Accelerating market adoption for new product launch

The problem

This US start up pharmaceutical organisation was bringing a new product to market in a sector that was slow to change. The company needed to disrupt established prescribing habits and build confidence quickly among healthcare providers.

To succeed at speed and scale, they required a differentiated engagement strategy capable of cutting through a crowded category, which provided an approach that placed customers at the heart of every interaction. The launch model needed to align Marketing, Commercial, Medical and the Executive Team and be translated into a training programme for 200 commercial staff. Additionally, the company needed to generate early adoption signals strong enough to support future global expansion, beginning with Canada.

The solution

Influence at Work partnered with Dermavant to design a comprehensive, bespoke Customer Engagement Model grounded in the universal principles of Influence and Persuasion. This model became the foundation for all sales, marketing, and medical comms activity, ensuring message coherence and behavioural impact across the organisation.

The project gathered sales insight research which uncovered behavioural drivers behind prescribing decisions and to refined adoption focused messaging. Central to this was a unified engagement framework that shaped all outbound communication across Marketing, Commercial and the Exec team.  Sales & marketing training was delivered both remotely and face-to-face, equipping teams to apply influence principles in HCP conversations. This structure was designed for global rollout, with Canada identified as the next market following early success.

The impact

The outcome was a rapid and transformational commercial result with the product becoming the #1 branded Rx topical in this sector just nine weeks after launch and generated $130M in its first year.  The engagement model was embedded organisation wide within 12 months, strengthening consistency and capability across functions. Teams across Marketing, Commercial and Medical reported clearer alignment, improved confidence, and stronger influence in HCP conversations.

 

“We needed more than a traditional launch plan – we needed a partner who truly understood influence and behaviour. Influence at Work brought behavioural insights that gave us a competitive advantage and provided largescale training for our 200strong Commercial organisation. Their approach was instrumental in helping us become the #1 branded Rx topical in our category just nine weeks after launch, and the model has since been embedded across the business”

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