This document summarizes a webinar on launching products in India. It introduces representatives from Becton Dickinson India and Apollo Hospitals who discuss their perspectives on distribution and working with hospitals. Key challenges of the Indian market include its large size and fragmentation requiring multi-tier distribution networks. Success requires understanding customer needs, having the right KPIs, building relationships with distributors, and commitment to adapting to the local market. The hospital perspective emphasizes landscape research, solving clear problems, considering alternatives, and adapting to the market.
2. Introductions
• Vishal Taneja– Business Director, Diabetes Care - Becton Dickinson India
• Rahul Reddy– SVP Strategic Relationships & New Initiatives - Apollo Hospitals
• Iris de Graaf – International Finance Corporation
• Loretta Foran – International Finance Corporation
• Jennifer David – Associate Director, Catalyst @ Health 2.0
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3. International Finance Corporation (IFC)
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development
institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets.
Working with more than 2,000 businesses worldwide, we use our capital,
expertise, and influence, to create opportunity where it’s needed most. In FY15,
our long-term investments in developing countries rose to nearly $18 billion,
helping the private sector play an essential role in the global effort to end
extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.
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5. India:
•35 states and Union
Territories
•600 districts
•Most MNCs present in
top 8 cities
Metro
4 cities
Class I
49 Towns
Class II
247 Towns
Class III
354 Towns
Class IV
947 Towns
Class V
2104 Towns
Rural
600,000+ Villages
> 5 million population (Delhi,
Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai)
1-5 million population
100,000-1 million
population
50,000-100,000
population
•Top 8^
accounts for
30% of urban
population and
40% of urban
disposable
income
Identifying & targeting the right segment is critical for any new product launch as
reaching the vast and fragmented Indian market could be a daunting task for any
organization Sophistication of healthcare delivery
LowMediumHigh
L1 L2 L3
T1
T2
T3
EstablishedIndia
T1
EmergingIndia
T2
T3
• Open to new technology, First Movers
• Value Clinical evidence & Clinical education
• Higher weightage to addressing unmet need
then price
• Service & Support
• Followers, Delayed adoption of
technology
• Value seekers
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6. • Key Opinion Leaders – They are Pioneers to adopt any new products, services or technology. It is important to
engage them (Advisory Boards) to understand how the new product will meet the expected need gaps.
• Key unmet need addressed
• Unique Product Offering
• Price- Value Matrix
• Market Access
• Need to identify the best possible Channel(s) to make the product available
• Adoption - New customers addition
• Focus on working with prescribers and providers to achieve early, strong positioning in the dynamic market
• Conversion/ Adoption Funnel management
• % Users in first year of launch
• Adherence/ stickiness of the brand
• % Retention - Retaining users as loyal repeaters
While the product launch and marketing efforts are critical for any new product
launch, it is important to understand the criteria to define the success of new
product launch
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7. Companies need to advance their conventional perspective to relevant, insightful and
actionable KPIs to track success
Relevant, Insightful and Actionable KPIs to define and track launch/pilot success
Aligned and
Prepared
Organization
Trained Teams
Hiring & Training
Speed to Conversion
Pertinent Value
Proposition
Buyer Perception
Brand/ Message Recall
Barriers to Use/ Prescribe
Time to Adoption
Training and In servicing Needs
Full Account Adoption
Patient Satisfaction
Patient Refill Rates
Product Performance
Effective
Stakeholder
Engagement
KOLs Reached
KOL Message
Media Noise
Nurses/ Technicians Engaged
Patient Groups Engaged
New Customers Engaged.
Source: Succeeding with the Right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 2011. IMS Health 7
8. Distribution in India is a challenge because of the large distances and the location
of centers of population
Town classification for India Number of outlets by industry
Automobiles 2,000 – 3,000
Consumer durables 8,000 – 10,000
Mobile Phones 80,000 –
100,000
Pharmaceuticals 350,000
GSM Carriers (SIM cars, recharge
coupons)
500,000
Beverages 1,100,000
FMCG excl. tobacco shops 5,500,000
FMCG incl. tobacco shops 7,500,000
Key distribution highlights
• Value of organized retail highly concentrated in top cities
• Top 6 cities – 68%
• Top 10 cities – 85%
• Beverages distribution done through road transport using
trucks & vans with limited cold chain facilities
• Average time taken from factory to regional
warehouses – 1-2 days
India:
•35 states and Union Territories
•600 districts
•Most MNCs present in top 8
cities
•Top 8^ accounts for
30% of urban population
and 40% of urban
disposable income
Metro
4 cities
Class I
49 Towns
Class II
247 Towns
Class III
354 Towns
Class IV
947 Towns
Class V
2104 Towns
Rural
600,000+ Villages
> 5 million population (Delhi, Mumbai,
Kolkata, Chennai)
1-5 million population
100,000-1 million
population
50,000-100,000
population
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9. For Consumer Goods companies in India, the flow of goods varies depending
upon the channel serviced
Characteristics C&F Agent / Super-stockist Stockist / Wholesaler Retailer
Role • Involved in the business of re-distribution
to authorized distributors
• Responsible for warehousing, transport of
goods to next tier, payment collection
• May be non-exclusive, but have separate
set-up for each business
• Typical margins: 1.5% to 2.0%
• Involved in the business of re-
distribution to wholesalers and
retailers
• Stockists that cater exclusively to
organized retail are known as
Modern Trade Stockists
• Typical margins: 5% to 7%
• Includes all classes of retail
outlets
• Involved in counter sales
only; no re-distribution
• Not exclusive to business
• Typical margins: 10% to
15%
Resources • High financial strength with ability to hold
stocks
• Infrastructure – Office, IT capability,
warehouse space
• High financial strength with ability
to hold stocks and provide credit in
the market
• Infrastructure – IT capability,
warehouse space, delivery units
• Limited spend on localized
sales & promotion
• Appropriate store location &
size
Manufacturer
Consumer
C&F Agent
C&F Agent
C&F Agent
C&F Agent
Modern Trade DC
Modern Trade
Stockist
Stockist
Natl / Region
Chain
Retailer
Retailer
RetailerStockist Wholesaler
Modern Trade Retail
Channel
Traditional Trade Retail Channel
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10. India’s retail environment (like most fragmented markets) is characterized by
significant levels of complexity forcing companies to use a multi-tier distribution
network to reach a large number of retailers
Large Industry size
• Approx USD 180bn or INR
800,000 cr
Fast pace of growth
• Overall growth of ~20% pa
• Organized retail growing at ~
35% pa
Unorganized dominance
• > 95% of Indian retail is
through the unorganized sector
• Multitude of outlet types
enhance complexity
Fragmented structure
• Largest outlet base – 12mn
outlets
• Number of FMCG outlets
increasing at ~8% annually
Multi-tier distribution
• Effective (& low cost) servicing
through a layered structure
• Objectives of trade
intermediaries are not uniform
Heterogeneous retailers
• Multitude of outlet types
enhance complexity
• Channel strategies are rarely
data based
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11. • Engagement Programs
• Treat Distributors as Partners
• Ensuring ROI as per Agreement
• Training & Servicing
Post Sales
• Supplies & Inventories
• Investments into Increasing Business
• Customer Support & Complaint Handling
• Claim Settlement
• Build Mutual Trust
Building relationships with distributors and post sales relationships
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13. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd.
• Founded in 1983
• Touched over 45+ million lives
• 10 million Preventive Health Checks
• Patients from 120 countries
• 150,000 Heart Surgeries
• Over 20,000 Joint Replacements
• First Liver Transplant in Children & Adults
and Performed Over 1,500 Liver Transplants
• First Multi-Organ Transplant
• Over 16,000 Kidney Transplants
• Surpassed Mayo as busiest Solid Organ Transplant programme in the world
• Largest telemedicine provider in South Asia
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14. Clinical Excellence
• Among the world’s best, in terms of outcomes
• Pioneers of clinical excellence in India
• Driven by skilled doctors & detailed protocols
• 8 JCI accredited hospitals
• Revolutionary scorecard - ACE@25, which evaluates 25 quality
indicators benchmarked against the world’s best published
outcomes
• Patients from 120 countries
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16. Keys to Success
• Landscape the market
• What problem are you really solving?
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17. Keys to Success
• Landscape the market.
• What problem are you really solving?
• What are the alternatives (price wise, practice wise)?
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18. Keys to Success
• Landscape the market.
• What problem are you really solving?
• What are the alternatives (price wise, practice wise)?
• Adapt to the market
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19. Keys to Success
• Landscape the market
• What problem are you really solving?
• What are the alternatives (price wise, practice wise)?
• Adapt to the market
• Level of commitment
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