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The Lumara Series
A Genflare-produced Podcast Series.
Series Title: The Lumara Series: A Competitive Intelligence Podcast for Market Access and Brand Leaders in Specialty Pharma
Series Overview:
The Lumara Series is an 8-episode, TA-specific competitive intelligence podcast produced by Genflare using commercially available GenAI tooling and systems to both generate all of the underlying content and sciences as well as the 2-speaker (podcast format) audio files that make up each of the episodes in the series. The series follows the hypothetical launch journey of Lumara, a fictional monoclonal antibody targeting Severe Asthma with dual IL-5 and IL-13 inhibition.
The podcast is designed for VP- and Director-level professionals in Market Access, Brand Strategy, HEOR, and Commercial Operations roles.
Two-fold Purpose:
1) To provide insight-rich, strategic commentary on competitive dynamics in specialty pharma — using a fictional case study to surface real-world challenges, solutions, and innovations across market access and commercialization domains. 2) To demonstrate how current, commercially available GenAI technology (ChatGPT, Eleven Labs, and Google's NotebookLM) can be leveraged to create realistic, credible, and compelling 2-speaker audio overviews for specialized, high-impact training and communication campaigns for Pharma. Audio-based, podcast-style learning assets can be especially convenient and effective in scaling learning campaigns across field organizations.
Listeners of this series will quickly see and understand how this technology can transform their own learning programs, creating a new competitive advantage in the market.
Fictional Context:
Lumara is 12 months from launch. It enters a crowded space with entrenched biologics (Dupixent, Fasenra, Nucala, Tezspire). The series follows the internal strategic discussions and market landscape assessments that inform Lumara’s pre-launch planning.
Target Audience:
- VPs and Directors of Market Access, Brand Marketing, and Commercial Strategy
- Field reimbursement and patient services leaders
- HEOR, payer strategy, and launch planning teams
Episode Map:
1. Meet Lumara — Establishes Lumara’s fictional profile and frames the severe asthma competitive landscape
2. The Coverage Chessboard — Explores payer contracting, step edits, and rebating strategies
3. Patient Support Showdown — Deep dive into HUB performance, co-pay design, and onboarding friction
4. Message Battles — Analyzes what current brands are telling payers and how they frame economic value
5. Scaling the Access Wall — Explores how real-world evidence is used to win or maintain formulary position
6. The Unknown Unknowns — Benchmarks how much CI competitors are doing and how they’re doing it
7. Lessons from Elsewhere — Looks at access strategies from other TAs (oncology, migraine, rare disease) that could apply to Severe Asthma
8. Launching Lumara — Synthesizes the strategic arc and imagines what successful launch execution could look like
Strategic Intention:
This is not just a thought experiment. It’s a proof of capability — showing what current commercially available GenAI technology and state-of-the-art prompting strategies can do for real brands in real treatment areas. The Lumara Series is both an example and a blueprint for what is possible.
The Lumara Series
Episode 4: Message Battles –– What Are Competitors Telling Payers (and How)?
Purpose of Episode:
In Episode 4 we'll explore how existing brands in the Severe Asthma market are positioning their value stories to payers — in both economic and clinical terms. The episode will examine the structure, tone, and content of competitor access messaging, including AMCP dossiers, value decks, and in-field conversations. Lumara’s team must develop a differentiated and credible payer narrative — one that can cut through entrenched positioning and resonate with pharmacy and medical directors.
Target Listener Persona:
- VP/Director of Market Access Marketing
- HEOR leads responsible for value story development
- Payer strategy and access communications professionals
- Launch team members shaping the AMCP dossier and field tools
Main Learning Objectives:
- Identify common access messaging themes used by leading Severe Asthma brands
- Learn how different brands frame clinical differentiation, economic impact, and access value
- Understand the importance of tone, evidence design, and channel in payer messaging
- Explore how Lumara can avoid sounding like a “me-too” while still aligning with payer priorities
Narrative Framing:
- Lumara’s AMCP dossier is in early development
- The payer marketing team is under pressure to articulate both value and uniqueness
- Competitor messaging is highly polished — but patterns and gaps are starting to emerge
Fictional Context to Be Maintained:
- Lumara’s outcomes data are promising but still maturing
- Internal debate exists over whether to emphasize clinical differentiation or economic models first
- The HEOR team is proposing a scenario-based budget impact tool
- Genflare has synthesized recent payer messaging examples across the TA
Featured Segments in Episode:
- “Access Claims in the Wild: Real Excerpts, Real Impact”
- “Saying the Same Thing Differently: How Message Tone Changes Perception”
- “If You Were a Payer: What Would You Actually Believe?”