Merck making major cuts to sales force
May 6, 2008 by Steve Woodruff
Merck has joined the ranks of Big Pharma companies dramatically cutting their sales forces, planning to let go about 1,200 reps (14% of the sales force) after problems with Vytorin, and non-approval of Cordaptive.
More on the story here.
This makes me think about doing a post on Networking: Preparing for the Future or something along those lines (OK, here it is!). Pro-actively building a supportive professional network of contacts seems to me not to be an optional move anymore. Things are too uncertain, even for good performers…
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