NVS filed with the NJ Department of Labor a WARN notice alerting the agency of a 200 person layoff effective 2/16/2015. To those in the know, are ALL the layoffs field force related?
The days of the NVS "detail rep" are long gone. MD's don't need 4 reps to see for same products and most offices are closed to reps unless u bring the trough for the office cows to graze on!
Home > Workforce NJ (WNJPIN) WARN Notice - December 2014 COMPANY CITY EFFECTIVE DATE WORKFORCE AFFECTED Kurt Versen Company Westwood 02/09/2015 102 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation East Hanover 02/16/2015 200
Novartis lays off 200 primary care reps as it preps for megablockbuster LCZ696 rollout December 8, 2014 | By Tracy Staton Novartis is creating a new cardiovascular commando unit, staffing it mostly with employees who'd been working in its primary-care field force, the company said in a statement. That new CV field force will be handling the company's "most exciting launch" ever, in the words of Novartis pharma chief David Epstein, assuming LCZ696 wins FDA approval. Armed with some unprecedented data in heart failure, the drug is poised to soar to blockbuster sales, analysts figure, with some estimates putting peak sales above $6 billion. But the new CV unit won't need quite as many people on the ground, even with the big rollout coming. Specialists will be prescribing LCZ696, so it won't need the same level of sales support as a drug handled by primary-care doctors. "[O]ur anticipated needs in heart failure do not line up exactly with our previous needs in primary care so some positions are being eliminated," spokeswoman Julie Masow said in an emailed statement.
