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Brintellix 2nd most advertised drug in January. What's the problem?

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I'm tired of all the bitching and moaning going on here about Brintellix. What more do you guys need, we are setting up the success of this drug for you reps on a silver platter.




Johnson & Johnson (J&J), top spenders in 2013, continued their spending spree, investing $3.3m in print advertising in the US in January, accounting for 8 per cent of market share across medical journals.
The next biggest spenders – Forest Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda and Roche – each spent $1m in January. Forest Laboratories spent 34 per cent less, year on year, while the others significantly increased their spend, according to data from Kantar Media.
Cancer therapy products – the most advertised segment in 2013 – accounted for the largest share of the 6,786 print advertising pages in medical journals in January 2014, in terms of both pages and dollars.
The second largest segment in dollar terms was oral anticoagulants, followed by oral diabetes treatments, insulin and antidepressants.
Print medical journals have long been a key place for drugs manufacturers to reach healthcare professionals, although research in the UK has suggested that doctors are increasingly turning to digital media to source clinical information.
Kantar's research indicates that print is still a main choice for pharma, however, with Johnson & Johnson's £3.3m January spend included advertisements for prostate cancer treatment Zytiga, the blood thinner Xarelto and type 2 diabetes treatment Invokana.
Invokana, was the top drug product advertised in medical journals in 2013, and held onto the top spot in January 2014, accounting for 4 per cent of advertising. Antidepressant Brintellix, launched late in 2013 by Takeda and Lundbeck, was the second most advertised drug in January.
 




I'm tired of all the bitching and moaning going on here about Brintellix. What more do you guys need, we are setting up the success of this drug for you reps on a silver platter.




Johnson & Johnson (J&J), top spenders in 2013, continued their spending spree, investing $3.3m in print advertising in the US in January, accounting for 8 per cent of market share across medical journals.
The next biggest spenders – Forest Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda and Roche – each spent $1m in January. Forest Laboratories spent 34 per cent less, year on year, while the others significantly increased their spend, according to data from Kantar Media.
Cancer therapy products – the most advertised segment in 2013 – accounted for the largest share of the 6,786 print advertising pages in medical journals in January 2014, in terms of both pages and dollars.
The second largest segment in dollar terms was oral anticoagulants, followed by oral diabetes treatments, insulin and antidepressants.
Print medical journals have long been a key place for drugs manufacturers to reach healthcare professionals, although research in the UK has suggested that doctors are increasingly turning to digital media to source clinical information.
Kantar's research indicates that print is still a main choice for pharma, however, with Johnson & Johnson's £3.3m January spend included advertisements for prostate cancer treatment Zytiga, the blood thinner Xarelto and type 2 diabetes treatment Invokana.
Invokana, was the top drug product advertised in medical journals in 2013, and held onto the top spot in January 2014, accounting for 4 per cent of advertising. Antidepressant Brintellix, launched late in 2013 by Takeda and Lundbeck, was the second most advertised drug in January.

We also had a large advertising budget for Uloric and a 2 year Television commercial deal, remember how well all that boosted the Uloric brand?
 




I'm tired of all the bitching and moaning going on here about Brintellix. What more do you guys need, we are setting up the success of this drug for you reps on a silver platter.




Johnson & Johnson (J&J), top spenders in 2013, continued their spending spree, investing $3.3m in print advertising in the US in January, accounting for 8 per cent of market share across medical journals.
The next biggest spenders – Forest Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda and Roche – each spent $1m in January. Forest Laboratories spent 34 per cent less, year on year, while the others significantly increased their spend, according to data from Kantar Media.
Cancer therapy products – the most advertised segment in 2013 – accounted for the largest share of the 6,786 print advertising pages in medical journals in January 2014, in terms of both pages and dollars.
The second largest segment in dollar terms was oral anticoagulants, followed by oral diabetes treatments, insulin and antidepressants.
Print medical journals have long been a key place for drugs manufacturers to reach healthcare professionals, although research in the UK has suggested that doctors are increasingly turning to digital media to source clinical information.
Kantar's research indicates that print is still a main choice for pharma, however, with Johnson & Johnson's £3.3m January spend included advertisements for prostate cancer treatment Zytiga, the blood thinner Xarelto and type 2 diabetes treatment Invokana.
Invokana, was the top drug product advertised in medical journals in 2013, and held onto the top spot in January 2014, accounting for 4 per cent of advertising. Antidepressant Brintellix, launched late in 2013 by Takeda and Lundbeck, was the second most advertised drug in January.

Success is measured in marketing,not print ads.We are doing more in print because we have
never been able to successfully launch a new drug.It has been failure after failure.We couldn't market ice in the Sahara desert,history has proven that.Expertise in marketing is what we have always lacked and needed.We keep showing that management still doesn't get it,and never will,as we continue our downward spiral.The smartest thing we have ever done is selling that dog of a product Edarbi,to those chumps at Arbor.They are more desparate and clueless than we are!
 








The problem is reps who don't know how to sell....hello?

Not so much as not having a real co-pay card, good managed care and operating in a 95% or more generic market. Not to mention being handcuffed in what we can say about the drug's best selling feature. Also, the Lundbeck reps aren't exactly thrilled with the idea of having a worse bonus program than we do, for their own drug!
 




I'm tired of all the bitching and moaning going on here about Brintellix. What more do you guys need, we are setting up the success of this drug for you reps on a silver platter.




Johnson & Johnson (J&J), top spenders in 2013, continued their spending spree, investing $3.3m in print advertising in the US in January, accounting for 8 per cent of market share across medical journals.
The next biggest spenders – Forest Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda and Roche – each spent $1m in January. Forest Laboratories spent 34 per cent less, year on year, while the others significantly increased their spend, according to data from Kantar Media.
Cancer therapy products – the most advertised segment in 2013 – accounted for the largest share of the 6,786 print advertising pages in medical journals in January 2014, in terms of both pages and dollars.
The second largest segment in dollar terms was oral anticoagulants, followed by oral diabetes treatments, insulin and antidepressants.
Print medical journals have long been a key place for drugs manufacturers to reach healthcare professionals, although research in the UK has suggested that doctors are increasingly turning to digital media to source clinical information.
Kantar's research indicates that print is still a main choice for pharma, however, with Johnson & Johnson's £3.3m January spend included advertisements for prostate cancer treatment Zytiga, the blood thinner Xarelto and type 2 diabetes treatment Invokana.
Invokana, was the top drug product advertised in medical journals in 2013, and held onto the top spot in January 2014, accounting for 4 per cent of advertising. Antidepressant Brintellix, launched late in 2013 by Takeda and Lundbeck, was the second most advertised drug in January.

And still not selling!!!!!!
 








The problem lies in that the entire sales and marketing team is filled with people who think they're successful sales people, when in fact, they are successful sample droppers. Actos the Takeda side and Prevacid on the TAP side. "Hey Doc, how's it going with Brintellix? Can you sign for samples?" is not going to work.......but that's all they know how to do!
 




The problem lies in that the entire sales and marketing team is filled with people who think they're successful sales people, when in fact, they are successful sample droppers. Actos the Takeda side and Prevacid on the TAP side. "Hey Doc, how's it going with Brintellix? Can you sign for samples?" is not going to work.......but that's all they know how to do!

Really, is that the best you can do??
 




How about it's a 4th line med in a disease state saturated with blockbuster generics. It requires multiple failures and costs a shit-ton?

Also, the MOA is so confusing, no one except a psych professor knows what any of these receptors do.