Friday 1 June 2012

Choose right KOL by using leader identification tool

Key opinion leaders play very important role in the development of pharmaceutical companies. Nowadays, life science companies are taking assistance of KOLs in wide range activities. These leaders handle every stage ranging from marketing to clinical trials during the process of drug development. Some companies hire established and well reputed leaders while some bank upon budding talented leaders. Hence, it is very essential to make proper KOL strategy, while appointing opinion leader in your company.       

What do you mean by KOL?

Key opinion leaders or KOL are those experts who specialize in a particular field like pediatrics, oncology, cardiology etc. Key opinion leaders play a vital role in the process of evolving a new medicine. Companies are hiring KOLs for key marketing purposes, advisory purposes and performing trials of new medicine in clinics.

How to identify right KOL?

It is certainly a very daunting task, to identify people, who are fit to be Key opinion leaders, speakers and investigators, as finding brainy individuals is a must. To attain this, there are many programs available in the market, which provide profiles of aspiring leaders in the specialized field you are looking for. These applications provide effective search algorithms and enable you to search exactly, what you are looking for. These applications search from huge databases which are frequently updated and indexed so as to provide relevant information to customers. Furthermore, these programs are very easy to use, as you only need to enter keyword in this software and all the results relevant to that keyword will appear on your screen instantly.

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