Drugmakers Like GlaxoSmithKline Are Creating A New Breed Of Account Managers

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Kendall French used to pitch drugs to doctors who could prescribe them.

But many of those doctors now work for hospitals that don’t give them final say over what is on the menu of medicines they can pick. So when the GlaxoSmithKline PLC saleswoman began plugging two new lung-disease drugs to a big San Diego hospital system this spring, it was to an administrator who doesn’t see patients but helps write the menu, also called a “formulary,” of approved medications.

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