Medical Sales: Pharma Sales Reps Are Losing Jobs
Here’s a very informative article from http://www.amednews.com/ that reports what’s going on with pharmaceutical sales reps jobs, and what the future looks like:
Doctors increasingly close doors to drug reps, while pharma cuts ranks
It’s a great article to go to for more detailed information, but the upshot is that doctors are increasingly averse to allowing sales calls from pharma reps, and the industry has slashed sales rep numbers from 102,000 in 2007 to 92,000…and projections are that it will be 75,000 by 2012. (GlaxoSmithKline alone cut 1800 jobs in the last year.) Not a good job outlook.
My take on it is that if you have a science degree and sales experience, you should definitely look into another area of medical sales…like laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, medical device sales, hospital equipment sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, or biotechnology sales. They are much less tied to the economy, and consistently earn more respect from physicians–who tend to view these kinds of medical sales reps as experts and consultants, rather than a nuisance. For more information, please see my corporate website, www.phcconsulting.com.
Written by Peggy McKee - the medical sales recruiter
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