News & Events

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

September 30, 2011 (Teleconference) - Drilling in the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio

Guidepoint hosted a teleconference on Drilling in the Utica Shale of Eastern Ohio featuring a Vice President of Exploration Technology with over 25 years of international and domestic experience in the field. The teleconference was recorded and is available to be replayed.

September 27, 2011 (New York) - Emerging Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Breakfast meeting with Doctor who cares for over 2,000 MS patients. Advisor will be able to discuss treatment regimens with respect to current and emerging therapies including laquinimod, Gilenya, BG-12, Tysabri, Copaxone, and Ampyra.

September 26, 2011 (Amsterdam) - Group meetings at European Respiratory Society (ERS) Conference

Guidepoint Global hosted group meetings at ERS in Amsterdam

Topics covered include idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma
Relevant companies include Intermune, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and Sandoz

September 23, 2011 (New York) - Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Utilization, Reimbursement and Product Differentiation

Breakfast meeting with Cardiac Electrophysiologist who is involved in local and national committees regarding ICD technology assessment and health policy and who conducts large cardiovascular outcomes studies. Topics may include:

Trends in utilization and reimbursement for ICDs, CRT-Ds, EP ablation catheters, cryoballoon ablation, pacemakers, and cardiac telemetry systems
Product differentiation among vendors including Medtronic, Boston Scientific, St. Jude, Zoll Medical, Carrot Medical, Topera Medical, Hansen, and Stereotaxis

September 19, 2011 (Chicago) - Group meetings at Interscience Conference on Antimicrobrial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)

Guidepoint hosted in-person group meetings at ICAAC

Topics covered include infectious diseases such as CDI (or c.diff), hospital acquired infections, MRSA, gram positive and gram negative bacterial infections, antibiotics, and HIV
Relevant companies include Gilead, Sangamo, Dynavax and Merck

September 19, 2011 (Boston) - Group Meetings at Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Conference

Guidepoint hosted in-person group meetings with physicians responsible for Heart Failure, Device Implantation and Transplantation programs

September 16, 2011 (New York) - Prostate Cancer Drugs

Breakfast meeting with Doctor who focuses on drug development in prostate cancer and treats over 30 patients per month with advanced prostate cancer. He will be able to discuss:

Utilization trends for different therapies, including Provenge, Zytiga, and XGEVA
Emerging therapies under investigation, including MDV3100

September 14, 2011 (New York) - Guidepoint Launches Tracker for Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)

Guidepoint announced the launch of HAE Tracker, which captures commercial trends, on a worldwide basis, associated with the therapies for HAE... (read more)

September 9, 2011 (New York) - CRO Outsourcing

Lunch meeting with former Worldwide Head of Contracts and Outsourcing at a major global pharmaceutical company. Planned topics include:

The CRO identification, selection, and contracting process
Outsourcing strategy development and process for all projects including full service work, functional service provision and third party engagements
Differentiation among the major CROs and numerous functional providers, including central labs

September 5, 2011 (Hamburg, Germany) - EU Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition

Guidepoint Global Advisors available for in-person consultations with Clients at the 26th Annual EU PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. The four-day exhibit, expected to attract over 900 companies, provides a showcase for the technology and service providers involved with the PV Solar field.

August 30, 2011 (San Francisco) - DreamForce

Guidepoint Global Advisors available for in-person consultations with Clients at DreamForce. Hosted by Salesforce.com, DreamForce is widely recognized as the premier Cloud Computing event globally, bringing together business leaders from customer-facing departments, individuals from IT, operations and development, and individuals ranging from end users to C-level execs.

August 29, 2011 (Las Vegas) - VMworld

Guidepoint Global Advisors available for in-person consultations with Clients at VMworld. Hosted by VMware, VMworld is a leading virtualization and cloud infrastructure event each year, attended by thousands of IT innovators, practitioners, executives and technology providers.

August 10 (New York) - Antitrust Issues in the Healthcare Industry

In-person lunch meeting with former Staff Attorney and Senior Litigator for the FTC, with 29 years of experience specializing in antitrust cases in the healthcare industry with pharmaceutical, PBM and medical device companies. Topics included:

Antitrust issues related to mergers and monopolization
Strategy for successfully completing Federal Trade Commission review of horizontal acquisitions

August 3 (New York) - Myeloproliferative Disorders

In-person lunch meeting with Doctor who is a member of the Clinical Research Team of the Myeloproliferative Disorders Program at an internationally renowned hospital. Topics included:

Treatment regimens for patients with Myelofibrosis, Essential Thrombocythemia, and Polycythemia Vera
JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor class of drugs, as well as histone deacetylase inhibitors
Available data from the COMFORT-1 trial with INC424 and the Ph.I/II studies with CYT38

July 22 (New York) - Hereditary Angioedema

In-person lunch meeting with Doctor who treats approximately 30 patients with hereditary Angioedema. Topics included:

Treatment regimens in the acute, long-term, and prophylactic settings
Questions on current therapies including Cinryze, Berinert, and Rhucin
Experience with FIRAZYR as an investigator on the FAST-3 clinical trial (approved by FDA)

July 21 (Teleconference) - Demand Response

Guidepoint Global teleconference with two Advisors: (1) Director of Energy Services at an S&P 500 Diversified Manufacturer; and (2) Director of Demand Response at a Fortune 500 Utilities Company. Topics included:

M&V Standards
Compliance Filings due in July
Operational Limitations for Customers
Demand Response Technology
Challenges to the growth of Demand Response CSP’s

July 19 (New York) - Robotic Clinical Laboratories

In-person lunch meeting with Doctor who oversees a full-scale robotic clinical laboratory with annual volumes totaling approximately 12 million tests. Topics included:

Operational issues faced by microbiology, chemistry, hematology, and core labs
Equipment by Roche, Gen-Probe, Beckman Coulter, and other manufacturers
Vendor evaluation and purchasing decisions
General trends in the hospital and reference lab space

June 30, 2011 (London) - Global Betting, Casino and Gaming Trends

In-person breakfast roundtable with the CEO of a firm that provides consulting and data solutions for the Global Gambling Industry. Topics included:

Industry overview and trends, including key players, segmentation and revenue by country, emerging areas for betting, online versus land-based businesses, and regional analysis of Asia, Africa, Europe and North America
Regulatory climate
Near-term trends

June 30 (New York) - Genomic Sequencing

Lunch meeting with the Doctor overseeing all aspects of work with DNA sequencing technologies and technology development at the Broad Institute. Topics included:

Features of the different equipment and technologies used by his organization (Illumina, SOLiD, 454 and Helicos)
Potential and opportunity for each technology

June 26 (San Diego) - American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Five Group Meetings hosted by Guidepoint at 2011 ADA conference

June 23 (New York) - Generic Pharmaceuticals

Lunch meeting with the former CEO of two large generics companies. Topics included:

General trends in the generics industry
Differences in trends between the US and EU markets
Pricing and distribution dynamics
Q&A related to manufacturing and regulatory approvals

June 22 (New York) - Home Hemo and Dialysis Bundling

Breakfast Meeting with the Medical Director of 2 hospital-based dialysis programs. Planned topics included:

Trends and equipment in home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
Dialysis bundling, Ferahame and EPO usage

June 16 (New York) - Radiation Oncology

Breakfast meeting with Medical Director of the largest freestanding radiation oncology group in New York state. Topics included:

Technologies and market presence of major vendors in the market, including Varian, Elekta, Accuray and Tomotherapy
Purchasing decisions and general trends in the industry.

June15, 2011 (New York) - Luxury Market in Brazil

In-person lunch roundtable with a former C-level executive of several leading luxury firms including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Christian Lacroix. Topics included:

Overview of luxury market in Brazil
Key growth drivers
Competitive landscape: multi-national and local brands
Distribution channels and metrics
Brazil vs. U.S. luxury market
Near and long-term prospects

June 8-10, 2011 (Munich) - Intersolar Europe

Guidepoint Global Advisors were on hand for in-person consultations with Clients at Intersolar Europe, the world's largest exhibition in the solar industry with over 70,000 visitors in 2010.

June 4-6 (Chicago) - Group Meetings at American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Conference

Fifteen group meetings over three days at the 2011 ASCO conference. Topics included a wide range of cancer therapies and recent developments.

May 22-25, 2011 (Anaheim, CA) - AWEA Windpower Conference & Exhibition

Guidepoint Global Advisors were on hand for in-person consultations with Clients at the AWEA Conference, attended by over 20,000 wind industry professionals.

May 18, 2011 (London) - Packaging Industry Breakfast Meeting

In-person breakfast meeting on the packaging industry featuring the Former CEO of one of the world's largest consumer packaging companies. Topics included:

Industry overview and trends
Pricing power among suppliers, manufacturers and brand owners
Evaluating industry players based on six key value drivers
Environmental myths and reality

May 2-5, 2011 (Houston) - Guidepoint Global Advisors attending OTC 2011

Approximately 20 Guidepoint Global Advisors attended the event and were available for live meetings, walk-throughs of the expo halls and more. Advisors included three CEOs and a wide range of disciplines and players in the Offshore Technology Arena.

March 17, 2011 - Guidepoint Global Reaches Five-Year Milestone of Tracking Cardiac Rhythm Management Market

Guidepoint Global, LLC, a leading primary research firm serving Corporations and Buy-Side Institutional Investors, announced the five year anniversary of it's Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Tracker. (Read More)

March 9, 2011 (Teleconference) - Unrest in MENA and Effects on Oil

Guidepoint hosted a teleconference about the current state of political affairs in the Middle East and North Africa Region, featuring the owner of an Energy Political Risk consultancy.

March 3, 2011 (Tampa) - Guidepoint Global Advisors attended the Commodity Classic

Guidepoint Global Advisors were available at the conference for one-on-one meetings and exhibit tours.

January 6 - CES 2011 Guidepoint Global Group Meetings

Guidepoint hosted a series of seven Group Meetings at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Roundtable topics included:

Tablets, eReaders & Future Consumer Devices
Next Generation Displays - 3D, LED and Internet TVs
Mobile Device Trends & Emerging Growth Opportunities
Tablet Wars - Winners & Losers: Manufacturers, OS & Distribution
Online Video Streaming & Implications for Traditional Media
Data Storage & IT Infrastructure Trends: To the Cloud and Beyond
Video Gaming Today & Tomorrow: The Constantly Evolving Industry