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Revolutionizing Biotech and Pharma Commercial Strategy with Industry Expertise, Data-Driven Solutions and Innovative Creativity

Who We Are

At The Marketing Advantage®, Inc. (“TMA”), we pride ourselves on solving complex sales compensation and sales optimization problems that pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies are facing. How can we increase sales with a down-sized sales force?  How do we set goals without competitive data? How can we slow the decline of an LOE brand?

We help life sciences companies answer questions such as these with data and powerful analytics. To us, data is more than just numbers.  It tells us a story.   It is filled with exposition as we delve into an HCP’s prescribing history, conflict as we see that we are losing this HCP’s sales, and the climax as we learn those sales are being stolen by our primary competitor even though we both have favorable formulary status. But what about the resolution—the final element of the quintessential story?

That’s where we come in.  We use sophisticated modeling, inspiring creativity, and vivid vision to read between the lines of the story the data tells us.  Remember that HCP with whom we were losing sales to our primary competitor?  We learned what drives her prescribing behavior and were able to convert her back to our product.  But it didn’t stop there.  We located HCPs who shared similar characteristics with her and utilized our learnings on them as well, resulting in numerous HCPs switching to our product.

Some stories always have a happy ending.  Let us help you write yours.

 
Dedicated exclusively to life sciences for over 30 years with an average increase in sales on client projects of over 14%

Dedicated exclusively to life sciences for over 30 years with an average increase in sales on client projects of 7%-14%

 
 

History

Founded in 1985 by John W. Keon, Ph.D. and dedicated exclusively to pharma, biotech and medical devices since 1991

Founded in 1985 by John W. Keon, Ph.D. and dedicated exclusively to pharma, biotech and medical devices since 1991

 

The Marketing Advantage®, Inc. ("TMA") was founded in November 1985 by John W. Keon, Ph.D. when he was approached by a data company that wanted to license a knowledge-based model he had developed. 

In founding TMA, Dr. Keon, who received a dual Ph.D. in Marketing and Operations Research from the Wharton School and was a professor of Marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business prior to founding the company, strived to bring together a team of sales compensation and sales optimization professionals, sophisticated marketing modelers, and computer experts with the purpose of providing superior solutions through the integration of rigorous marketing science modeling with sales and marketing knowledge. 

Though initially working for packaged goods companies as well as life sciences companies, TMA dedicated itself exclusively to the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries in 1991. This exclusivity means that we're very sensitive to and aware of the unique needs and challenges that life sciences companies are facing, an understanding and awareness that is critical given the dramatic changes in the healthcare landscape over recent years and its increasing volatility and uncertainty.

 

Clients We’ve Served

Join the companies that have revolutionized their sales compensation and sales optimization strategy with The Marketing Advantage, from small start-ups to multi-national corporations.


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Who We've Worked With

Learn more about our history serving the biopharma industry, including who we’ve worked with and some case studies.

 

Careers

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