Download or read book PBMs written by Sheila Shulman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-06-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PBMs: Reshaping the Pharmaceutical Distribution Network provides HMOs and other third-party payers with information on the new and increasingly important role of pharmaceutical benefit companies (PBMs) in the health care industry. From this text, you will learn how PBMs can maintain and deliver a quality, cost-effective drug benefit plan to your company while achieving the anticipated market share for the product. PBMs: Reshaping the Pharmaceutical Distribution Network offers you suggestions on how to choose which PBM service is correct for your business, such as what qualifications to look for in a PBM, as well as what questions you should ask a respective company. This text also offers ways on how your company can benefit from becoming a client and may make your business more competitive in the pharmaceutical industry. PBMs: Reshaping the Pharmaceutical Distribution Network also informs you about the controversies that have arisen concerning the new position of PBMs in the industry. Through research and evaluation, this text addresses these issues from many different perspectives and gives you insight into other topics concerning PBMs, including: operating methods that PBMs currently rely on for designing and overseeing a drug benefit plan how the Food and Drug Administration currently views the role of PBMs and why they are contemplating regulatory intervention alerting PBMs, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, and managed care organizations to new legal issues involving fraud and abuse affecting pharmacy benefit management and pharmaceutical manufacturers reasons why retail drug chains and pharmacist organizations oppose recent industry developments regarding PBMs whether or not PBMs reflect a move toward greater centralized decisionmaking in the health care systemIn addition, PBMs: Reshaping the Pharmaceutical Distribution Network offers pharmaceutical companies, health care providers, and managed care organizations several suggestions for further research, which may make your business or your business relationships more efficient and productive in the future. If you or your company are considering the services of a pharmacy benefit management, PBMs: Reshaping the Pharmaceutical Distribution Network will guide you in choosing a company that helps you deliver the most cost-effective and efficient pharmaceutical benefits to customers.

Download or read book Unlocking Value in Healthcare Delivery Channels written by Qi Zhang (M. Eng.) and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pharmaceutical supply chains are strictly regulated and work within unique constraints. Traditionally, innovator companies that are manufacturing the product have no direct interaction with the end users (treatment sites or individual patients); rather, over 90% of the orders go through intermediary wholesalers and distributors. However, with the introduction of new technologies for patients to manage their own health, federal regulations coming into effect on supplier responsibility for tracking drugs down to the user, and ever more pressure to cut costs and justify the high cost of medicine, manufacturers are actively reshaping their role in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Our objective in this thesis project was to support our Sponsor Company, a "Big Pharma" company with a wide range of medicines, to understand the key cost drivers of their current distribution channel and to explore the impact that a shift to an alternative distribution channel would have from a financial and operational standpoint. We first conducted a literature review to examine the existing research on costing methodologies, the impact of home delivery for clinical care and the drug distribution landscape. The literature shows some evidence that home delivery improves patient adherence and reduces inventory costs for suppliers. We then analyzed a targeted product's distribution network within the US by building a cost-to-serve model, which maps out the end-to-end service components conducted by the Sponsor Company. With this model we were able to test the supply chain impacts of volume change and a gradual shift to alternative distribution channels. The results of the model showed that for this particular product, working capital was a key cost driver, shifting volume to incorporate alternative distribution channels is highly beneficial; even some significant increases in operating costs are effectively neutralized by reductions in working capital for the entire channel. Aside from the model results, we recommend validating the assumptions and suggest that this 'bottom-up' costing model be extended for other products and geographies and used to inform the company's overall corporate strategic planning exercise. The cost-to-serve model framework can also be extended beyond the pharmaceutical industry to benefit consumer facing industries considering an omni-channel strategy.

Download or read book Pharmaceutical Distribution Channels written by Market Intelligence Research Company and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pharmaceutical Distribution Channels written by Market Intelligence Staff and published by . This book was released on 1991-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Countering the Problem of Falsified and Substandard Drugs written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adulteration and fraudulent manufacture of medicines is an old problem, vastly aggravated by modern manufacturing and trade. In the last decade, impotent antimicrobial drugs have compromised the treatment of many deadly diseases in poor countries. More recently, negligent production at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy sickened hundreds of Americans. While the national drugs regulatory authority (hereafter, the regulatory authority) is responsible for the safety of a country's drug supply, no single country can entirely guarantee this today. The once common use of the term counterfeit to describe any drug that is not what it claims to be is at the heart of the argument. In a narrow, legal sense a counterfeit drug is one that infringes on a registered trademark. The lay meaning is much broader, including any drug made with intentional deceit. Some generic drug companies and civil society groups object to calling bad medicines counterfeit, seeing it as the deliberate conflation of public health and intellectual property concerns. Countering the Problem of Falsified and Substandard Drugs accepts the narrow meaning of counterfeit, and, because the nuances of trademark infringement must be dealt with by courts, case by case, the report does not discuss the problem of counterfeit medicines.

Download or read book Supply Chain Management in the Drug Industry written by Hedley Rees and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book bridges the gap between practitioners of supply-chain management and pharmaceutical industry experts. It aims to help both these groups understand the different worlds they live in and how to jointly contribute to meaningful improvements in supply-chains within the globally important pharmaceutical sector. Scientific and technical staff must work closely with supply-chain practitioners and other relevant parties to help secure responsive, cost effective and risk mitigated supply chains to compete on a world stage. This should not wait until a drug has been registered, but should start as early as possible in the development process and before registration or clinical trials. The author suggests that CMC (chemistry manufacturing controls) drug development must reset the line of sight – from supply of drug to the clinic and gaining a registration, to the building of a patient value stream. Capable processes and suppliers, streamlined logistics, flexible plant and equipment, shorter cycle times, effective flow of information and reduced waste. All these factors can and should be addressed at the CMC development stage.

Download or read book Multi Criteria Decision Analysis in Management written by Behl, Abhishek and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) has been extensively used in diverse disciplines, with a variety of MCDM techniques used to solve complex problems. A primary challenge faced by research scholars is to decode these techniques using detailed step-by-step analysis with case studies and data sets. The scope of such work would help decision makers to understand the process of using MCDM techniques appropriately to solve complex issues without making mistakes. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Management provides innovative insights into the rationale behind using MCDM techniques to solve decision-making problems and provides comprehensive discussions on these techniques from their inception, development, and growth to their advancements and applications. The content within this publication examines hybrid multicriteria models, value theory, and data envelopment. Ideal for researchers, management professionals, students, operations scholars, and academicians, this scholarly work supports and enhances the decision-making process.

Download or read book Pharmaceutical Marketing written by Mickey C. Smith and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1991-10-24 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting the fascinating and dramatic changes in pharmacy, pharmaceutical education, and the pharmaceutical industry in recent years, this authoritative volume focuses on the practice of marketing both prescription and nonprescription medications. In a dozen comprehensive chapters, author Mickey Smith highlights the economic social, and

Download or read book Pharmaceutical Marketing in India written by Subba Rao Chaganti and published by PharmaMed Press / BSP Books. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pharmaceutical Marketing in India: For Today and Tomorrow is the go-to guide for anyone interested in the pharmaceutical industry in India. With its comprehensive coverage of the sector, this book is a must-read for students, practitioners, and researchers alike. In this updated 25th Anniversary Edition, readers will find new content that covers the latest trends and initiatives in the industry. The book provides a thorough introduction to the changes taking place in first-world markets and the incremental steps being taken by Indian drug majors and their MNC counterparts in India. This book contains seventy-seven cases that highlight the best practices of successful practitioners of Pharma marketing in India. These cases showcase how they have positioned their products, launched and promoted their brands, and defended their therapeutic segments. The insights provided by these cases are incredibly valuable to both practitioners and students of pharmaceutical marketing. The new edition of the book includes information on changing detailing practices such as e-Detailing, iPad detailing, and tablet detailing, digital marketing strategies, social media strategies for the pharmaceutical industry, multichannel marketing, closed-loop marketing, and more. It also covers the latest ways of engaging and building meaningful relationships with physicians, including medical sales liaisons (MSL), key opinion leader (KOL) management, and key account management (KAM). The primary purpose of this edition is to make it not only relevant for today but also for tomorrow. In other words, to make it as future-proof as possible. This book is a vital resource for anyone interested in the pharmaceutical industry and is a must-read for those looking to stay ahead of the curve in this ever-evolving field. Contents: Part One: The Big Picture 1. The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: An Overview 2. The Pharmaceutical Market Part Two: Ten ‘P’s 3. The Product 4. The Price 5. The Place 6. The Promotion 7. Personal selling 8. The Prescription 9. The Policy 10. Public Relations 11. The Power 12. The Patient Part Three: Key Success Factors 13. Managing New Products 14. The Winning Game Plans 15. Towards Excellence in Marketing 16. The Winning Edge 17. Corporate Scoreboard 18. GMP

Download or read book Distribution channel structures and relationships in the pharmaceutical industry written by Eric Karel Gerardus Schoemaker and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pharmaceutical Distribution written by Gordon Blackwell and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pharmaceutical Marketing written by Brent L. Rollins and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Effective Drug Regulation written by Ratanawijitrasin S and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven independent variables were used including the five financing instruments, the firm's ordinary debt, and the firm's operating risk.

Download or read book Private Sector Pharmaceutical Supply and Distribution Channels in Africa written by Ariane McCabe and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable access to affordable, high-quality medicines is an important component in all health care systems but remains limited in many African countries. Supply and distribution of medicines are a fundamental aspect of the success of any health system. Disruptions to this supply undermine health outcomes as supply chains have an impact on the availability, cost, and quality of medicines for patients. Common problems associated with the supply and distribution of pharmaceuticals often include poor supply chain management, stock pilfering, insufficient human resources, and limited financing resulting in chronic stock outs. In resource-poor settings where public services fail to meet demand, the private and voluntary sectors are increasingly being called on, prompting some policy makers to consider private mechanisms as alternatives to state-run drug procurement and distribution systems. This study reviews some of the ways in which some countries in Africa organize their private pharmaceutical supply and distribution channels, focusing on three diverse countries: Ghana, Malawi, and Mali. It discusses some of the strengths and challenges associated with such arrangements, as well as relevant options to improve access, availability, quality and affordability of privately supplied pharmaceuticals.

Download or read book Supply Chain in the Pharmaceutical Industry written by Rob Whewell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pharmaceutical and healthcare industry is hugely complex because it involves so many markets, products, processes and intermediaries. It is also heavily regulated, global, and used by everyone at some stage in their life. No wonder the supply chain for delivery of healthcare services is often fragmented and understood only in discrete sections. Changes in one area impact upon the others, and environmental factors such as pricing, regulatory change or actions by competitors impact the whole supply chain in ways that are not easily understood or managed. Accelerating technology, the commoditization of healthcare, increasing demands from ageing populations all influence the approach that suppliers of pharmaceutical products and services worldwide need to take if they are to design and manage an effective supply chain that will be capable of: exploiting their intellectual property in a sustainable way; providing safe and continuous provision of drugs or devices; and sustaining with resilience, yet still be flexible and cost efficient. Supply Chain in the Pharmaceutical Industry offers the basis for organizations to develop their own blueprint for managing the opportunities and threats to the pharmaceutical supply chain. Using examples from companies and markets across the world Rob Whewell offers a very vivid picture of the developing trends for pharmaceutical companies; the customers and markets they serve and points to some of the elements that underpin sustainable pharmaceutical strategies. The current global banking and financial crisis illustrates the important role played by regulation. The healthcare industry is similar in scope, and complexity, yet the implications of error are worse - life threatening. This review of key industry parameters will provide senior executives in the industry and policy makers in healthcare with a broad perspective of the issues and illustrates an understanding of the task at hand.

Download or read book Securing the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain written by Lenora White and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drug package that a community pharmacist hands to a patient, or a hospital pharmacist sends to a patient's bedside, or a physician administers in the medical office has reached the end of a complicated path. That path is called a supply or distribution chain. The upstream portion of the chain includes the journey of each active and inactive ingredient and their chemical components to the manufacturer that creates the finished drug product. The downstream chain, which this report addresses, includes the repackagers, wholesale distributors, associated storage and transport companies, and, finally, the dispenser. Dispensers include independent community or chain pharmacies, hospitals or other health care facilities, and physicians' offices. Usually the supply chain provides consumers with unadulterated prescription drugs. However, the chain is potentially vulnerable, and when it breaks, a dispenser might provide a counterfeit product containing no active ingredient, less-than-labelled dosage, or a dangerous substitution. The dispenser might also provide a mishandled or diverted drug that has become sub- or superpotent or has gone past its expiration Usually the supply chain provides consumers with unadulterated prescription drugs. However, the chain is potentially vulnerable, and when it breaks, a dispenser might provide a counterfeit product containing no active ingredient, less-than-labelled dosage, or a dangerous substitution. The dispenser might also provide a mishandled or diverted drug that has become sub- or superpotent or has gone past its expiration. This book serves as a primer on pharmaceutical supply chain issues. It describes the chain from manufacturer13 to patient, including where it is vulnerable; summarises current federal law, regulation, and FDA policies that Congress and the agency designed to protect the integrity of the final drug product, and indicates where those protections may falter; notes state-level and professional association activities; and discusses areas that Congress, FDA, and industry, health care, and patient stakeholders have suggested might be changed to increase the security of the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Download or read book Omnichannel in pharmaceutical distribution written by Elke Schwarz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2024-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how pharmaceutical companies manage to be number one in the minds of their customers with their products, even in challenging and volatile times. New framework conditions, which have arisen in particular as a result of digitalization and new ways of working and thinking, require different competencies from both managers and sales employees, for which brain research provides helpful approaches. How does the brain make decisions and how can omnichannel managers positively influence customer behavior? How can the voice on the phone serve as a key to the customer? The author team of industry and training experts provides helpful answers to these questions and more. You will learn how omnichannel sales via the channels telephone, e-mail, on-site visits, events and video calls can be successful. In addition, you will learn methods and skills on how to work effectively in a team even remotely, how to lead at a distance and thus how to make omnichannel sales successful in the long term. The contributions offer an exciting combination of theory and practice and show tangible success factors as well as dos and don'ts based on examples from the pharmaceutical industry, which can be transferred to many industries. Which didactics work digitally and which do not? Which contents can be conveyed online? How can training success be measured? Which mistakes should be avoided? A groundbreaking book for executives in companies and industries with high training needs in marketing and sales.