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SMARTANALYST, Inc. Managing Director, Marc Rovner to appear as Featured Speaker at Global OTC Conference

SMARTANALYST Managing Director of Research and Life Sciences Industry expert, Marc Rovner, to speak at the 20th Nicholas Hall Insight Conference in Venice, Italy.


NEW YORK ‚ April 23, 2009‚ SMARTANALYST, Inc., a pioneer in providing global strategic research and analytics solutions to Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies‚ announces the appearance of Marc Rovner as a featured speaker today at Nicholas Hall’s 20th Insight OTC Conference in Venice, Italy.
 

Rovner will discuss a question that has primary importance and relevance to the Healthcare industry, “How Deep do you want to Know Your Consumer?” In his presentation Rovner will also examine why to incorporate consumer research into concept development and new product valuation. He will reveal insights on how to know what consumers think and want; how to turns these insights into purchase intentions and how to convert these purchase intentions into sales. Rovner systematically explains the importance of developing and executing in-depth consumer research and how and why to incorporate consumer research findings into valuation modeling.
 

Rovner is Managing Director at SMARTANALYST, a consumer healthcare and life science strategic analysis firm based in New York. He was formerly Vice President of Global New Markets for Johnson & Johnson, including US, Europe and Asia. Prior to his tenure at Johnson & Johnson, he achieved successes at Fortune 100 companies such as Pfizer, Unilever and International Paper. Rovner built an $800 million new products pipeline for Pfizer and was instrumental in the development of the immensely popular Listerine Pocketpaks.
 

Nicholas Hall’s Insight 20th OTC Conference and Action Workshop is a two-day conference designed to be the ultimate guide to engaging with customers and enhancing their OTC experience. The conference will also focus on the impact of the current global economy and the effect on the OTC industry. Other featured speakers will include executives from ACNeilsen OTC/Pharmacy Services, Europe; Sanofi-Aventis, Hungary; Apoteket AB, Sweden; Nycomed, Switzerland and HSBC Investment Banking, UK. The conference runs from April 22nd – 24th, 2009.

 

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About SMARTANALYST, Inc.
SMARTANALYST, Inc. delivers strategic research, analytics and outsourced knowledge solutions to corporate clients in the life sciences, consumer healthcare, consumer products, financial and marketing services industries. The company is flourishing by providing a high-quality, cost-effective research and analytics solutions portfolio that supports decision-making processes for Licensing & Acquisition, Business Development, Research & Development, Corporate Strategy and Marketing. More information is available on the company's Web site, www.smartanalyst.com.

For further information, please contact:

CONTACT: Marc Rovner
212.331.0010
mrovner@smartanalyst.com