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How to Become a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

Pharmaceutical Representative Training

What is a pharmaceutical sales representative? Pharmaceutical sales representatives (often times referred to as pharma reps) are hired by pharmaceutical/biotech companies to educate healthcare providers (HCPs) such as physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and physician assistants (PAs) on their company’s product.

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The Dark Side of KOL Relationship

Contrarian Sales Techniques

While building and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and thought leaders is an essential part of a pharmaceutical sales representative's job, there have been cases where reps have misused their relationship with KOLs to influence prescriptions. Vioxx was a pain reliever that was introduced by Merck in 1999.

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Career Changes for Nurses: New Opportunities for Your Skills and Experience

Rep-Lite

Occupational Health Nurse Occupational health nurses ensure the health and safety of employees in workplace settings. Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Pharmaceutical sales representatives act as liaisons between drug manufacturers and healthcare providers.

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Private Patient Advocacy: Educating Patients To Be Their Own Advocates With Antra Boyd And Karen DiMarco

Evolve Your Success

They also share their perspectives as nurses on how important the medical sales role and pharmaceutical sales rep are and what value they can provide to their clients. In our country, we have been so conditioned to believe that the doctor knows best. The doctor I’m seeing is going to do a hip replacement.

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Challenges in the Medical Sales Industry

MedReps

If a rep takes a more practical view of how to sell their product, they can find accessible staff members play a vital role in the doctor’s decision-making process. . Another enduring wall for medical sales reps to climb is making their products affordable to patients. Insurance Coverage. Competitors and Generic Medications.

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How To Write Your Medical Sales Resume With Cathy Lanzalaco

Evolve Your Success

What a great way for nurses also to leverage their experience, helping insurance companies, helping clients, and being that conduit with the doctors to be able to get the approvals for things that they need for testing and whatever that they need for their patients. I helped talk to the doctors to expedite MRIs. It taught me that.

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Sales Skills You Will Need As A Medical Sales Rep With Andy Olen

Evolve Your Success

During the years I spent in sales leadership roles and healthcare, I did have a bird’s eye view of what was happening in terms of training salespeople and sales teams. However, it’s not a core competency within most corporate healthcare training teams to train in sales skills. If you want to do sales, the door will be open.