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PLACE MIX
- Right product
- Right market
- Right quantity
- Right cost
- Route of flow
- Right condition
- Right time Pharmaceutical firm » channel » customers
Place mix is a very important element of the total PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
marketing mix because it ensures adequate availability
Criteria to satisfy end-users orconsumers:
and visibility of the right product, in the right market, at
the right quantity, at the right cost, at the right 1. Right standards of quality
condition, at the right time, anytime and all the time. 2. Right specifications of packaging and
formulation
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
3. Right commercial stock levels
»Traditional markets 4. Right savings
5. Right service warranties
»Non-traditional markets
The following are criteria of what pharmaceutical
distribution channels give to end-users or consumers
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
based on the approved criteria of FDA
- Majority employ services of distributors of a drug
- Hire sales representatives / salesmen at all times or the availability of products at all
Pharmaceutical majority employs services of times especially when it is needed
distributors. Distributors such as Zuellig Pharma, In addition to the efficacy and safety of a
Unilab, Metro drug, etc product
They also high sales representatives who regularly that we give to customers, wherein these are
visits both traditional and non-traditional market for additional services that we give them
collection purposes or in-store promotions
- Set of pharmaceutical firms and individuals that 1. Physical transport and storing
assist transferring a drug product or service 2. Financing costs of drug distribution
from the drug manufacturer to the final 3. Conducting sales and market activities
consumer 4. Building a data bank of market information
- Or way from the drug manufacturer’s
Distribution channel moves drug product from the
production to final consumption
manufacturer to final enduser, saving time, money
and effort.
CHANNEL LEVELS