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1. Action Learning Project
Market Potential in UAE for
AlphaMD Analytics Company
Global MBA
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S P Jain School of Global Management
Bhumika Kataria
Jasleen Sethi
Kim Hongrak
4. 1.1
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A note on study about the company
• AMD Analytics is a start-
up focused on providing
solutions to life sciences
by conducting custom m
arket research
High quality solution Global site Various projectLife science
• In operations since last
1 year and have offices
in US & India. They also
have presence in Cana
da & EU.
• The company provides h
igh quality solutions to cl
ients within life sciences
(pharma, medical device
, biopharma, diagnostics
and imaging).
• Executed projects for
various companies at
different stages of
growth.
• 20 member team right
now & growing.
Growing up
5. 1.2
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Objective of study
• Detailed study of Pharmaceutical Sector in UAE
• Analyzing their current and unmet needs
• Proposing a market strategy to approach the right target market
7. 2.1
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Study on Pharma Sector in UAE
• Local manufacturing
Pharma companies
- 8
• Most developed
Pharma sector
• Strong growth in tra
ding in Pharma sect
or
• Investments in Healt
hcare sector DHC a
nd DuBiotech projec
ts
• Strong healthcare
infrastructure
• Huge scope - medic
al tourism industry –
Dh 1billion revenue i
n 2015
• Increment in openin
g of pharmacies in g
rocery shops
• highest per-capita
expenditures in medicines
• Huge potential for growth
– changing lifestyle
• Increase in income and aw
areness of self-monitoring
devices
• No. of registered
pharma companies
- 2688
• Market Size - 53.8 AED
• Growth rate – 7.9%
8. 2.2 Generic challenges faced by pharmaceutical companies in UAE
Market highly
relies on
imports for
hi-tech
prescriptions
Local manufa
cturing
sector is
small
Focuses on
basic
medicines
Pace of
regional
innovation is
slower
Prevalence of
counterfeit
products
entering and
exiting from
UAE
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9. 2.3 Ansoff matrix
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AMD analytics company to enter new market with
existing services(pharmaceutical)
• Market Development
PESTEL
TOWS
Categorize business
10. 2.4 Ansoff matrix – PESTEL analysis
SocialEconomicPolitical
Healthcare is regulated at
both Federal and Emirate level
UAE is benefitting from the health r
elated free zones like DuBiotech
Both soft and hard infrastructure
are a challenge.
Increase by 3.3% ,GDP in 2012
Product life cycle cost has shortene
d and in-licensing, R&D & marketing
costs have risen
UAE have an open economy with a
high GDP per capita, more than 30.
000 US dollars (according to IMF (2
014))
Substantial annual trade surplus
UAE’s population from different cult
ural background .Thus, each group
has its own set of unique healthcar
e needs.
The increasing obesity amongst as
sociated health risks.
Public activism has also increased
through the harnessing of new soci
al networking technologies.
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11. 2.4
EnvironmentalLegalTechnology
Create new business prospects in ter
ms of new therapy systems and serv
ice provisions.
Demand for customized treatments
have unleashed new opportunities.
Many pharmaceutical companies to
work in partnership with IT companie
s to improve electronic processing, in
crease efficiency, reduce costs, and
protect patient confidentiality.
Law No. 4 prohibits opening of medic
al stores and pharmaceutical factorie
s without license.
License applicants for pharmacy or
medical store can be only UAE natio
nals.
Imports and distribution of imported
pharmaceutical products can only be
done if they are registered with the
Ministry of Health.
Law contains various labelling requir
ements.
Environmental Impact Assessment (
EIA) program.
To minimize environmental impact &
to preserve the pre-existing natural
heritage.
State-of-the-art waste disposal facili
ties, to conserve and recycle water
and energy.
More than 60 events & campaigns t
o drive the message of sustainabilit
y to all sections of the community.
Ansoff matrix – PESTEL analysis
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12. 2.5 Ansoff matrix – TOWS analysis of AlphaMD
TOWS
Threat
Weakness Strength
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• Nominal amount to be paid as initial payment(20%)
• Fixed project pricing (not overcharging)
• Follow SLAs and mention KPIs in contracts.
• Experts in medical and pharma field
• Conduct project globally
• Positive outlook for Biotech, Pharma industry
• Increase attention of people on health
• Huge potential for growth in healthcare sector
• Increase in per-capita expenditures in medicine
• More than 50 numbers local and global consulting
firm in Mumbai
• Increasing cost of human capital
• Solely focus on pharma industry
Opportunity
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STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5
• Identify SME Pharma
& Biotech firms based
in UAE.
• Parameter Identification
and preparation of
discussion guide
• Identifying the key para
meters for prioritized or
ganizations through in-
depth Interview
• Prioritize the list throug
h Decision matrix
• Identifying the critical
Needs and quality drivers
for these organizations by
taking in-depth interviews
with key stakeholders and
implementing CTQ
Trees model
• Assess the performance requi
rements for these organization
s that AMD can satisfy and pit
ch in UAE market.
Methodology
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STEP 1 - Identified 50 SME Pharma & Biotech firms based in UAE
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STEP 2 - Parameter Identification
1. Product Launch
2. Franchise model
3. Marketing activities
4. Business development
5. Payer Insights
6. Business Analytics
7. Competitive Intelligence
8. Market research
9. Channel and contracting
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STEP 3 - Qualitative Analysis through In-depth interviews
Interviewee 1 Interviewee 2 Interviewee 3
Name Mr. Rajendra H. Bhandari Mr. Benson Dr. Fayyaz Vakil
Title Advisor Director Business Unit Manager
Company Neopharma
Aras Medical Devices and
Equipment
Gulf Pharmaceuticals
Call +971565396926 +971504606805 +971507102311
Interview
• Details of interviewees
19. 3.5 STEP 3 - Qualitative Analysis through In-depth interviews
• Medical reps should
be efficient
to convince
doctors & physicians
• Overall Insights from the in-depth interviews
• Competitive
intelligence
is the most important
parameter
• product launch
activities,
market research,
channel & contracting
• For Medical Devices &
Equipment companies,
delivery time key factors
• For R&D companies,
product development &
selection based on
customers’ needs
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20. 3.5 STEP 3 - Qualitative Analysis through In-depth interviews
• Consumer insights are
gained with the help
of IMS health and marketing
team (internal or external)
• Overall Insights from the in-depth interviews
• For medical devices
company type,
contracting is done
mainly for the maintenance
of the products
• IMS health is a popular
research agency
working for many
organizations
to provide them with
market data
• Ministry of Health is
sole regulatory
authority to govern the
systems & processes
of this sector
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STEP 4 – Decision matrix 1
Parameters Product
Launch
Franchise
model
Marketing
activities
Business
developme
nt
Payer
Insights
Business
Analytics
Competitive
Intelligence
Market
research
Channel &
contracting
Weighted
total
Weights.
Distribution
& trading
3 0 3 4 5 3 5 3 5
Marketing 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 4 5
Manufacturi
ng & R&D
5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5
Medical
Devices
3 0 4 3 3 3 5 5 3
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STEP 4 – Decision matrix 4
Parameters Product
Launch
Franchise
model
Marketing
activities
Business
developme
nt
Payer
Insights
Business
Analytics
Competitive
Intelligence
Market
research
Channel &
contracting
Weighted
total
Weights.
Distribution
& trading
45 40 179
Marketi
ng
45 40 207
Manufacturi
ng & R&D
36 40 180
Medical
Devices
45 30 166
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STEP 4 – Conclusion from decision matrix analysis
• Marketing pharmaceutical companies scores the highest and hence has the
highest scope.
• R&D and distribution and trading pharmaceutical companies have got the
next highest weighted score.
• Medical devices company type seem to prefer competitive intelligence and
market research activities.
• The most important parameters for almost all companies types are
Competitive Intelligence and Channel and Contracting.
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STEP 5 – CTQ Trees for Alpha MD
• Budget friendly
quality services
• Competitive
Intelligence
• Channel &
Contracting
• Market
Research
• Gather primary intelligence without internal bias
• Affectively aggregate primary and secondary info.
• Thorough & global view of competitive landscape
• Understand reform based needs of customers
• Implement value based pricing & contracting
• Differentiate by getting a product out of lowest
cost for clients
• Examine & synchronize activities with regulatory.
• Build relationships to assess needs of different
players.
• Determine specific take-away to capitalize on
short amount of time.
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Conclusion
• Competitive intelligence >> market research >> channel & contracting.
• Marketing pharma companies to focus highly on competitive intelligence data.
• The SME companies require to outsource only if the services are cheaper.
• The companies do not compromise on the quality at the same time.
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Recommendations
1. Provide high quality competitive intel
ligence with effective Street Combin
g
2. Budget friendly services owing to pri
ce-sensitive market
3. Efficient contracting → special show
er equipment companies→ help des
alination
4. Accelerate the usage of Ayurvedic &
Naturopathy in UAE
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Recommendations
6. Build relations with MOH of Dubai →
counterfeiting and sales without pres
cription
5. Promote medicines dealing with obe
sity, diabetes and heart-related disea
ses
7. Come up with Me Too Market strateg
ies for R&D pharmaceutical compani
es
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Limitations
• Revenue and Market Cap not disclosed for most SMEs as they are found to be
closed and smaller groups.
• Dubai Healthcare City and Dubai Healthcare Authority denied to disclose data for
any of the companies as it was against their privacy policies.
• Unavailability of responses from the potential SME clients.
• Insights based on limited in-depth interviews conducted from three industry experts.
• Quantitative(questionnaire) to be conducted is not available.
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5.1 Meeting log
• 07/05/2016 – 45 mins – Dr. Kaushik De
• 21/06/2016 – 20 mins – Dr. Kaushik De
• 04/07/2016 – 35 mins – Dr. Kaushik De
• 04/08/2016 – 5 mins – Dr. Kaushik De
• 14/06/2016 – 60 mins – Dr. Balakrishna Grandhi
• 21/06/2016 – 20 mins – Dr. Balakrishna Grandhi
• 03/07/2016 – 60 mins – Dr. Balakrishna Grandhi
• 21/07/2016 – 90 mins – Dr. Balakrishna Grandhi
• 03/07/2016 - 20 mins – Dr. Dhrupad Mathur
• 03/08/2016 - 15 mins – Dr. Dhrupad Mathur
Roughly 2month we work with amd company, and what we have done is to come up with marketing strategy to SME size phama company in UAE
01- from first chapter, let s discuss about what AMD company does and explain research objective
02 – understand UAE pharma sector and what sme phama faced, thing is we analyze the market situation with ansoff matrix
03 – let me discuss about how to analyze. What we done was qualitative analysis with framework like CTQ, decision matrix, we also done questionnaire but doesn’t get
any responses.
04 – let me explain recommendation and conclusion
What AMD company does provide commercial research and analytics services to the pharma companies, medical, biotech etc.
They have global office, Canada
So far they conducted various project & bod member are pharma experts
Let s come to objective.
What is research objective, first one is deep study on pharma sector in UAE.
Second thing is understand what SME pharma faced to expand market
Last thing is what marketing strategy is proper for them.
- UAE-Most developed Pharma sector in UAE
According to a recent study, UAE has the most developed Pharmaceutical market in the Middle-East.
- Strong growth in trading in Pharma sector
UAE market attracts lots of manufacturers and traders.
There has been a strong growth in the trade in the Pharmaceutical sector.
- Investments in Healthcare sector by Dubai Healthcare City and DuBiotech projects
The widening of Gulf Cooperation Council market integration and also introduction of the integrated healthcare insurance systems, there is a huge scope for the boom in the trading sector in the Pharmaceutical industry in the long-run.
Huge investments in healthcare sectors in the UAE region such as Dubai Healthcare City, DuBiotech projects, etc. are great opportunities for FDIs in healthcare sector.
- UAE has a strong healthcare infrastructure and highest per-capita expenditure in medicines.
- Huge scope - medical tourism industry can be tapped
There is a huge scope for the pharmaceutical industry as they can tap the medical tourism industry.
Dh1 billion in medical tourism revenues in 2015.
Dubai’s 26 hospitals, both private and government, received nearly 630,831 health tourists last year, of which 298,359 were foreigners who came from abroad, accounting for nearly 46 per cent of the total
- Increment in opening of pharmacies in grocery shops
Increment in the opening of pharmacies in grocery stores will boost the Over-The-Counter sales, which will make the manufacturers as well as traders realize their opportunity for growth.
- Huge potential for growth - changing lifestyle, reduced physical activity, increase in obesity and heart related diseases
This is on the back of several factors, including a growing population, mandatory health insurance and the growth of regional medical tourism, among others.
There is a huge potential for further growth in this sector as lifestyle of people is changing and is hugely influenced by the western lifestyle, hence increasing diseases like obesity.
As 80% of the residents in Dubai do not participate in any of the physical activities, therefore there is a huge scope for the pharmaceutical sector to concentrate and target obese and overweight residents in UAE.
Heart related diseases and diabetes are also areas where Pharmaceutical industry should concentrate more as these diseases are common and a huge area for growth.
- Increase in income and awareness of self-monitoring devices
Increase in the incomes and awareness leads to increment in the personal care, which will hence increase the sales of medical devices that help in monitoring the health like blood-sugar levels, heart-rate monitors, etc.. Pharmaceutical products in this area have huge scope for growth.
- No. of registered pharma companies in UAE - 2688
- Market Size - 53.8 AED
- Growth rate – 7.9%
- Local manufacturing Pharma companies – 8
Local production of medicines is done by eight companies in the UAE. These include Julphar, Neopharma, Globalpharma, Medpharma few to be named. Besides supplying the domestic market, they export a share of their products to Middle East and North Africa and South East Asian countries.
Local manufacturing sector is small
Focuses on basic medicines
Market highly relies on imports for hi-tech prescriptions
Pace of regional innovation is slower
Prevalence of counterfeit products entering and exiting from UAE
Local manufacturing sector is small
Focuses on basic medicines
Market highly relies on imports for hi-tech prescriptions
Pace of regional innovation is slower
Prevalence of counterfeit products entering and exiting from UAE
Let me discuss about research methodology.
First step, what s happening is we identify 50 numbers SME phama, biotech, medical device company UAE
From step 2, we identified parameters & prepared interview discussion guide and questionnaire
Next, step 3, what we did is we scoring parameter through indepth interview and through doing framework, CTQ, decision matrix we decided which parameter is the most important.
Finally we come up with marketing strategy and conclusion
These are the 9 parameters
It is based on existing services that AMD company provides
What we prepare was questionnaire and indepth telephonic interview but we don’t receive any responses from questionnaire.
We completed 3 indepth telephonic interview
Competitive intelligence is most important parameter, what it is how much you can know about competitors product service strategy.
Also, product launch activity, market research, channel & contracting activity also important parameter.
-Regarding medical device & equipment companies, delivery time is key factor
-Medical reps roles is very important here to impact their revenue, they need to properly trained to convince doctor & physicians
-Ministry of heath has powerful authority. they control most pharma system & process.
-IMS health is popular consulting agency for healthcare performance, that is one of competitors to AMD company.
-Medical device company type normally make a revenue from maintenance of product that they sell
-They get consulting from IMS and get consumer insights