COVID-19: 7 Steps to Reshape Disrupted Customer Engagement Models in Life Sciences

Published on January 19, 2023

*The insights and recommendations shared in this article are based on the circumstances as of May 20, 2020

COVID-19 is a wake-up call for the life science industry and its policy makers. Social distancing measures have canceled face-to-face customer engagement, and digital alternatives are not yet up to par. But how can they get there? Even though customer engagement models are multi-dimensional with a variety of different levers, in this article, we will zoom in on the accelerated digitalization of product and service offering as well as on sales and marketing channels.

As we all know, COVID-19 has shaken the business world, and the life sciences industry especially. Social distancing measures rule out traditional face-to-face engagement models and interaction between patients, physicians, payers, and manufacturers. In the past, digital alternatives have been slowly driven by C-levels and hampered by policy makers. Now, within days, COVID-19 has…