Global Innovation Scanning Exercise for a Japanese Multinational Pharmaceuticals Player

Global Innovation Scanning Exercise for a Japanese Multinational Pharmaceuticals Player Supporting innovation planning for pharmaceuticals and other healthcare-related products. Access Insights   ChallengeThe Japanese client’s teams were looking to create new business, focusing on their core technology, and needed external research support to better understand the potential market segments. The GLG ApproachThe client partnered with […]

Gauging the Views of Artificial Intelligence Decision Makers

Gauging the Views of Artificial Intelligence Decision Makers Survey on Future AI Adoption across Different Industries ChallengeA management consulting company sought to map the trends for artificial intelligence (AI) adoption through a survey targeting senior management in a broad range of technical roles. The GLG ApproachGLG conducted a survey to reach AI-related decision makers across […]

Reimbursement Trends in Telemedicine

Reimbursement Trends in Telemedicine Understanding the Changes in Telehealth Coverage and User Experience ChallengeA client, on behalf of a PE firm, was looking for quantitative insights into the latest trends in telemedicine reimbursement. The GLG ApproachTo gauge the coverage, perceptions, utility, and user experience of telemedicine, GLG ran two 10-minute B2B surveys. The first targeted […]

Analysis of Technological Advancements and Market Trends in Dense Mesh Stent Technology

Analysis of Technological Advancements and Market Trends in Dense Mesh Stent Technology GLG Research on Core Technologies and Market Insights helps Clients to Optimize Decision Making   ChallengeGLG’s client needed a multi-faceted perspective on the evolving technology of dense mesh stenting and the future trends in key regional markets. The GLG ApproachGLG’s Integrated Insights team […]

Voice of Customer Research: Stock Trading and Investing Platforms

Voice of Customer Research: Stock Trading and Investing Platforms Leveraging both quantitative and qualitative methods to assess platform strengths and weaknesses through diverse user experiences   ChallengeA GLG client needed to evaluate a stock trading and investment platform to understand its current and past user experiences, the user decision-making process, and to identify key strengths […]

Ranking or Rating Survey Questions? The Ultimate Survey Design Question

Rating survey questions and ranking survey questions are two of the most common types of questions you’ll encounter in a survey. They are easy to understand, quick to answer, and provide great data. However, they each have optimal use cases, and using the wrong type can leave you with data that is frustratingly unusable for […]

Types of Survey Questions and How to Use Them

Types of Survey Questions  There are three basic types of survey questions – single-select, multi-select, and open-ended questions. Out of these three categories, you can build more complex questions: e.g., ranking or matrix. When designing your questions, remember this golden rule — it is better to have multiple simple questions than to have one complex question. […]

Using Open-Ended Survey Questions in Survey Research

What Are Open-Ended Survey Questions Open-ended survey questions can capture detailed and nuanced responses by allowing participants to answer in their own words. Open-ended questions can be particularly valuable when you need deeper insights into a respondents’ thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Unlike closed-ended questions, which can limit responses to a set range of options, open-ended […]

Essential Tips to Improve Your Screener Survey

A strongly designed screener section will usher in the right people, exclude those who are unable to effectively answer the questions in the main body of the survey, provide valuable information about those who don’t qualify and help you better diagnose potential problems. It’s always important to find the right person for the job. When […]

Writing Effective Survey Screening Questions

What Is a Screener for a Survey? The screening section is the most important part of any survey, yet it is often undervalued or deemed unnecessary. Don’t fall into this trap. It is well worth the time it takes to write survey screening questions that help identify relevant experts who are allowed to pass through […]

What Type of Survey Do You Need?

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What is Survey Research Survey research is a method used to collect data from a specific population by asking questions to gather insights into respondents’ attitudes, behaviors, or characteristics. There are many methodologies or ways to conduct survey research from online structured questionnaires to in-person interviews as well as various types of survey research you […]

Survey Research Methods: The Right Way to Reach Respondents

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Pros and Cons of Survey Research Methods Survey research is a powerful tool for gathering data and insights from diverse populations, enabling researchers and organizations to make informed decisions. However, the success of a survey largely depends on choosing the right survey research method that aligns with the target audience and research objectives. Getting people […]

Speaker Biographies

Hilary Malone PhD, has over 25 years of experience in global drug development, regulatory &government affairs, manufacturing and commercialization within the biopharma industry. Hilary hassignificant board level and executive committee experience including large scale organizationalrestructuring/transformation/integration, major M&A, biotech start-up, capital raising, investorrelations and pre-IPO.​

Hilary is currently CEO of Stylus Medicine, a private genetic medicine biotech company. Previously sheserved as CEO of a Series-A neuroscience company. Prior to these roles, Hilary served as COO & EVP atValo Health Inc., Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP at Sanofi Inc., and Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP atPfizer and Wyeth. Previous experience also includes senior regulatory and drug development roles atReata Pharmaceuticals Inc., AstraZeneca plc and GlaxoSmithKline plc.​

Hilary also serves on the Board of Directors of Hansa Biopharma and Adthera Bio. Hilary holds a PhD inMolecular Neuropharmacology and a BSc in Physiology.

Dr. Thomas Lönngren is Director at his own company PharmaExec Consulting AB. He is the Chairman of the Board of directors at Egetis Therapeutics AB, Sweden. Dr Lönngren also serves as board member at Compass Pathways PLC, London UK and NDA Group, Sweden. He acts as advisor to the following companies and organizations: NDA group, Sweden, Sweden, Artis Venture, San Francisco, US, Fujimoto Japan, Skin2Neuron Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, US, Special advisor to the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS), London UK. From 2001 until2011, Mr.Lönngren served as the Executive Director of the European Medical Agency. He was previously Deputy General Director of the Swedish Medical Product Agency until 2000. He has a degree in pharmacy and MSc in Social and Regulatory Pharmacy from Uppsala University. He is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain, Honorary Doctorate from the University of Uppsala, Honorary Doctorate from University of Bath, UK.

Speaker Biographies

Marie-Anne Aymerich

Marie-Anne has built a portfolio of senior advisory and non-executive roles, following a successful international career in the FMCG and Luxury sectors. She is a non-executive director of Haleon, a FTSE100 company listed in 2022 after the demerger from GSK. She is also chairwoman of Haleon Environment and Societal Sustainability committee. She is the executive director of the Pierre Fabre Group where she also sits on the Strategic Committee, and she is a Board Member of The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, one of the world’s most prestigious chamber orchestras. She is also an angel investor and focuses her time and investments on start-ups with the strongest purpose and impact.

Marie-Anne is also a regular lecturer at HEC Paris on purposeful leadership, and she has created a serious game called “Planet Purpose” to upskill people on sustainability and purpose. Throughout her 35year executive career she delivered a strong track-record of business performance and growth in brands and portfolio in both developed and emerging economies.

As a senior leader with Unilever, she led a number of different personal care categories across France, Spain and the USA – including managing the Dove brand worldwide and culminating in leading Unilever’s global Oral Care division. She also worked for LVMH as Brand General Manager of Dior Perfumes and Cosmetics worldwide. Marie-Anne was also Vice-President of Imagine for Margo – Children with Cancer for ten years, a charity she helped found in 2011 with the goal of eradicating children’s cancer. The charity is the #1 charity focused on child cancer in France and has fundraised more than €14m since its creation. Marie-Anne is a graduate from HEC Paris. She is married and has two children aged 29 and 26.

Patrick Jephson

Patrick Jephson is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author, based in Washington D.C. He is a published authority on corporate and personal branding and crisis communications, addressing conferences worldwide as well as events at the U.S. State Department, the American University and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

With more than twenty-five years’ experience in the government, luxury and family office sectors, Patrick’s portfolio has included globally admired brands as well as national agencies and NGOs. He has also worked on reputation and legacy briefs with European, Middle Eastern and Asian families, including royalty. He now writes, presents, and advises on factual and drama TV programs, appearing on every major American and many international networks. He was recently an expert consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown and provided live commentary on the Coronation of King Charles.

Patrick owes much of his practical communications and protocol experience to Princess Diana, who chose him to be her equerry and only private secretary/chief of staff. He served the Princess for eight years, responsible for all aspects of her public life, global humanitarian initiatives, and private organization. Having worked for an internationally high-profile woman (and as the father of two professionally successful daughters) he feels a special affinity for cross-cultural, gender and perception issues.

Patrick was born and raised in Ireland and holds a master’s degree in political science from Cambridge University. As an officer in the British Royal Navy, he served all over the world before being selected for royal duty. He is a citizen of the U.K., U.S.A., Ireland, and Canada.