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Pharmaceuticals - Correct answer ✔Medicines and vaccines for human and animal use. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Products may have a trademark (brand) name or be generic; and they may be prescription
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or over-the counter.
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Diagnostic - Correct answer ✔Equipment and supplies used in screening, detecting, and|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




monitoring disease. Can range from simple home testing kits to sophisticated diagnostic |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




imaging technologies. ||||||




Medical Devices - Correct answer ✔Advanced instrumentation and appliances used for
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medical therapy, such as joint replacements, implantable defibrillators, and pacemakers.
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Also includes drug delivery devices such as syringes, infusion pumps, metered-dose inhalers,
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and transdermal patches.
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Medical Supplies - Correct answer ✔Commodity, high-volume supplies such as surgical
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gowns and gloves. |||||| ||||||




Durable Medical Equipment - Correct answer ✔Reusable products for health-related use in
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the home, such as walkers, wheelchairs, oxygen equipment, prosthetics and hospital beds.
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What countries are pharmaceutical sales the highest? - Correct answer ✔United States,
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Western Europe, and Japan. |||||| |||||| ||||||




The U.S. accounts for roughly __________ of the world's pharmaceutical revenues. - Correct
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answer ✔50% ||||||

,Two factors have significantly contributed to recent growth in the pharmaceutical industry
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are? - Correct answer ✔Population growth and increasing life expectancies.
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What is the predicted relationship between pharmaceutical companies and genomic
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research facilities? - Correct answer ✔Partnerships between pharmaceutical companies and
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genomic research facilities will not prove immediately profitable.
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Prescription drug therapy is cost effective for insurance companies and health care |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




providers. True or False? - Correct answer ✔True |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




The high price of health care is explained by the high price of medicines. True or False? -
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Correct answer ✔False |||||| ||||||




One of the oldest and least effective pharmaceutical marketing techniques is DTC (direct-to-
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consumer) advertising. True or False? - Correct answer ✔False |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What influences the number of districts in a region? - Correct answer ✔The region's
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population.



What is an example of the regionalization of healthcare delivery systems? - Correct answer
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✔California and Florida have different prescription reimbursement policies. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What is the heart of a pharmaceutical sales team? - Correct answer ✔District Manager.
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How many territories are in a typical district? - Correct answer ✔8-12
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What is the most effective method for grabbing market share? - Correct answer
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✔Comparative selling. ||||||

, The average review time for a new drug is 18 months, down from almost 3 years in 1996.
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True or False? - Correct answer ✔True|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What are some questions reps should ask a physician? - Correct answer ✔Why do you
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prefer the competitor's drug to ours? What do they like and dislike about it? Which patient
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types is the drug being used for? What are the results and side effects, if any?
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Note: Careful questioning and listening enables reps to craft effective messages based on
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each physician's specific needs. |||||| |||||| ||||||




Pharmaceutical reps mainly visit pharmacies. True or False? - Correct answer ✔False. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Pharmaceutical reps mainly visit/target physicians. |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




It usually takes only 1-2 calls on a physician before he or she prescribes your product. True
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or False? - Correct answer ✔False. Your success ultimately depends on your relationship
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with the physician. This takes time. Persistence is key.
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The pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the physician prescribed. True or
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False? - Correct answer ✔True. The pharmacist can either (1) dispense a generic; (2) The
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pharmacist calls the doctor and requests permission to dispense a different medication. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




According to chapter 2 of your manual which of the following classifies as payers? |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




(a) employers ||||||




(b) patients |||||| ||||||




(c) pharmacists
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(d) physicians - Correct answer ✔(a) employers
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