PATEGOU JOSEPH, International Strategy And Influence

Production of applications in the pharmaceutical industry: 6 actors

In the pharmaceutical industry, we have more than 100,000 mobile health applications present on different platforms (iOS and Android), 60% of these applications target welfare and shape market and the remaining 40% is intended for health professionals. Different types of actors are responsible for the production of those applications; we can clearly identify 6 actors (Source: dmd-sante and research2guidance).

Figure1: 6 actors’ producer of application within the pharmaceutical industry

1. Traditional healthcare players: It includes Pharma, Hospitals, health insurance and Med-tech companies, representing 3,4% of the total number of app publishers.

2. App specialists: App specialists are small companies with 3-10 employees. They have an app developer background and are familiar with the available development tools. This group represents 14% of the total mHealth app publisher community.

3. Helper: Helpers are companies or individuals with the primary motivation of publishing mHealth apps in order to help others and are typically small companies of 3-10 employees. They represent 32% of the market.

4. Medical specialists: Medical specialists leverage their medical know-how to develop mobile apps. They represent 20% of the market.

5. Fitness specialists: This group of app developers represents around 10% of the total mHealth app developer community. The typical company size is 11-100 employees.

6. Connecters: This group of mHealth app publishers represents 18% of the total mHealth app developer community.