Who Is The “Customer” In Medical Device Marketing?
Keep in mind that the short answer to this is that...it depends. Luckily, as you read on you'll understand the reason for this conclusion on the role of the customer in medical device marketing. To begin with, the medical devices category is very diversified and assorted, but that's not only from the regulatory point of view. Part of the category of medical devices include: basic medical supplies like sutures, tongue depressors, syringes, surgical instruments, and more complex devices like implants, pacemakers. It also includes big capital equipment such as CT and robots. For the different categories of medical devices, the number of individuals and organizations that could influence the purchase decision might possibly be significant and different. In this article, I consider the “customer” of medical device marketing, all the stakeholders. And not only the…