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Best Practices, LLC Strategic Benchmarking Research
Innovation in the Pharma Industry: Market Research Tools, Technologies and
Approaches to Improve Consumer Interactions
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Table of Contents
I. Executive Summary pp. 4-21
Research Overview pp. 4
Universe of Learning pp. 5
Innovation Widely Dispersed but Thinly Seeded pp. 6
Key Findings pp. 7-20
II. Universe of Learning: Key Demographics of Participating Companies pp. 21-23
III. Innovation in Marketing Research Approaches pp. 24-26
IV. Innovation in Marketing Research Tools pp. 27-72
Using Innovation to Update the Use of Analysis Tools for Key Market Research Activities
V. Marketing Research Trend Changes – Qualitative Trends pp. 71-76
VI. Marketing Research Trend Changes – Quantitative Trends pp. 77-82
VII. Emerging Market Research Tools in Pharma Sector pp. 83-94
VIII. Communicating with Consumers pp. 95-99
IX. Trends in Consumer Communication pp. 100-105
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Table of Contents
X. Evaluating Direct-to-Consumer Marketing pp. 106-108
XI. Lessons Learned and Pitfalls to Avoid pp. 109-113
XII. Appendix pp. 114-125
XIII. About Best Practices, LLC pp. 126
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Topics Included Study Overview
Innovativeness of MR Tools for:
Forecasting
Patient Flow Mapping
Positioning
Segmentation
Brand Research
Concept Testing
Brand Awareness
Customer Insights
Direct-to-Consumer
Tactic Testing
Target Product Profile Testing
Utilization of Emerging MR Tools
Effectiveness of Consumer Marketing Tools
Best Practices, Pitfalls & Lessons Learned
Research Objective: New technologies are
transforming how consumers educate themselves
and make critical purchasing decisions.
Correspondingly, across industry sectors the
consumer marketing playbook and marketing
research analysis approaches are evolving to better
identify winning tools and techniques.
This cross industry study addresses topical issues
that include new media for interacting with
consumers, new qualitative techniques for insight
mining and new quantitative techniques for research
data analysis.
Methodology: Best Practices, LLC engaged 59
Market Research leaders at 58 companies through a
benchmarking survey instrument. Eighteen
participants were from Pharma industry. In addition,
research analysts conducted executive interviews
with eight selected respondents to collect qualitative
data and insights.
Research Project Objectives, Methodology & Results
Best Practices, LLC conducted this cross-industry benchmarking study to identify current and
evolving approaches for consumer marketing and marketing research techniques and tools. This
study contains extensive qualitative data.
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59 Benchmark Participants Represent Nine Industries
Benchmark Class
Fifty-nine benchmark survey respondents from 58 companies participated in this study. More than 40
percent are directors, VPs, and C-level and a third are manager level. The rest fall under “other.” The
participants represent more than nine industries with pharma the largest segment at 30%. To add
qualitative depth to the study, eight interviews were conducted with market research leaders.
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Pharmaceutical Benchmark Class Non-Pharmaceutical Benchmark Class
Sekisanchi LLlC
R2Business Solutions
(n=18) (n=41)
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Innovation Has Many Faces in Consumer Market Research
The “Innovation Insights Story” in Consumer Marketing Research reveals ongoing evolutionary change –
rather than revolutionary disruptive technology change. Innovation is broad reaching, incremental and
assumes various forms through tools, technology, process improvements and hybrid adaptations of
proven practices.
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Examining Innovation
Across Consumer
Marketing Research
Landscape
3. Innovation Is Widely Dispersed But Thinly Seeded: 80% Of
Venues Are Seed Beds With 5% to 12% of Companies Innovating
At Most Research Milestones 4. No Single Company Has Cornered the Market on M.R.
Innovation
5. Innovation Hot Spots Exist In Customer Flow Mapping,
Segmentation & Concept Testing. Innovation Has Many Faces:
Process, Tools, Hybridization, Deeper, Faster & Cheaper
2. Innovation Is Evolutionary / Incremental Across the Market
Research Process
6. Seed New Innovation Projects Where It Most
Benefits Your Existing Brands & New Products
1. Most Companies Rate Themselves Low on Market Research Effectiveness &
Innovation
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Qualitative Key Findings: Mobile Research and Online Tools
Improving Report Presentations Enhances Engagement: Finding innovative or fresh ways to
present reports/studies – such as formats like Prezi or the use of dynamic visuals – is an important
way to keep staff and internal stakeholders engaged.
Mobile Research Will Be a Key Tool for Market Research in the Future: Mobile research, with
its rapid delivery of point-of-care and point-of-sale data, will be an important tool for marketing
research in the future. Seventy percent of the Pharma Segment is using mobile research either
sometimes or frequently.
Online Communities Offer Bottomless Pool of Consumer Insights: Online communities are a
valuable qualitative source of consumer insights and yet the tool appears to be underutilized. In the
Pharma Segment, 50% said they were using online communities sometimes while the other half
said they don’t use them at all.
Social Media Listening Is Another Underutilized Tool: Social Media Listening is another
underutilized tool that can inform market researchers across many topics, including product
positioning, brand awareness and customer insights. In the Pharma Segment, 40% said they don’t
use it.
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The following key findings and insights emerged from interviews and qualitative survey responses in
this study.
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(n=59)
Q1. Please identify which industry sector your company represents
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Industry:
Pharma, 30%
Finance, 2%
Healthcare, 10%
Consumer Goods, 3% Marketing/Market Research Agencies,
15%
Electronics, 2%
Services, 15%
Telecommunications, 5%
Other, 17%
*Others:
Utilities
Education
Postal
More than 9 Industries Participated in Innovation Study
The benchmark study group was anchored by biopharma companies, which made up 30% of respondents. Healthcare (non-manufacturers), agencies, telecommunications, services, consumer goods, finance and electronics companies also participated in this marketing research innovation study.
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Q. If you do not feel you have a highly effective market research organization, rate what factors are impeding your
effectiveness?
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Effectiveness Obstacles (Pharma):
n =
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Staff, Budget & Other Factors Impede Pharma
Pharma companies identify the same top obstacles – Insufficient staffing and budget plus “other” factors – to MR effectiveness. Insufficient staffing is clearly seen as the principal issue. Interestingly, the overall benchmark class sees over-reliance on quantitative data to be an issue – but pharma sees over-reliance on qualitative data as a larger obstacle. Again, Pharma sees lack of innovation as much less of an obstacle than the class at large.
% of Respondents
*Other Major
Obstacles Cited:
• "Company does not
place much
emphasis on
marketing"
• "Cultural barriers"
• "Inexperienced /
poorly training
people managers"
• "Not enough
standardized
practices/protocols
in place that would
enable capacity for
insight/ innovation"
• "Too many low
value requests
required by internal
customer base" *
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Innovation Topography Varies Widely across MR Landscape
Market research innovation is not only about new “tools.” This Innovation Topography Map shows that Methodologies and Tools innovation (illustrated in blue) often outpaces new tools. Some activities – such as customer flow mapping, segmentation and concept testing are fertile grounds. In contrast, tactic testing and target product profile testing are sterile from an innovation perspective.
Percentage of Respondents Rating Each Tool “Innovative” for Each Category:
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Forecasting Patient FlowMapping
Positioning Segmentation BrandResearch
ConceptTesting
BrandAwarenessResearch
ConsumerInsights
DTC TacticTesting
TargetProductProfile
Testing forPipelineProducts
Methodologies and Tools Data Collection Analysis and Interpretation Reporting & Communicating
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Quant and Qual Working Together Create Synergy
Innovation in market research doesn’t have to be a new tool or methodology – it can come from finding ways to combine work streams to reduce job timelines. One participant thought having qual and quant teams work closer together would accomplish that goal.
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“We do see where qualitative is starting to inform quant where it didn’t before. I’ve been in
the offices of most major market research firms in the world and there’s usually a keypad
door separating the qualitative teams from the quantitative teams.
We’re seeing that change with online ‘qual’…we’ve got the technologies that allow us to
bring people out of a large segmentation study, a customer satisfaction survey, and bring
into a qualitative discussion for a deeper dive with them. That’s allowed the quant-qual
teams to co-mingle on these projects.
It is unbelievably common where you do a segmentation study and find some unexplained
thing and go through the keypad door and say, ‘Qual team here’s something to go
explore.’ Well that can take months…today we’re radically reducing those timelines by
giving them technology that the quants can run themselves or that makes the quant and
qual teams work together very closely.” – Chief Innovation Officer
Qualitative Component
Quantitative Component
Merging to
provide more
realistic Insights
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Q. Please Indicate how often you use these emerging marketing research tools when targeting patients/consumers:
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Emerging Market Research Tools (Pharma):
n=
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10
10
10
10
10 100%
100%
50%
40%
30%
30%
50%
60%
50%
50%
20%
20%
Geotracking:
Gamification:
Online Patient/Consumer Communities:
Listening/Mining Social Media:
Web-Use Tracking:
Mobile Research:
Don't Use Use Sometimes Use Frequently
Pharma Segment: Utilization of Emerging Tools Uneven
The pharma segment appears to be building up its comfort level for some emerging market research tools like mobile research, web-use tracking, social media listening and online patient communities. At least half of the pharma participants said they use all these tools at least sometimes. Meanwhile, gamification and geotracking were not used at all.
% of Respondents
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Q. Please note all the factors that informed your rationale for not employing a DTC campaign for a new product:
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Reasons for NOT USING DTC:
59%
75%
38%
28%
35%
21%
22%
29%
13%
31%
39%
29%
32%
22%
12%
13%
31%
33%
35%
47%
56%
Condition doesn't support self-diagnosis
Other
Amount of fair balance required
Niche/small specialty market
DTC channels weren't targeted wellenough
Regulatory hurdles or restrictions
Too Costly
Not Important Consideration Important Considerationn =
18
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17
18
16
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Not surprisingly, the cost and regulatory hurdles that come with Direct-to-Consumer marketing were cited as the two principal reasons for not employing campaigns.
TBC Segment: Cost and Regulations Stop DTC Use
% of Respondents
*Other:
•"Don't do DTC"
•"Not my segment
of the market"
•"The company
does not currently
support this - it has
been suggested"
•"We don't really
market products
directly to
consumers"
*
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Pharma Segment Doesn’t Combine MR Techniques
The practice of combining market research tools or techniques appears to be even less prevalent in the pharma sector. Only 11 percent of participating pharma companies said they use that approach.
(n=9)
Q. Have you employed innovative combinations of existing market research tools or techniques that have produced
valuable insights (such as merging survey research with online behavioral tracking)?
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Innovative Hybrid Approach (Pharma):
Yes, 11%
No, 89%
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