| Pharmaceutical sales representatives are people who | | | | per the doctor's routine, mostly having early morning |
| do liaising with physicians, pharmacists and even | | | | appointments, luncheon hours or in the evenings. They |
| patients to make them aware about particular | | | | may spend major part of their time in traveling and |
| prescription drugs and medicines that their company | | | | would have to wait endlessly to see the doctor in rush |
| manufactures. They are representatives of their | | | | hour. Due to the busy schedules of doctors, medical |
| company for promoting the drugs or medicines they | | | | guys have to adjust with the daily stress, also having |
| produce. | | | | to deal with competition from other sales |
| As a pharmaceutical sales representative, he/she is | | | | representatives. |
| allowed the independence of flexible working hours | | | | Earnings and Other Benefits for Sales |
| and being on their own. In United States alone, there | | | | Representatives: |
| are around 85,000 people working as pharmaceutical | | | | Sales representatives earn major chunk of their |
| sales representatives. A job and career option as a | | | | earnings through commissions apart from the regular |
| pharmaceutical sales representative may be a good | | | | salary. |
| choice for those who do not like be confined to four | | | | More than 15 to 20% earnings are got through the |
| walls of a regular office. | | | | commission upon the medicines, which the doctors |
| Ascending Career Graph of Pharmaceutical sales | | | | order. |
| representatives: | | | | The Labor bureau reports suggest the average salary |
| Most representatives have to cope up with field work. | | | | for sales representatives is around $60,130 inclusive of |
| Some may get promoted to supervisory and trainee | | | | commissions. |
| posts. | | | | In addition, these people also get free health insurance, |
| Some may also move on to administration and | | | | paid holidays, travel allowances for the entire family. |
| planning department. | | | | Sales people are given specific territories as their field |
| Employment opportunities are on a rise for people in | | | | target. Then they are given freedom to set up their |
| US. The job prospect for pharmaceutical sales | | | | own itineraries to concentrate on those doctors who |
| representatives is looking good according to latest | | | | prescribe more drugs. They also enquire with the |
| report from US labor department. As companies are | | | | pharmacists and leave samples of new medicines. But, |
| growing, so is the need for a competent medical or | | | | they have to keep a track of all the records of the |
| pharmaceutical sales representative. | | | | new medicines and its effectiveness. |
| Medical representatives set about their schedules as | | | | |