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1. Pharmaceuticals are arguably the most socially important
healthcare product
- ANS - true
2. Pharmaceutical deveoplment is a big-risk undertaking, in which
many promising leads prove disappointing
- ANS - true
3. Pharmaceutical sales are highest in which geographical regions
- ANS - The U.S., Western Europe, and Japan
4. The U.S. accounts for about ____ of the world's pharmaceutical
revenues
- ANS - 50%
,5. Which off the following has fueled recent growth in the
pharmaceutical industry
- ANS - population growth and increased life expectancies
6. According to your manual, which statement accurately describes
the predicted relationship between pharmaceutical companies and
genomic research facilities
- ANS - partnerships between pharmaceuitcal companies and
genomic companies will not prove immediately profitable
7. prescription drug therapy is not cost-effective for insurance
companies and healthcare providers
- ANS - false
8. the high price of healthcare is explained by the high price of
medicines
- ANS - false
9. one of the oldest and least efffective pharmaceutical marjeting
techniques is DTC (direct-to-consumer) advertising
- ANS - false
10. what influences the number of districts in a region
- ANS - the region's population
11. what is an example of the regionalization off healthcare
delivery systems
, - ANS - California and Florida have difffernet perscription
reimbursment policies
12. the heart of pharmaceutical sales is the regional manager
- ANS - false
13. most DMs did not start as representatives
- ANS - false
14. how many territories are in a typical district
- ANS - 8 to 12
15. what is the most effective method for grabbing market share
- ANS - comparative selling
16. pharmaceutical reps mainly visit pharmacies
- ANS - false
17. it usually only takes 1-2 calls to a physician before he or she
commits to prescribing your product
- ANS - false
18. the pharmacist may dispense a product other than what the
physician prescribed
- ANS - true
, 19. according to chapter 12 of your manual, which of the
following would classify as "payers"
- ANS - employers
20. according to your manual, what defines "ethical
pharmaceutical companies
- ANS - researching and developing novel drugs
21. one of the most diappointing results of the pharmaceutical
industry's continued investment in R & D is the few new drugs
being approved and in development
- ANS - false
22. thanks to modern medicines, how long are people newly
diagnosed with HIV expected to live
- ANS - another 50 years
23. how much has the average american lifespan increased since
1890
- ANS - almost 30 years
24. what is a treatment group
- ANS - A group of patients assigned to receive a specified
treatment
25. what is the main difference between a blinded and double-
blinded study
- ANS - in a double blinded study, neither the study staff nor the