February 7, 2013 ·
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For Immediate Release
February 7, 2013 (Chapel Hill, NC) The Medical Science Liaison Society (MSL Society) is planning its first global conference and gala for April 2013.
The event will take place at Philadelphia’s Hyatt at the Broadview on South Broad Street, from April 1-3. The 2013 MSL Society Conference and Gala is the first event of its kind, a tangible extension of the non-profit organization’s mission to bring together global medical affairs professionals for education and networking in an effort to support the profession.
Attendees will include Medical Affairs and MSL Leadership, as well as other professionals focusing on key topic including KOL access, HEOR, clinical trials, clinical investigation, key opinion leader relationship management, and medical communications. The emerging roster of speakers includes luminaries from the world of medical affairs, including Dr. Stewart Rosen, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Quintiles, Dr. Robert Ang, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Cadence Pharmaceuticals, and Dr. Elizabeth Kupferer, Director of Medical Affairs at Sequenom. 
Highlights of the three-day event include a welcome reception on day one, followed by a full day of education and networking, the gala dinner to culminate day two, and a final round of education and networking on day three.
“We’ve planned our first live conference with the needs ... read more »
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November 6, 2012 ·
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November 6, 2012 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) Thought Leader Select, a Chapel Hill, NC-based consulting firm serving the biopharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics industries, announces the commencement of a national engagement in Canada focused on key opinion leaders and medical centers of excellence in women’s health with an international biopharmaceutical company.
The company, part of a select group of global leaders in drug development for products aimed at improving the health of women, approached Thought Leader Select for support in a variety of collaborative efforts with leading physicians and other health care professionals at leading universities, medical schools, teaching hospitals, and specialty clinics. The key opinion leaders represent medical experts within the Canadian obstetrics and gynecology community, with areas of sub-specialty including fertility and the treatment of uterine tumors.
Known for the versatility of applications for its in-house research and analysis, Thought Leader Select’s research group will analyze the skills and experience of specialists in multiple areas where they collaborate with leading physicians and other health care professionals, including registered nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical pharmacists, and medical researchers, to advance the science of medicine and patient care in women’s health, including basic and clinical research, scientific journal publishing, treatment guidelines, and more.
Throughout the remainder of the engagement, Thought Leader Select’s consulting team will provide strategic guidance, tactical recommendations for strengthening collaborative ... read more »
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June 14, 2012 ·
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June 14, 2012 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) Thought Leader Select, a Chapel Hill, NC-based consulting firm serving the biopharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics industries, announces the commencement of a global engagement in blood disorders with a top 30 global biopharmaceutical company.
The biopharmaceutical company, part of a select group of global leaders in drug development for a product in development to treat iron overload in the body, approached Thought Leader Select for support with its launch activities across multiple global markets. To meet the strategic needs of the company’s pre-launch for a new blood disorders treatment, Thought Leader Select will deploy its in-house research group for an assessment of key opinion leaders in the area of chelation therapy.
Known for the versatility of applications for its in-house research, Thought Leader Select’s research group will analyze the skills and experience of leading specialists in the following geographic areas:
- United States
- Europe
- Japan
- Pacific Rim
- Middle East
For the global assessment, the Thought Leader Select research group will identify 100 physicians appropriate for compliant engagement in support of drug development for blood disorders.
In the second phase of the assessment, Thought Leader Select’s in-house research group will engage in its exclusive, validated methodology of deep profiling, delivering objective assessments of the skills and experience of key opinion leaders across 14 areas where health care professionals define themselves as thought ... read more »
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April 26, 2012 ·
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April 26, 2012 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) Thought Leader Select, a Chapel Hill, NC-based consulting firm serving the biopharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics industries, announces the commencement of an inter-disciplinary infectious disease engagement with a top 10 global biopharmaceutical company.
The biopharmaceutical company, part of a select group of global leaders in drug development for the treatment of infectious diseases, approached Thought Leader Select for support with its development pipeline across the Canadian market. To meet the combined strategic needs of the company’s emerging pipeline in treating conditions like HIV and Hepatitis-C, Thought Leader Select will deploy its in-house research group for a multi-disciplinary assessment of the key opinion leader community in infectious diseases.
Known for the versatility of applications for its in-house research, Thought Leader Select’s research group will analyze the skills and experience of leading specialists in the following areas:
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
For the first wave of the assessment, the Thought Leader Select research group will identify 50 physicians appropriate for compliant engagement in support of drug development for infectious diseases, across multiple Canadian provinces.
In the second phase of the assessment, Thought Leader Select’s in-house research group will engage in its exclusive, validated methodology of deep profiling, delivering objective assessments of the skills and experience of key opinion leaders across 14 areas where health care professionals define themselves as thought leaders, ... read more »
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April 18, 2012 ·
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April 18, 2012 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) Thought Leader Select, a Chapel Hill, NC-based consulting firm serving the biopharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics industries, announces the commencement of a urology engagement with a top 20 global pharmaceutical company.
The pharmaceutical company, a global leader in drug development for urological conditions, approached Thought Leader Select for support with its existing portfolio of medicines, as well as new drugs in its development pipeline across the Canadian market. To meet the combined strategic needs of the company’s existing portfolio as well as its emerging pipeline, Thought Leader Select will deploy its in-house research group for a two-part assessment of the key opinion leader community in urology.
For the first wave of the assessment, the Thought Leader Select research group will validate the skills and experience of the urology specialists that currently comprise the company’s KOL roster. In addition, Thought Leader Select will identify new physicians appropriate for the panel, bringing the total roster to 40 thought leaders across multiple Canadian provinces.
In the second phase of the assessment, Thought Leader Select’s in-house research group will engage in its exclusive, validated methodology of deep profiling, delivering objective assessments of the skills and experience of key opinion leaders across 14 areas where health care professionals define themselves as ... read more »
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March 27, 2012 ·
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Industry Insights from Kristen Smithwick
Albeit a bit late, the U. S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule on the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act’s Physician Payments Sunshine Provision (also known as the “Sunshine Act”) to implement it as law.
CMS invited comments on the proposed rule through mid-February 2012, and a recent webcast, sponsored by PharmaLive’s Pharmalot, featured key facts and summaries of comments on the proposed rule. Working for a provider of research and consulting to the biopharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics industries on relationships with physicians and other health care providers, I enjoyed the opportunity to join the webcast, led by experts from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., and am eager to share some of my key takeaways.
As mentioned in previous Thought Leader Select Blog posts, the Sunshine Act, as with many laws and regulations, is full of unintended consequences – some positive and some negative. Lance K. Stell, medical ethics teacher at Davidson College and Carolinas Medical Center, reports in his USA Today op-ed piece that the “Sunshine Act will cost far more than the $224 million estimated for just the first year of compliance” and that “the biggest cost will be the valuable, socially useful physician-industry collaborations that simply won’t occur.” Of course, the idea of ... read more »
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February 3, 2011 ·
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New press release out today from the offices of Thought Leader Select:
Thought Leader Select announces 50 Percent Annual Growth for 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 3, 2010 (CHAPEL HILL, NC)-Thought Leader Select, a Research Triangle, NC-based research and consulting company serving the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries, announces 50 percent year-over-year growth for 2010.
Founded in 2006, Thought Leader Select is a specialty firm dedicated to strengthening industry collaborations with medical experts for the development of next generation medicines. The company’s practice area focuses on three aspects of working with key opinion leaders (KOLs) in the medical community: identification and profiling, mapping, and engagement.
During the 2010 fiscal year, the company grew its revenues by 50 percent over fiscal year 2009, according to Kristen Smithwick, Vice President of Business Development, Marketing, and Strategic Planning. “We had a very strong year in 2010, and we have solidified our position as one of the preeminent thought leader engagement companies in the marketplace,” stated Smithwick.
The company marked 2010 by generating a record 28 customized research assessments for 10 of the top 50 global biopharmaceutical companies (measured by revenue). Thought Leader Select identified and profiled over 2500 KOLs in 30 countries. The medical experts represented multiple therapeutic areas and disease states, including neurology, ophthalmology, cardiology, endocrinology, and immunology.
Thought Leader Select used its industry-leading “deep profiling” methodology to ... read more »
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November 3, 2010 ·
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New press release out today from the offices of Thought Leader Select:
November 3, 2010 (Chapel Hill, NC)—Thought Leader Select, a Research Triangle, NC-based company dedicated to thought leader collaboration services for the healthcare and biopharmaceutical industries, announces the launch of the all-new ThoughtLeaderSelect.com.
Along with the launch of the site, the company has re-launched a branded suite of integrated services geared at facilitating better industry collaborations with experts in the global medical community, along with a new corporate logo. The project, spearheaded internally by Kristen Smithwick, the firm’s vice president of business development, marketing, and strategic planning, and Brian Castle, director of global marketing and client relations, is the culmination of six months of work with internal and external strategic partners, including web design firm Design Hammer and innovation consultant Studio Hagler, both of Durham, NC.
“We are very pleased with the work of Tevan Alexander and the team at Design Hammer in leading the re-design of our site,” stated Smithwick. “We wanted our site not only to showcase our dedicated team and the services they provide to the industries we serve, but also to have a space where we could interact with our clients and people within the industry, through our blog and social media efforts.”
“Ty Hagler of Studio Hagler was also quite ... read more »
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