Olivier Kovarski

In July 1996, the French social security governmental agency (the CNAM) sent a letter to all doctors urging them to prescribe generic amoxicillin instead of Clamoxyl, SmithKline Beecham’s (SB) blockbuster antibiotic.

Published 01 Jun 2003

Reference 5057

Topic Marketing

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Europe

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The B case (Augmentin in 2002) shows that GSK (the company formed by the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham) now faces the same options for Augmentin, another blockbuster antibiotic. Should they use the strategy that was so successful for Clamoxyl or have the market conditions changed so much that a whole different approach should followed?

Published 06 Jan 2003

Reference 5057

Topic Marketing

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Region Europe

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