PSSST! Surveys, Surveys, Surveys!!

By Editor on May 10, 2001

One of the things you - our readers - have shown the most interest in on our Web site and in the Briefing have been surveys conducted among your peers. So, we'sve decided to launch our own series of surveys tailored specifically to the interests of our audience.

We'sll be developing questionnaires on everything from e-R&D and sales and marketing to procurement and wireless technologies over the coming months. The data we collect from the surveys will be tabulated, analyzed and reported directly back to you through articles in the Briefing and presentations at our conferences.

Results from the surveys will give you and your colleagues across the industry insight into the latest trends, emerging technologies, and not-to-be-missed opportunities that are being employed by your collaborators and competitors alike. Unlike many surveys that reveal small bits of information about a broad range of topics, we'sll be taking an in-depth look at highly specific topics that we know are of interest to our readers.

But we can'st do it without your help. In fact, the most important part of the equation is you. Your participation is what will make the project a success.

Because we respect and appreciate your privacy, all of your responses will be reported anonymously. But because of our continued commitment to quality, you'sll find that we do ask for some identifying information to enable us to ensure the validity and quality of the data.

We'sve recently launched the first survey in this series. It covers emerging technologies in e-R&D, including knowledge management, data mining, wireless applications, peer-to-peer computing, and e-procurement for R&D.

You can find the survey at eyeforpharma.com. We encourage you to take a few minutes to fill it out online and hope you'sll ask your colleagues to do the same.

Our goal, as always, is to bring you the information you need to leverage new opportunities in your own organizations. That said - we invite you to submit your ideas for topics and questions for future surveys to lisaroner@eyeforpharma.com.

Thanks for your help and stay tuned for the upcoming results!