Top Pharma Company Signs Contract with Skila for iKOL Solution

June 16, 2010 - PRLog -- A global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health has selected Skila’s  iKOL™ Expert Database solution. This company has identified iKOL™, the dynamic thought leader intelligence and insight tool, as the solution of choice for identifying and understanding key opinion leaders, experts, investigators and research partner candidates . With use of this solution, the client will have access to more than 2.5 million leading thought leaders and key opinion leaders representing 400 plus disease areas in more than 60 leading countries across thousands of hospitals and institutions.

Skila’s iKOL™ is the only dynamically updated expert database on the market today that offers up-to-the-minute thought leader profile information available in real-time. Users can quickly access publications, clinical trials, collaboration networks, affiliations, area of focus information and other key knowledge. Skila’s new client was specifically attracted to the solution’s abilities to devise searches, devise a wide variety of "what if" modifications to searches save and export the searches and/or the results, view and use the ensuing profiles, and work with a host of other features of the system

“Thought leading physicians and health care experts who have earned credibility with their medical colleagues based on expertise and scientific stature are a critical component of the life science industry’s collaboration process “ stated Cort Grey, Skila’s VP of Global Sales. “Through use of iKOL™, our clients are able to make better decisions with real-time knowledge of every expert’s work and activity. Skila is very pleased that this client recognizes the unique value that our iKOL™ solution will bring to their organization.”

About Skila
Skila is a global technology and services company specializing in knowledge and effectiveness solutions for the healthcare industry. Skila’s solutions address the broad needs of global marketing, medical, market access, executive and alliance management teams. These solutions include a unique methodology, robust technology and key continuous services for effectively managing global product launches, key opinion leader relationships, market access / managed care, business performance, competitive intelligence, and key partnerships and alliances.

Having developed strong relationships with a broad number of global Pharmaceutical companies, Skila’s solutions have been deployed in over 60 countries, supporting numerous global brands and over 10 million user interactions. Skila’s long-standing commitment and understanding of customers’ needs has resulted in the long-term growth and adoption of our methodology, technology and continuous services as the business platform of choice for many of our clients. To learn more about Skila, please visit our website at www.skila.com.

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Skila is a global technology and services company specializing in knowledge and effectiveness solutions for the healthcare industry. Skila’s solutions address the broad needs of global marketing, medical, market access, executive and alliance management teams. These solutions include a unique methodology, robust technology and key continuous services for effectively managing global product launches, key opinion leader relationships, market access / managed care, business performance, competitive intelligence, and key partnerships and alliances. To learn more about Skila, please visit our website at www.skila.com