The HPR® peer-to-peer approach identifies local & national Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), maps who they influence, quantifies the level of that influence and can profile the KOLs identified. HPR® employs a dedicated team of professionals who have completed KOL Influence Mapping Projects in over 40 therapeutic areas and 20 countries to support:   Planning medical educational meeting & events   Identifying potential speakers among opinion leaders/experts   Identifying invitees for speaker programs & events Deployment of Medical Science Liaisons Establishing national & regional advisory boards Planning medical publication strategy & identifying clinical investigators HPR® KOL Influence Mapping has provided key insight relative to:   Identifying national and regional/local thought leaders and their affiliations Identifying “up-and-coming” thought leaders Determining preferred sources of information (meetings, journals, websites) Identifying local specialty treatment centers or Centers of Excellence Understanding why a thought leader was cited by physicians KOL Influence Mapping identifies the breadth of influence of cited KOLs The % of patients of Rx's impacted by the most cited KOLs varies greatly depending upon the disease state & specialties studied.

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