Jing WangChief Marketing Officer · Essays & perspective

Jing Wang / Chief Marketing Officer

Three positions on promoting medicines in China after the reset

Perspectives from a life in leadership.

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Compliant medical education

  1. Compliant medical education5 min read

    When the hospitality stopped, our medical education had to begin

    The campaign against corruption in Chinese medicine did not end medical education. It showed how much of what the industry called academic promotion was buying access, and it gives companies a reason to fund teaching that doctors would attend without the meal.

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Access after reimbursement

  1. Access after reimbursement5 min read

    A reimbursed price opens the hospital gate; it does not walk patients through it

    Chinese companies treat a successful reimbursement negotiation as the end of a launch. For a specialist medicine it is closer to the start: the hard work is hospital listing, designated pharmacies and keeping patients on treatment.

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Efficacy claims

  1. Efficacy claims5 min read

    Clear skin is a trial result, not a promise

    Psoriasis biologics have made complete clearance a realistic hope, which is exactly why their marketing is tempted to promise it. Honest claims, including who does not respond, are better medicine and, over time, better business.

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