Retooling The Sales Force Remains A Work In Progress
Executive Summary
Pharmaceutical sales reps may not relish the thought, but they could play leading roles in a Hollywood epic called 'The Incredible Shrinking Sales Force.' Between 2005 and the third quarter of 2009, the number of reps industry wide in the U.S. fell from 101,818 to 81,780, a 19.7 percent decline, according to SDI Health
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