Employers & Coalitions
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Executive Summary
Spring 2011. Highlights of the 2011 Employers and Coalitions Service. Summarizes employers’ current benefit trends, collaborative partnerships, disease-specific health initiatives, and strategic opportunities for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Employers & Coalitions
Research Overview
The Employers & Coalitions Service is an ongoing research project that focuses on key influencers within the employer health care market and their impact on the use of pharmaceutical products. The service uses a combination of surveys and in-depth interviews to gain insights into benefit strategies employers are utilizing to manage escalating costs, which pharmaceutical companies are working collaboratively within the employer market, as well as to identify potential opportunities for future marketing initiatives.
Who Should Subscribe?
Pharmaceutical and biotech companies that:
- Realize the value of monitoring payers' evolving health management strategies and their implications for customer and brand teams' marketing initiatives
- Recognize the influence employers have on prescription drug utilization
- Allocate resources to enhance prescription drug access with the employer customer segment
- Demonstrate commitment to developing and implementing successful customer-oriented strategies in the dynamic employer health care market
- Strive to more effectively include all stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of strategic plans
Why Subscribe?
Pharmaceutical companies need a proactive, targeted approach to the employer market, in order to:
- Monitor strategic opportunities and threats emerging from the employer arena
- Effectively establish compelling value propositions for their products that will successfully influence leaders in the employer market
- Promote employers' interest in health, wellness and disease management initiatives while increasing disease awareness and treatment levels
- Expand market opportunities for prescription products

Ms. Hanley earned her B.A. in English and Business Administration from San Jose State University. She joined HIRC in 1997 as a Project Manager for the Employers & Coalitions Service. In her 14 years at HIRC she has been a managing researcher, writer, and editor for all six HIRC syndicated services.