CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- MedPanel, a leader in online medical market intelligence today announced the launch of MedPanel Financial Group which will offer professional investors in the life sciences and healthcare industries access to medical thought leaders, community practitioners and other medical professionals through MedPanel's unique online platform, methodologies and product suite. The new group will be led by Howard Brick, former vice president of business development, finance & legal affairs at Case Shiller Weiss. MedPanel also announced the appointment of Jeffrey P. Parker, founder of First Call and CCBN and prior chairman and CEO of Thomson Financial, to its advisory board. Mr. Parker will act as senior counselor for financial markets to MedPanel's chief executive officer, Mr. Brick and MedPanel's executive team.
"MedPanel offers investors in healthcare an efficient source of unique insight into the clinical and market issues concerning therapeutics, devices and healthcare services that will enhance their investment decision-making process," said Mr. Parker, chairman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Corporate Communications Broadcast Network (CCBN). "MedPanel's online approach enables investors to obtain fast, accurate and unbiased information from multiple medical thought leaders and practitioners to help validate or alter investment decisions for buy-side, sell-side, venture fund managers and analysts. The MedPanel 'edge' will give investors another important window into the companies they buy," Mr. Parker concluded.
"The addition of Jeff Parker to MedPanel's advisory board, and the formation and launch of the Financial Group reflect important new strategic directions for MedPanel," said Will Febbo, chief executive officer. "It has been obvious to us for some time that MedPanel's platform and deep clinical expertise would have value in other sectors with an interest in the life sciences and healthcare industries. The Financial Group represents our first effort to bring the company's technology to other markets."
MedPanel Financial Group's online products and services offer professional investors in healthcare and life sciences companies a better source for medical market research through faster and more efficient access to clinical thought leaders and practitioners. MedPanel's custom qualitative and quantitative offerings, as well as its syndicated studies, help investors 1) assess the likely uptake of a new compound or technology, 2) determine the size of a target market for a particular product, 3) conduct a competitive assessment or 4) gauge an unmet medical need. MedPanel's access to the key opinion leaders and community practitioners in any therapeutic area, combined with its expertise in structuring and conducting online interactive discussions and surveys, give investors the clinical information edge they never before had.
For more information on the Financial Group, contact Howard Brick at 617.661.8080 x323, or email howard.brick@medpanel.com.
About MedPanel
MedPanel is a medical market intelligence company providing custom and syndicated medical market research exclusively online. MedPanel's powerful proprietary methodology and platform enable pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics companies, as well as others with an interest in life sciences, to have greater strategic control over the development and commercialization of products, and lower costs overall. Through unparalleled access to clinicians, medical thought leaders and healthcare professionals, and through its interactive, asynchronous approach to medical panels and surveys, MedPanel is able to deliver fast, unbiased, cost-effective and actionable data. MedPanel is a global organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Contact: John Smith MedPanel, Inc. 617-661-8080 x317, for media john.smith@medpanel.com Howard Brick MedPanel, Inc. 617-661-8080 x323, for products howard.brick@medpanel.com
MedPanelCONTACT: For Media, John Smith of MedPanel, Inc., +1-617-661-8080,ext. 317, john.smith@medpanel.com; for Products: Howard Brick of MedPanel,Inc., +1-617-661-8080, ext. 323, howard.brick@medpanel.com
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