drug rep
Pitches to physicians
A drug rep is a pharmaceutical sales representative—someone employed by a drug company to promote medications to doctors, pharmacists, and hospitals.
Drug reps visit medical offices with samples, studies, and marketing materials, building relationships with prescribers: The drug rep bought lunch for the whole clinic.
The role blends sales tactics with medical knowledge.
- pharmaceuticalManufactured medicinal compound
- salesmanOne who moves merchandise
- sales callCommercial phone solicitation
- samplesSmall test portions
- doctorLicensed medical healer
clinic · waiting room · waiting area · sign-in sheet · white coat · briefcase · pitch · commission · detailing · off-label use · prescriptions · kickbacks · lunch · freebies · free lunch · schmooze · territory · quota
- pharmacypharmacist, pharmacy, prescription, dispensing, prescriptions
- pharmacy professionalspharmacist, apothecary, clinical pharmacist, hospital pharmacist, pharmacy technician
- drug referencesformulary, pharmacopeia, PDR, pharmacopoeia, medication guide