Issue 2 | March 2009

Welcome to the second edition of Healthcheck, the e-newsletter from The Research Partnership. We have a lot of exciting news this issue, in particular we have made a number of senior appointments, been shortlisted for an award and are launching a new report on diabetes.

US office has new Managing Director
Office move and expansion plans

The US team: front row l to r: Daisy Spread, Mary Assimakopoulos, Emma Clark,
back row l to r: Andrew Stokes, Paula Tyler, Ajit Baid, Tom Winter and Sue Marett.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ajit Baid as Managing Director for the US office. We have also relocated our offices close to Philadelphia, in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

Ajit brings with him a wealth of pharma experience having worked in senior positions both client-side in marketing and sales roles; as a global consultant for Frost & Sullivan; and most recently for Genactis where he was a Senior Director of Client Services.

Ajit said, "I am very excited to join The Research Partnership and look forward to supporting our US global clients. I have ambitious plans for the US office, and am now pressing ahead with a recruitment drive. We have already made three new appointments, which will boost our existing team. "

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Shortlisted for Award

Therapy KnowlEdge has been shortlisted as a finalist for the 'Best Use of Technology' award at the coveted Fast Growth Business Awards. The awards were established to recognise the UK's fastest growing businesses and the people who run them.

New territories added

Therapy KnowlEdge RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) has expanded to include Latin America, and now provides real-time tracking in Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Mexico. This syndicated tool provides brand teams with a vital market connection in a rapid growth region.

Summary reports available for HIV

Stand-alone country reports, drawing from Therapy KnowlEdge HIV 2008 data (Jan-Dec) are now being made available across Europe. These reports provide a consolidated summary of the market and are competitively priced at £9k per country. Further discounts are available for purchasing all 5 EU reports.

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Living with Diabetes
Online syndicated report launched

The Research Partnership has launched a new study into the emotional needs and treatment drivers of patients living with Type 2 Diabetes. The study, which is being conducted online annually, is the first in a series of reports which The Research Partnership will cover on living with specific illnesses. John Branston, Director, is managing the online diabetes study which is in field and will be reported in May.

He commented, "We recognised a gap in the market for real insight into diabetes patients' attitudes and needs. We believe there is a requirement for a study which provides a meaningful patient segmentation. With a team of researchers specialising in diabetes and years of experience in this area, we feel that we can give big pharma what it wants on this subject in a cost-effective manner."

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Thank you for reading the second edition
of Healthcheck.
We hope you enjoyed it.

If you have any comments or would like to enquire about our services, please email us at contact@researchpartnership.com or call +44 20 7385 6222.

In this issue:

US office appoints
Managing Director:
Appointment and team news

Therapy KnowlEdge:
Shortlisted for award and services expanded

Living with Diabetes:
Patient report investigates

People news:
New Director appointed

PBIRG and EphMRA:
Our papers accepted

People talk:
Audio interviews by our staff

Immersion in Asia:
Singapore Conference 19 Feb

Readership survey:
Win an iPod

People news

New Quantitative Director appointed

In January we also appointed Karen Swords as Director of Quantitative Research in order to further strengthen our quantitative offering.

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Immersion in Asia

Singapore Conference
19 February 2009

The Singapore office recently hosted its second annual conference, entitled "Immersion in Asia", at the Botanic Gardens on
19 February 2009.

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PBIRG & EphMRA

Papers accepted at both industry conferences

Ajit Baid and Marc Yates will be co-presenting a paper entitled "Countering patient reluctance in Asia" at PBIRG's 2009 AGM in Phoenix, Arizona (17-20 May 2009).

Marc Yates will also be presenting a paper at EphMRA's 2009 Conference "Evolution or Revolution" in Marne-La-Vallée in France on 16-18 June 2009.

The Research Partnership will be attending and exhibiting at both events. We look forward to seeing you there!

Readership survey

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About The Research Partnership
Founded by Mark Jeffery and Mary Assimakopoulos, and with offices across Europe, North America and Asia, The Research Partnership has conducted high quality global market research for the pharmaceutical industry for over 12 years. The company prides itself on listening to client needs and has a reputation for being customer-focused, offering intelligent research and a very flexible and responsive service.

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