination of 1,800 sales rep positions by year end. The cuts will affect approximately 1,000 employees and an undetermined number of support staff. A spokesperson told Pharm Exec that some reps will be moved to the company’s expanding vaccine [...]
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