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February 10, 2012 (San Diego) - Lysosomal Disease Network (LDN) World Symposium
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings at the 8th annual LDN World Symposium. Lysosomal Storage Disease topics included Gaucher Disease, Fabry Disease, PKU and Metabolic Disorders, Pompe Disease, MPS, Ophthalmic Genetic Disorders, and Newborn Screening.
February 9, 2012 (San Francisco) - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings at the AAOS conference in San Francisco.
February 3, 2012 (San Francisco) - American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings at the ASCO-GU conference.
February 2, 2012 (New York) - Healthcare Sourcing and Procurement
Breakfast Meeting with Corporate Procurement and Contracting Administrator at a not-for-profit community based healthcare system with over 50 locations. Advisor's areas of expertise include purchasing and contracting across Med/Surgery, Lab Equipment, Radiology, Radiation Oncology and IT.
January 20, 2012 (New York) - Prostate Cancer and RCC
Breakfast Meeting with Doctor who treats approximately 200 CRPC patients and 60 RCC patients, in addition to patients with urothelial, bladder, and testicular cancers. Discussion topics included treatment regimens and prescription patterns for Provenge, Zytiga, Xgeva, Sutent, and other therapies, as well as address topics of interest at the upcoming ASCO-GU conference.
January 10 - 13 (Las Vegas) - International Consumer Electronics Show
Advisors were available on-site for one-on-one meetings, guided tours and wrap-up calls.
January 4, 2012 (New York) - Preclinical CROs
Breakfast Meeting with president of a consulting company that monitors research activities at preclinical CROs. Discussion topics iincluded regulatory issues, compliance initiatives, vendor selection and outsoursing trends and pricing dynamics.
December 20, 2011 (New York) - Biostats Refresher
Lunch meeting with Attending Biostatistician at a major Cancer Center who specializes in clinical trial design, medical diagnostic tests and predictive model development. Discussion topics included: clinical trial protocol design and methods of statistical analysis and the changing role of biostatisticians within the trial process.
December 16, 2011 (New York) - Retail Pharmacy
Guidepoint Global hosted a breakfast meeting with a senior executive from a national wholesale distributor of healthcare products to retail pharmacies, long term care pharmacies, PBMs and hospitals.
December 10, 2011 (San Diego) - Group Meetings at ASH Annual Meeting
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings at the 2011 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Topics included Leukemias & MDS, Hematologic Malignancies, Lymphomas & CLL, Multiple Myeloma and Myeloproliferative Disorders.
December 9, 2011 (San Antonio) - Group Meetings at SABC Symposium
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings at the 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
December 7, 2011 (New York) - Orthopedics: Hip and Knee Trauma Devices
Guidepoint hosted a breakfast meeting with a former VP of Business Development at a leading manufacturer of orthopedic medical devices.
November 22, 2011 (New York) - European Economic Crisis and Implications for Auto Industry
Guidepoint hosted a lunch meeting. Topics included: the state of the crisis by country, changes to OEM Strategy, forecast developments and the effects of the Thai flood on the industry.
November 14, 2011 (Orlando) - Group Meetings at AHA Cardiology Conference
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings for Clients at the American Heart Association (AHA) 2011.
November 11, 2011 (Philadelphia) - Group Meetings at ASN Kidney Week
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings for Clients at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week.
November 8, 2011 (San Francisco) - Group Meetings at TCT Conference
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings for Clients at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference (TCT) in San Francisco.
November 8, 2011 (Chicago) - Group Meetings at ACR Conference
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings for Clients at the 2011 American College of Rheumatology Conference in Chicago.
November 6-7, 2011 (San Francisco) - Group Meetings at AASLD Conference
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings at the 2011 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases annual conference.
November 1, 2011 (New York) - Vitreoretinal Specialist - Lucentis, Avastin and Eylea
Breakfast meeting with a vitreoretinal specialist in a small group retina specialty practice. He sees about 250 patients per week for diabetic macular edema, macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusion, and vitrectomies, among other conditions. Expected topics include: treatment regimens, including prescription patterns for Lucentis and Avastin, the potential usage of Eylea, and cost/reimbursement considerations.
October 26, 2011 (New York) - Prenatal Diagnostics and MaterniT21 Test
Breakfast meeting with the Chair of a Department of Obstetrics and Gynocology who is also a Medical School Professor and the Medical Director of a Human Genetics Laboratory. The focus of the discussion will be Sequenom's MaterniT21 test and the study results recently published in Genetics in Medicine.
October 20, 2011 (Amsterdam) - Group Meetings at ECTRIMS Congress
Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings at the 2011 Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. Reach out to your Guidepoint Global contact for more information.
October 18, 2011 (New York) - AASLD Preview
Guidepoint hosted a breakfast meeting with the Medical Director and Founder of a Viral Hepatitis Clinic in a major U.S. City. Expected topics include a discussion on abstracts of interest at the upcoming AASLD conference in San Francisco.
October 13, 2011 (Montreal) - Group Meetings at International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG)
Guidepoint hosted group meetings at the 2011 conference.
October 11, 2011 (New York) - Cochlear Implant Market
Guidepoint hosted a breakfast meeting with the Co-Director of one of the largest cochlear implant centers in the U.S. Topics will include market dynamics and product differentiation among the 3 major companies -- Med-EL GmbH, Cochlear, and Advanced Bionics.
October 6, 2011 (New York) - Medicare Modernization Act
Guidepoint hosted a lunch meeting with an Advisor who played a key role in drafting the Medicare Modernization Act and will discuss President Obama's deficit reduction plan and the proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
October 4, 2011 (Miami, FL) - Group Meetings at American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) conference
Guidepoint hosted group meetings at the 2011 conference. Session leaders will include:
- SVP of Clinical Operations for a national radiation treatment center
- Associate Member of the Department of Radiation Oncology for a University in the Southeast
- Regional Director for Radiology, Oncology and Neuroscience for a midwest hospital system.
- Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at a Northeastern Medical College who is also an Associate Attending for the Department of Radiation Oncology at a renowned Comprehensive Cancer Center
