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About pharmasoil

Prior to founding WEPLAN Concept ( www.weplan.se ), I spent 4 years travelling around Europe and at the same time working with strategy for a variety of industries. As a Strategist I have always been fascinated by the pharmaceutical companies and their market behaviour. Not to long ago, and thanks to a shove, I decided to celebrate this interest with a blog. The Pharmasoil blog is dedicated simply to try understand, explain and recommend ways to what I call Pharming; branding pharmaceutical companies and products. This blog serves as an open forum for the exchange of ideas, resources and information related to pharmaceutical companies and branding, so feel free to contact me with feedback, article submissions and ideas. Also see my other blog where I write about the process of being remembered. From identity to personality. www.painrelations.wordpress.com Take care, Rana

I am you. But different.

Differentiation is always a pre-condition for achieving market advantage. You must do something differently from your competitors to provide certain consumers with a good reason for preferring you. Only the things that you do differently from your competitors comprise your … Continue reading

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Beg to differ

You probably got your inspiration for those characteristic features you claim by someone, somewhere. You either are a rerun, or if you are good enough, you will be imitated. Bottom line, you are an individual, like everybody else. Nothing lifts you above others but your own mental world.

The same thing goes for brands. They are all special and unique. But you mix them up, because the companies behind the brands know more about their own uniqueness than you do. Continue reading

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Merger vs collaboration

The pharmaceutical industry’s way of anticipating, and building insurance against, the coming era of government-run health care in United States reminds me of the mergers and acquisitions from earlier this spring. Of course, pharmaceutical companies most be feeling the need … Continue reading

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Social competence in media and marketing

I find it quite boresome that this hybrid about social media is still kept so shallow within some executive groups. The mistake many people make is that they dive into the social media pool without a strategy.  They believe that social media … Continue reading

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Open way

New products are the lifeblood of any biopharma company and organizations are increasingly under pressure to deliver effective products in shorter time frames. As development pressures have grown, leading companies have turned to the New Product Planning function to seed … Continue reading

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pharma products as brand equity?

Can a prescription drug be a branded product? Professor Aaker defines a brand as a, “…distinguishing name and/or symbol (such as a logo, trademark, or package design) intended to identify the goods or services of either one seller or a … Continue reading

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Do you know your Pharming?

This thinking means that if you promote a drug having competitors, you are contributing to lift the category of your drug, and not necessarily your product. Which in turn means that newly enlightened consumers will be prescribed with other competitor’s drugs just as likely to be prescribed with your drug. Continue reading

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