Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare

Experience in various medical areas

  • Oncology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Pneumology
  • Diabetes
  • Gynaecology
  • HIV / HCV
  • Pain management
  • Rheumatology
  • Osteoporosis

Target groups: scientists / KOLs / GPs and office based medical specialists as well as clinicians / pharmacists / nurses / patients / caregivers

Exemplary studies:

  • Renal cell carcinoma: experiences with current testing procedures and treatments; evaluation of potential combination therapies (online interviews with KOLs, oncologists and pathologists; telephone interviews with patients and caregivers)
  • Diabetes: pen needle safety; evaluation of new product ideas to make use of pen needles safer (F2F interviews with diabetic patients; focus groups with nurses)
  • Asthma: Prescription criteria for inhalers & pharmaceuticals (mini groups and F2F interviews with pneumologists / paediatricians / general practitioners)
  • Migraine prevention: concept test for launch of a migraine prevention product (F2F interviews with neurologists and GPs)
  • Pain management: potential line extension and advertising of a pain reliever based on brand analysis essence (focus groups with patients using different branded products
  • Osteoporosis: perception of different product categories for treatment (F2F interviews with orthopaedists and GPs)
  • Medical Online Services: information content for medical inquiry, execution and navigation (web-workshop with general practitioners, specialists and hospital doctors)
  • Hearing loss: Concept test to determine potential for over-the-counter hearing devices (dyad interviews with hearing impaired and their relatives)
  • Products recommended by pharmacies; focus on OTC products to nurse a cold (focus groups with pharmacists / pharmacy assistants)
  • HPV vaccination: evaluation of a flyer (FGs with 14-25 year old females and their mothers)
  • Gynaecology: Pack and name test of a new hormone replacement therapy (F2F interviews with gynaecologists)
  • Gynaecology: concept test of new products to treat menopause complaints (focus groups with users and non-users of hormone replacement therapies).
  • Gynaecology: experiences with a testosterone patch for women after hystero-oophorectomy (F2F interviews with patients)