CBI's Competitve Intelligence for the Bio/Pharma Industry

CBI's 4th Annual Forum on Competitive and Business Intelligence for the Bio/Pharmaceutical Community * June 16-17, 2009 * Philadelphia, PA

This event will convene the bio/pharmaceutical industry’s leading executives with responsibilities in the following areas: Competitive Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Business/market/competitive/consumer insight, Research & Development, Strategic Business Analysis, Marketing & Communications, Product Management, Strategy Planning, Information Resources, Industry Research, New Business Development, Market Research, and Product Planning.

Main Issues to be addressed include:

Examine the Current Economic Situation and Impact on CI
Demonstrating the Value of a CI Program
Enhancing Internal Structure with Key Stakeholders
Incorporate CI into the Global Market Access Plans


Elite Faculty Members:

Conference Chairman:

Clifford Kalb, President, C. Kalb & Associates, LLC

Kenneth C. Carter, Ph.D., President and CEO, Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Daniel Pascheles, Ph.D., Vice President, Competitive Intelligence, Merck & Co.

Glenna Crooks, Founder & President, Strategic Health Policy International

Wayne Rosenkrans, Ph.D., Chairman and President, Personalized Medicine Coalition

Craig McHenry, Senior Director, Competitive Insights, Customers & Market Insights, Wyeth

David Stefanoni, Head of Business Intelligence, sanofi-aventis

Stan Bernard, M.D., MBA, Bernard Associates LLC

Shacker Mourad, R.Ph., MBA, Former Director, Strategy Assessment & Intelligence, AstraZeneca; Founder, Consulting Partner, NoahsPharm Ltd

Ron Cohen, M.D., President and CEO, Accorda Therapeutics, Inc.

Jeanne Andrade, Director, Development, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma

Marjorie G. Norman, Senior Manager, Information & Knowledge Management, Pfizer

Branimir Brankov, Senior Director, Strategic Business Intelligence, Merck & Co.

Kurt Cannon, Senior Manager, Technical Intelligence, Genzyme

Gary McKnight, Director, Information Services, ZymoGenetics

Friederike Wirtz-Brugger, Associate Director, Scientific Information and Intelligence, sanofi-aventis

Monika Giese, Head of Global Competitive Intelligence, Novartis Pharma AG

Kurt Cannon, Senior Manager, Technical Intelligence, Genzyme