Tablets are now a
mainstream feature of pharma sales rep-physician meetings in the EU5, according
to the latest Taking the
Pulse® Europe study from healthcare market research and advisory firm Manhattan Research. Among online physicians in Germany, France,
Spain, Italy and the UK who met with a pharma rep in person in the past year,
72 percent have seen one with a tablet, compared with 44 percent seeing one
with a laptop.
However, the study
indicates that there is ample opportunity for pharma to improve the
effectiveness of tablet rep interactions. For example, only one in five EU
physicians who have seen a tablet rep categorize these meetings as excellent
and less than one-quarter are more likely to prescribe the product discussed in
the meeting as a result.