Examples - Challenge, Action, Results

Infectious Disease

Major pharmaceutical company wanted to assess R&D programs and marketing leadership in HIV

• DPS interviewed over 60 key opinion leaders including: clinicians, academic researchers, industry executives and patient advocates
   
• Company used information to focus R&D and PR efforts

Major vaccine manufacturer needed system to keep track of vaccines in development in 12 therapy areas
 

• DPS searched: PharmaProjects, BioScan, NIH - CRISP-SBIR Web Site, US, European and Japanese patent databases, Medline, general internet sites, Investext, company web sites and various university tech transfer offices and helped company set up database
   
• This enabled company to have central source for vaccine information

Company with product in development for Staphylococcus infections wanted to know the status of the competition

• DPS interviewed key opinion leaders worldwide
   
• Company used information for clinical trials and early marketing position