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Identifying problems and organising survey data

When a pharmaceutical company raises a precise problem with a Market Research Institute, the resulting study and the conclusions are given to the client in the form of an exact answer to his questions . The statistical data used is "organised", in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1971: Practice And Problems In International Pharmaceutical Marketing Research

Author: Marlene Bernhard

May 3, 1971

Comments on the papers by Mrs. Edwards and Mr. Thompson

We were glad to be able to discuss with the Hungarian members about market research in Hungary. So we were told that for instance even middle and long run planning is done by the Ministry of Wealth. The medical consumption per capita in Hungary is...

Catalogue: Seminar 1971: Practice And Problems In International Pharmaceutical Marketing Research

Author: Volker Just

May 3, 1971

Comments on the paper by Mr. Wren and Mr. Taylor (French)

As Wren and Taylor explained international comparisons might give ideas about differences between countries but they have to be handled with caution. They are a first step towards detecting gaps within markets.

Catalogue: Seminar 1971: Practice And Problems In International Pharmaceutical Marketing Research

Author: Pierre Bessis

May 3, 1971

The marketing research function in an international pharmaceutical company

The multi-country marketing research function deals by its very nature largely with quantitative information. Making qualitative analyses across borders from a point thousands of miles away is a difficult task and one that is fraught with potential...

Catalogue: Seminar 1971: Practice And Problems In International Pharmaceutical Marketing Research

Author: Alberta R. Edwards

May 3, 1971

Measuring the determinants of prescribing behaviour amongst doctors

The research programme which is the subject of this paper started 9 years ago, just before the introduction of a new ethical product into a therapeutic market which was certainly ready for expansion. The programme is still continuing and has entered...

Catalogue: Seminar 1970: The Marketing Of Pharmaceutical Products

Authors: B. Bright, Hugh Robert Stammers

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

September 6, 1970

The role of marketing research in the pharmaceutical industry

The Marketing Research function in a multinational pharmaceutical company really divides itself into two major sectors: 1. Studies of local markets, which must be conducted in each individual country. 2. Studies of world trends, which must be carried...

Catalogue: Seminar 1970: The Marketing Of Pharmaceutical Products

Author: Alberta R. Edwards

June 15, 1970

A simulation model of doctors' prescribing behaviour

In recent years there has been growing interest among marketing management in the possibilities of using quantitative techniques as aids to decision making. This interest is reaching epidemic proportions in many industries not least the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1970: The Marketing Of Pharmaceutical Products

Author: I. S. Miller

June 15, 1970

The attitude of Israeli doctors towards domestic vis-a-vis imported drugs

This study deals with doctors perceptions, images, attitudes, behaviour and usage habits as they are related to the subject of "Imported vs. Local Drugs". The study was conducted on a personal interview basis with a sample of 400 regular...

Catalogue: Seminar 1970: The Marketing Of Pharmaceutical Products

Authors: Jacob Levy, Ian Jarvis

June 15, 1970

Advertising, promotion and medical detailing

It is not the purpose of this paper to suggest modifications in the existing structure of decisions. Without discussing at this point the role of marketing statistics in a pharmaceutical company we propose suggesting a method of exploiting such...

Catalogue: Seminar 1970: The Marketing Of Pharmaceutical Products

Author: Jean-Mathieu Paoli

June 15, 1970