3. Enbrel is a new innovation in treating Rheumatoid and Psoriasis; here we will concentrate on Psoriasis (PSO).
4. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease of prevalence of 1 % of the population, 20 % of the cases are moderate to severe and needs treatment, and about 10 % of the cases are diagnosed by the physicians and treated.
5. It is a chronic disease so any treatment will be for life.
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8. SWOT analysis
9. StrengthNew innovation 50% 30%Safety 30% 30%Tolerability 10% 10%Wyeth reputation 10% 10% 80%OpportunityInsurance 50% 20%Awareness 35% 25%Growing market 15% 15% 60% WeaknessTaken for life 50% 40%High cost 30% 15%Not registered 20% 10% -35%ThreatNew company (Wyeth 40% 35% is acquired by Pfizer) 2 new competitors 30% 20%Financial crisis 30% 25% -20%
16. Political-Legal: here the registration of the drug in the ministry of health will allow us to enter hospital tenders (kasr Aini, Demerdash, Mansoura university hospital, etc….), and so a new segment will be added as these hospitals will cover the cost of treatment of patients treated in it.
17. Social-cultural: some patients can hardly afford Enbrel but doctors don’t care to prescribe it for them as they aren’t aware of how Enbrel will affect their social life, so awareness campaign will add a new segment of patients who can hardly afford.
18. And sure micro environment is the base of segmentation depending on the 4 Ps as mentioned in the marketing mix.
19. Considering the awareness campaign that should be organized well, we should study customer needs.
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21. Their disease is chronic and affects their quality of life (it is a skin disease in the form of scaly lesions which covers more than 10% of the body in moderate to severe cases, which make the patient’s surrounding people including his family fear to deal with him or have a direct contact with him for fear that the infection might be transmitted to them which is a wrong perception).
22. Besides the other therapies used nowadays other than Biologics doesn’t reach the required relief of these lesions to ensure better quality of life for the patients, in addition they have severe side effects (Liver impairment, Kidney impairment, hematological disorders,…) which doesn’t ensure the safety of patients.
23. Using Enbrel will reach the unmet needs of these patients, as it is a safe drug (human origin) so will ensure the patient’s safety, and its efficacy is superior to other therapies so will ensure the patient’s sense of belonging and love.
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25. So using Enbrel will allow the patient’s to live a normal life and step the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs easily till reaching the self actualization.
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27. The awareness campaign will be also directed to the physicians, insurance companies, ministry of health, and all companies who insure their employees, as they don’t care about the importance of the psychological state of the patients, they only care about their physiological states.
32. According to the market share study, the use of biologics in Derma is still very limited. So Awareness strategy must be done to show how the patient will benefit from Enbrel than other traditional therapies used.
33. According to the SWOT analysis done, Awareness will be the best scenario as follows:
37. Weakness: Taken for life& high cost Awareness will increase number of insured patients so solving these weaknesses.
38. Weakness: Not registered Using our strength (Wyeth reputation) and the Awareness programs will make it easier and faster to be registered.
39. Threat: New competitors We will be the leaders in our Awareness campaign and this will build our Brand image so the competitors will take more time to build itself.
40. According to the BCG matrix, Enbrel is a Star product which is in the growing phase so we have enough budgets to invest in it.
41. According to segmentation matrix & marketing mix matrix, the product is the most important thing for segments A & B, and the price & promotion is the most important for segments B,C,D while the place is the least important for all segments. So Awareness will be the best scenario to work on followed by promotion then pricing.