Product Character & Position: Choosing Changes for New Growth

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"Product Character & Position: Choosing Changes for New Growth"

Study Overview
Most companies eventually must face the daunting task of re-launching a pharmaceutical product. Determining what changes to the brand's character and positioning would be most effective is the first important step in setting re-launch strategy. This 19-page study will help brand executives to benchmark their efforts against other companies and to access best practices in re-positioning a product before re-launch.

Key topics

• Resetting the Product's Positioning
• Defining a New Core Message
• Communicating a New Message to Physicians
• Maximizing the Portfolio
• Gaining Thought Leader Support

• Which brand factors were key in fitting the product into the existing portfolio
• Which approaches were effective in gaining thought leader support
• Which technique were effective in redefining brand character

• Consider a price change at re-launch only if extensive market research indicates price is a barrier to success for the drug.
• *Brand leaders generally regard changing product price as a radical move — a re-launch tactic of last resort – and executives participating in this study are no different. However, some study participants have found certain price changes to be highly effective in improving a product’s trajectory after re-launch.

• Invest in clinical research and scientific publications to strengthen a brand’s differentiation.
• *Many successful product re-launches were grounded in new data from clinical research that continued long after a brand was approved for the market. Companies have re-positioned brands and re-launched products around research findings for new indications, improved formulations and new safety evidence.

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