[This book is an] organized 'formulary' written for those who are considering a specific field - 'drug reps', as they are known in the industry.-Introd.

From Pharma to Device Sales is a concise, straight to the point pocket guide, enabling pharmaceutical sales people to move into the medical device sales arena. There is no other book available that explores how to successfully change industries. This guide has valuable insights from recent personal experiences, up-to-date material and useful statistics – to ensure a successful industry transition. Making the switch from pharmaceutical sales to medical devices can be an uphill struggle. Are you in pharmaceutical sales looking to cross over? Have you ever wondered what selling medical devices is really like? Do you know the vital differences between selling drugs and devices? Do you want to know the typical mistakes pharmaceutical sales people make at interviews and learn how to avoid such pitfalls? This book will provide all these answers and much more! From Pharma to Device Sales is a unique, concise and inspirational book. Whatever stage you are at in your pharma career, this is a must read.

The most updated, comprehensive, real world, field manual on modern day pharmacuetical sales available today. This handbook was written by reps for reps. It was designed with you in mind, those that are out in the field everyday; selling and driving business for your company. This is not a handbook for getting into the industry or how to interview for your next pharmaceutical sales job, it is a boots on the ground field manual for success in this field, updated to include what the environment is like today and what it will be like in 5 years. As a retired military officer, I wish I had this book when I entered the industry eight years ago. Now you have the opportunity to hit the ground running with this field book, providing detailed information from being a standout in training to driving your sales beyond the competition in your first year in the field.

Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent years, finding a way to make prescription medicinesâ€"and health care at largeâ€"more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors, including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of medical conditions that an individual or family confronts. Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require considering all of these factors together. The current high and increasing costs of prescription drugsâ€"coupled with the broader trends in overall health care costsâ€"is unsustainable to society as a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing, inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that address significant needs in health care.

Get the inside scoop on pharmaceutical sales careers with this new Vault Guide. Overview of the industry; functions in pharmaceutical sales: field sales, sales management, training and development, instructional design/content development, project management; jobs and career paths; getting hired - education, interview preparation, and more.