Supply Chain

Commercial impact

Pharma

United States

Channel Transformation – Large Pharma

Client

Global pharmaceutical company

Services

Sustainable Growth & Commercial Impact

Operational Transformation & Implementation

Project Description

Supporting pricing, contract negotiations, and wholesaler relationships through a period of significant channel change, including the execution of a major list price reduction.

The project

A global pharmaceutical company was managing pricing, contractual, and supply chain complexity on several fronts at once: renegotiating commercial terms with wholesalers, executing a major list price reduction, and managing the operational and contractual implications of price changes across its distribution network. The changes had implications across commercial terms, inventory, financial exposure, and wholesaler relationships, requiring close coordination across the different workstreams.

Our Approach

Upstream Partners supported the company across its pricing, contracting, and supply chain initiatives. The work included:

Supporting operational and strategic initiatives with national and regional wholesalers through a period of organizational and market change

Mapping potential local restoration initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Mapping potential local restoration initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Leading communication and coordination with wholesalers, distributors, and downstream stakeholders through major business change

Leading communication and coordination with wholesalers, distributors, and downstream stakeholders through major business change

Participating in commercial negotiations on distribution agreements and service fees, and building the financial models behind them

Participating in commercial negotiations on distribution agreements and service fees, and building the financial models behind them

Leading the analytical and operational workstreams behind a major list price reduction, from financial exposure modeling to execution readiness

Leading the analytical and operational workstreams behind a major list price reduction, from financial exposure modeling to execution readiness

Impact

The company executed a major price change with its financial exposure understood in advance, and its rebate and inventory transition program built around customer experience and financial control. Commercial terms were renegotiated on the back of financial modeling, and trading partners were aligned on new processes with minimal disruption to the wholesaler and distribution relationships.

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major list price reduction executed with financial exposure modeled in advance

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integrated workstreams covering wholesaler relations, negotiation, price execution, and transition

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commercial negotiation areas covered: distribution agreements and service fees

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new shelf stock adjustment methodology and pharmacy rebate program designed

Contact us for more information

Michael Tran

Supply Chain Expert

mt@upstream.partners

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EIN: 99-5118639

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