Each year, the Pharma Market Research Conference puts together a program agenda to
address the most pressing and relevant issues facing our industry today.  The program will
provide important insights through a balance of formats including formal presentations, panel
discussions, and smaller intimate discussion groups.   Speakers and panel members include
some of the most influential leaders in Pharma Market Research, but it is your participation
that will drive the discussion.  Bring your questions, personal insights, and industry
knowledge and be part of something big!
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FEBRUARY 1-2, 2010 NEW JERSEY
DAY 1 (Monday, February 1, 2010)
General Session:
7:15 – 8:15
Registration & Networking Breakfast in Exhibition Hall

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8:15 - 8:30
Chairpersons’ Opening Remarks

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8:30 – 9:15
Keynote Presentation: Pharma Survival Game: Swim with Competitors without Being Eaten Alive
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry -- the largest market in the world -- is transforming from the Growth Stage to the Competitive Stage
of its lifecycle. New products are scarce, markets are stagnating, regulations are limiting promotions, brand competition is
intensifying, and generics are eroding brands. This interactive session will:
  • Examine the U.S. pharmaceutical industry’s transition from a growth to a mature industry
  • Identify key elements of the Competitive Stage
  • Review examples of pharma companies’ increasingly intense competitive activities
  • Discuss case studies that may foreshadow winning strategies and tactics

    Stan Bernard, President, Bernard Associates

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9:15 – 10:00
Keynote Presentation: Market Research Insight: Seeing Patterns That Produce Winning Brands In
Turbulent Times
Market-research all-stars have learned how to turn oceans of data into breakthrough insights. This ability allows them to see
patterns that others miss – helping them avoid market pitfalls that hobble competitors and to produce winning brands even in times
of turbulent change. This presentation will share field research findings and case examples of how winning bio-pharma Market
Research organizations build systems that enable them to see marketing opportunities that others miss. Key findings that will be
shared:
  • Managing the insight process
  • Case Examples of Success & Failure
  • Project design that favors success
  • Critical hidden competencies that characterize Market Research All Stars
  • The power of effective market research recommendations
  • Packaging and presenting insights to move different executive groups
  • Cultivating market research high performers and high performance

    Chris Bogan, Chief Executive Officer, Best Practices, LLC

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10:00 – 11:00
Networking & Refreshments in Exhibition Hall

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11:00 – 12:00
Keynote Panel: Reaction/Response to Keynote Presentations
    (Panelists are Advisory Board Members)
    Grace Samoil Reynolds, Sr Director Global Strategic Analytics, Johnson & Johnson
    Thomas Han, Vice President US Marketing, Biovail
    Ann Hale, Senior Director/Team Leader, Pfizer
    Sandipa Dublish, Director Global Market Research, Eisai
    Stuart Greenberg, Deputy Director, Global Market Research, Bayer
    Mark Edelstein, Senior Director Market Research, Lundbeck
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12:00 – 1:00
Networking Luncheon

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1:00 – 2:00
TRACK A
Leveraging Market Research for Forecasting
The panel discussion will focus on how to best use primary MR in situations where historical data and trends are not
good guides for future.   Panel will review challenges in
  • New product forecasts
  • Diagnosing launch performance & recalibrating forecasts for newly launched drugs
  • Forecast revisions for mature drugs in ‘trend breaker’ situations (e.g., launch of a new competitor, competitor
    going generic, new science that may change how the disease is diagnosed/treated)

Panelists will share their experiences regarding the type of market research studies that can be used in these
situations, and issues related to study design and interpretation of data.

    Moderator:
    Sandipa Dublish, Director Global Market Research, Eisai

    Panelists:
    Sanjaya Shunglu, Director, Market Research, Bristol Myers Squibb Co
    Matthew Handel, Sr. Director, Global Business Analysis & Forecasting, Shire
    Grace Samoil Reynolds, Sr Director Global Strategic Analytics, Johnson & Johnson
    Anindita Niyogi, Director, Specialty Care Market Analytics, Pfizer Inc.
    Julie Clemens, VP, Client Consulting, Nielsen
  TRACK B
Challenges of Doing Market Research in Emerging Countries
    Moderator:
    Alok Aggarwal, Co-founder and Chairman, Evalueserve

    Panelists:
    Branimir Brankov, M.D., M.B.A., Sr. Director Strategic Business Intelligence, Merck & Co., Inc.
    Marjorie Norman, Director, Worldwide Competitive Intelligence, Pfizer

Participants may choose 1 of 2 concurrent tracks
2:00 – 2:45
TRACK A
Portfolio Positioning Using Feature-Benefit-Value Segmentation
The presentation demonstrates how Feature Benefit-Value (FBV) segmentation can be used to position and target a
product portfolio. The concept of the FBV segmentation method is reviewed along with a high level overview of the
underlying statistical principles. An example from the Medical Device industry and results of the process are
presented. A comparison between FBV segmentation and a benefits only approach to segmentation is reviewed.
Lessons learned from the effort are also discussed. The presentation concludes with an analysis of a post-hoc
segmentation using Classification and Regression Trees as a means to help target the portfolio.

    Christopher Perkins, Senior Manager of Business Intelligence, Roche Diagnostics
  TRACK B
Research Project: Market Research in the Biopharma Industry - Trends in 2010
Panel Intelligence will conduct a survey of market research professionals and other relevant decision makers in
biopharma companies in late 2009-early 2010 to develop data providing insight into practices, spending, and trends
in the industry regarding market research in 2010.  In particular, we will develop data and present regarding the
following topics:
  • Describe trends in spending on market research in 2010
  • Identify plans for allocation of market research dollars among different research methods and applications,
    analytical techniques uses, new vs. existing products etc.
  • Explore factors and criteria for selecting market research vendors
  • Discuss types of business relationships with market research providers

    Scott Packard, Senior Vice President, Research, MedPanel
Participants may choose 1 of 2 concurrent tracks
4:30 – 5:30
TRACK A
Role of Market Research in the Evolving Next Generation Bio-Pharma
    Panelists:
    Ajaya Das, Associate Director, Market Research, Bristol Myers Squibb Co
    Lisa Griffith, Associate Director, Market Research, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
    Glen Misek, Director, Marketing Analytics and Business Insights, Abbott (invited)
    Jim Barlow, Global Market Research Point - Ridaforolimus, Merck Oncology
    Anindita Niyogi, Director, Specialty Care Market Analytics, Pfizer
  TRACK B
Panel Discussion Topic: Managing Vendor Relationships in Pharma Companies in These
Economic Times
    Panelists:
    Patricia Phillips, Manager Market Research, Daiichi Sankyo
    Donna DiStefano, Global Market Research Manager, Alcon Laboratories
    Stuart Greenberg, Deputy Director, Global Market Research, Bayer

Participants may choose 1 of 2 concurrent tracks
8:30 – 9:15
TRACK A
Demonstrating How Market Research can Shape and Influence Business Decisions
Market research is an integral partner in any decision making process at any phase in the pharmaceutical lifecycle. In
this presentation, the focus will be on various market research touchpoint projects to:
  • Inform critical brand decisions such "go/no go" for further clinical development
  • Assess optimal brand positioning and messaging through research with physicians and patients
  • Gauge the level of success of a sales force with respect to message delivery and physicians' message play-
    back
  • Track new-to-brand and new-to-market patients and identify switch patterns
  • Assess Direct to Patient, Physician or Consumer promotional ROI of various channels and media
  • Predict erosion and line extension trends based on analog research

    Barbara Haimowitz, Associate Director, Market Research & Planning, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  TRACK B
The Difference Engine: A new approach to finding your product's point of differentiation
Moving market share in a competitive market requires one of two strategies: outspend or outsmart your competitors.  
Assuming your decision is to outsmart rather than outspend, you need to be sure your marketing expenditures have
the greatest return per dollar spent.  In addition, you have to determine where you can win and where you won’t.  The
research we will present supports the following orientation – by focusing on the patient, or your customer’s customer,
and showing how your product addresses different patient segments, you can communicate with physicians in a way
that is more in sync with what matters to them.

We have set up a new framework for understanding how your product fits in the physicians’ landscape of patients
they treat.  The philosophy is simple: focus on the physician’s patients, figure out where each product fits relative to
patients, and in the process identify where the opportunities are, and how to shore up your points of vulnerability.

    Tim Edbrooke, Chief Business Officer, Healogix
Participants may choose 1 of 2 concurrent tracks
11:00 – 12:15
TRACK A
Best Practice:  How to Design and Execute Market Research for Senior Decision Makers
Too often extensive / exhaustive / expensive research is completed with little to no impact on final decision making
considerations.  Find out what others have done to ensure their research is the center point of any important decision-
making process and what you can learn from their experience.
    Moderator:
    Sanjiv Sharma, Vice-President of Commercial Affairs, Nicox

    Panelists:
    David Berman, Sr. Director, Global Customer Insights, Merck
    Stuart Greenberg, Deputy Director, Global Market Research, Bayer
    Glen Misek, Director, Marketing Analytics and Business Insights, Abbott (invited)
    Paul Snyderman, Chief Research Officer, Ipsos Health
    Thomas Han, Vice President US Marketing, Biovail
  TRACK B
(11:00-11:45)
Conjoint Analysis – A Tool to Combine Market Research, Product and Business
Development
  • Is a simple method or model to investigate how buyers “value” different product and service features
  • Is used to support product / service development, pricing and market segmentation
  • Optimizes product profile, price elasticity, product performance, product deletion/addition, for competitors
    reaction
  • Requires quantifiable product attributes and discrete attribute levels
  • Results from a study for a diagnostic product are presented

    Erico von Bueren, Global Product Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific
  TRACK B
(11:45-12:15)
Market Research in Asia
  • Best Strategies for Market Research in Asia
  • Pitfalls to Avoid
  • Different Strategies for Different Asian Countries
  • How Can Asian Research Drive Your Strategy in the Region
  • The Importance of Primary Doctor Research in Asia

    Ames Gross, President and founder, Pacific Bridge Medical
Participants may choose 1 of 2 concurrent tracks
2:45 – 3:45
Networking & Refreshments in Exhibition Hall
5:30 – 8:30
Evening Socializing Events! Casino Gaming, Reception & Networking
DAY 2 (Tuesday, February 2, 2008)
7:15 – 8:15
Registration & Networking Breakfast in Exhibition Hall

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8:15 - 8:30
Chairpersons’ Opening Remarks

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9:15 – 10:00
TRACK A
Managing the Marketing Analytics Deliverables in Joint Commercialization Engagement
Part of AstraZeneca’s corporate strategy is to establish successful external collaborations.  AstraZeneca has a long-
standing commitment to cardiovascular health and has an established presence in the cholesterol market.  
Marketing analytics plays a key role in promoting the success of these collaborations, including pre-contract financial
analyses, contract negotiation, setting a sales force strategy, execution and impact reporting, and more.  Over the
past two years, AstraZeneca has participated in several joint commercialization and co-promotion agreements in the
cholesterol market.  This discussion will focus broadly on the nature of the marketing analytics deliverables as well
as the practical side of how to make the best use of the derived marketing insights.


    Geoffrey Scott, Senior Manager, Quantitative Commercial Insights, AstraZeneca
    Seth Reno, Brand Insight Director, AstraZeneca
  TRACK B
New Developments in Customer Preference Measurement
Understanding customer preferences and customer decision making is the key to developing new products,
understanding how to segment and target the market and how to effectively communicate with customers.  This
presentation will cover new developments in measuring customer preferences.  In the current economic
environment, such robust measurement will allow market research to learn more from the results and utilize the
information to develop robust segmentation and messaging.

    V. “Seenu” Srinivasan, Ph.D.
    Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business

    R. Sukumar, Ph.D., President, Optimal Strategix Group, Inc.
Participants may choose 1 of 2 concurrent tracks
12:15  – 1:15
Networking Luncheon

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General Session:
1:15 – 2:00
Keynote Talk or Keynote Panel

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2:00 – 3:00
Summary and Key Takeaways
    (Panelists are Advisory Board Members)
    Thomas Han, Vice President US Marketing Biovail
    Ann Hale, Senior Director/Team Leader, Pfizer
    Sandipa Dublish, Director Global Market Research, Eisai
    Stuart Greenberg, Deputy Director, Global Market Research, Bayer
    Mark Edelstein, Senior Director Market Research, Lundbeck
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3:00

Conference Concludes
10:00 – 11:00
Networking & Refreshments in Exhibition Hall
3:45 - 4:30
TRACK A
Doing The Unthinkable: Linking Arms With Your Competition To Provide A Better Client
Experience  
Everyone understands how competitive the landscape is right now for the primary market research service provider.  
With healthcare clients (pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostic, device, etc.) dealing with decreased budgets and
increased expectations, it’s easy to see why market research companies are increasingly becoming more combative
in the fight for their economic survival.

But, even in today’s rugged environment, are there opportunities for market research competitors to collaborate?  
And, if so, how and when do these collaborations benefit pharmaceutical and biotech clients?

In this presentation, the owners of two established primary market research companies will explain how their
companies have worked together to prospect targeted companies and converted them into loyal clients.

    Kendall Gay, Principal, KGC,Inc.
    George Grubb, Principal, G & S Research, Inc.
  TRACK B
Bringing Your Research Alive and Achieving a More Cost Effective Result
  • Research is a living, breathing set of human interactions
  • Can we really put healthcare providers and patients together in research?
  • Reasons to stop separating ourselves from the market by two layers of bullet proof glass and a moderator
  • Defining research by the results that we need instead of by the techniques that we use

In this dynamic session we will break away from dogmatic approaches and present compelling case studies,
including video, in favor of fresh insights and actionable solutions that have proven track records in pharma research.
  • Self-moderated dyads
  • Ethnography
  • e-nography
  • In-office recordings
  • Natural Language Processing/Linguistic Analysis
  • And more!

    Peter Simpson, Principal, Segmedica
Participants may choose 1 of 2 concurrent tracks
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