How a top 20 pharma company improved congress outcomes Powered by SpotMe Life Sciences
A top 20 pharmaceutical company faced challenges in maximizing ROI from their medical congresses, where they invested between $500,000 to over $5 million per event. Decentralized operations, inconsistent data collection, and a lack of measurable outcomes made it difficult to justify spending and to plan for future events. They turned to SpotMe Life Sciences for a solution that could capture HCP interactions, generate insights, and integrate with their CRM.
SpotMe provided an event platform that standardized processes, enhanced HCP engagement, and ensured consistent data management. The platform allowed the company to personalize experiences, capture real-time interactions, and integrate data for strategic follow-ups. This led to a 31% increase in HCP engagement, better session attendance, and actionable insights, transforming the company’s congress strategy and improving both immediate and long-term outcomes.
Initial situation and challenges
Pharmaceutical companies heavily invest in medical congresses, with expenses ranging from $500,000 to over $5 million per tier-one event. Despite the significant investments, companies face a critical challenge: the inability to measure and maximize the return on their congress participation effectively.
A top 20 pharmaceutical company approached SpotMe Life Sciences to help them get more value from their congress participation. They were looking for an end-to-end solution that ensured HCP interactions were captured before, during, and after the congress, generated first-party data to equip their reps with insights and next best actions, and fully integrated into their CRM system for congress effectiveness measurement.
The main issues faced by the pharmaceutical company included:
Decentralized Operations: Each congress used different methodologies, tools, and third-party agencies, leading to inconsistent data collection and management across medical, commercial, and business operations.
Lack of Measurable Outcomes: Relying on aggregated and anonymized metrics such as heatmaps or hospitality unit usage did not provide actionable insights or effective measures of ROI.
Defend the Spend: Increased budgetary pressures, with no accurate measure of ROI to defend the effectiveness of congress investments. These challenges resulted in a lack of visibility over congress activities, making it difficult to assess the impact of their participation and to plan strategically for future events.
The solution
To address these challenges, the pharmaceutical company turned to SpotMe, a life science event platform that offers a robust solution tailored for congress excellence.
SpotMe Life Sciences' event platform provided a solution for:
Consistent Methodology and Tools: Standardized processes were implemented across all congresses, regardless of location or third-party agency.
Enhanced Engagement Layer: There was ownership of engagement data throughout all HCP interactions at various congress stages, including booth lead capture, symposia, HCP hubs, and onsite appointments.
Tailored Experiences: Agendas were personalized for HCPs to increase engagement and participation.
Integrated Data Management: All interactions were captured on a single platform, enabling real-time data analysis and integration with CRM systems for follow-up actions.
Benefits and advantages
The implementation of SpotMe Life Sciences' event platform transformed congress management, providing them with:
- Increased HCP Engagement: HCP interactions at congresses increased by 31%, with attendance rates at specific sessions such as satellite symposia rising to 65% and activation rates at HCP hubs reaching 80%.
- Actionable Insights: The platform provided a dashboard for the real-time monitoring of congress activities, allowing the company to make data-driven decisions.
- Enhanced Feedback Collection: Comprehensive feedback was gathered from various touchpoints, significantly improving the quality of interactions and attendee satisfaction.
- Strategic Goal Setting: The company could set and monitor goals across all congress teams, enhancing overall strategy and execution.
« It is so crucial for us with the speed at which things happen onsite to be able to seamlessly carry out updates without our participants even noticing. The experience needs to be personalized regardless of how many attendees you have. »
Global Congresses Platform Lead in top 20 pharmaceutical company
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