Pharma In The Brave New World Of Corporatized Care
Executive Summary
Still transforming their organizations to deal with the waning influence of the individual prescriber, pharma commercial leaders now face a new challenge: the growth of the corporate model of care, as large numbers of US physicians exchange the independence of physician-ownership for the predictability of working as employees in larger organizations. Corporate models of care, characterized by more centralized decision making, add a new dimension of customer complexity in an already tough environment.
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