News

EphMRA 2020 Code of Conduct Launched

Take a look at our 2020 Code of Conduct – fully updated – we will be issuing a Log of major Changes in the near future to make it easier for you to navigate. The proformas have been updated as well.

15/09/20

FRANCE: entry into force of reinforced anti-gift restrictions - October

EphMRA has prepared an important update for France - entry into force of reinforced anti-gift restrictions as the Decree will come into force in October 2020.

14/09/20

Kx Advisors join EphMRA

Welcome to a new member to the Association! Delighted to welcome Kx Advisors - hear why they joined.......

26/08/20

GRBN News – August 2020 edition

GRBN News – August 2020 edition is now published with highlights from the GRBN Global Trust Survey included.

10/08/20

International Data Transfers: FAQs on Privacy Shield and Standard Contractual Clauses

International Data Transfers: FAQs on Privacy Shield and Standard Contractual Clauses Follow up to the ‘Schrems II’ judgment invalidating the Privacy Shield

30/07/20

EphMRA Cappuccino Connections 28 July - USA Fieldwork Status

Thanks to Roni DasGupta from Atlas Primary who joined our Cappuccino Connections with EphMRA yesterday and gave us an update on fieldwork opportunities and status in USA. It was a great conversation - the recording will shortly be on the web site in case you missed it. Thanks to everyone who attended.

29/07/20

Psyma Releases EU Survey Results on COVID-19 Impact

Psyma Group AG, a Global Marketing Research Firm, in partnership with Netquest, a global panel and data collection provider, releases EU survey results on COVID-19 Impact

24/07/20

EphMRA Online Conference Papers 2020

EphMRA Online Conference Papers 2020 Keep up to date by reading the summaries of all our Webinars and online Conference Papers since June.

22/07/20

International Data Transfers: The US Privacy Shield

Introduction On the 16th of July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the US ‘Privacy Shield’[1] data transfer arrangements. In the same judgment the Court considered Standard Contractual Clauses[2] (SCCs) are still valid for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries. Since the decision was issued, most of the European Union national Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) have released notices of receipt and acknowledgment of the judgment, announcing further investigations and analysis on its practical implications for data transfers.

20/07/20

Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield

The Court of Justice invalidates Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield

02/07/20

2020 Conference Agency Sessions - recordings

Have a look at the recorded 2020 Conference Agency Session from Borderless Access. This paper would have featured at our Conference - instead we are bringing the presenation to your desk.

29/06/20

GRBN Global Insights June 2020

GRBN Global Trust Survey highlights impact of Covid-19 WASHINGTON D.C. – June 25th 2020

12/06/20

EphMRA joins EFAMRO and ESOMAR to issue Position Paper

Response to the EDPS Preliminary Position on Data Protection and Scientific Research

08/06/20

Impact of Covid 19 on healthcare professionals

Using Artificial Intelligence to unveil HCPs emotional challenges in the COVID-19 era

04/06/20

Welcome to the June 2020 News!

Delivering the membership benefits to you and ensuring you know what’s on offer

01/06/20

MRS issues new guidance on face to face data collection

MRS issuesnew guidance on face to face data collection and you can find it here: https://www.mrs.org.uk/standards/undertaking-safe-face-to-face-data-collection

22/05/20

Webinar: Isolation Nation - Pharma's role in shaping the new normal

10 June at 15.00 - 15.30 hrs UK time Speakers: Georgie Cooper and Soumya Roy, Basis Research

20/05/20

A view of the future: CoVID-19 & Employee Resilience with a lens on Pharma and Healthcare

June 2 at 15.00 hrs UK time Speakers: Dom Boyd, Kantar UK Managing Director, Insights & Mandy Rico, Global Director, The Inclusion Index, Kantar

16/05/20

EphMRA MR Excellence Award winners 2020 announced

Well done to all those who made a submission and the winners. All the judges are also thanked.

14/05/20

Webinar: Listen to the voices of 1.000.000.000 authentic patients

Date: 20 May 2020 Time: 13.30 – 14.30 UK time Speakers: Yannick Loonus, Semalytix & Wael Ayad, Boehringer Ingelheim

13/05/20

Want to know more about Forecasting challenges in the current climate?

13/05/20

Webinar: Using facial analysis to uncover deeper reactions

Short Description Webinar: Using facial analysis to uncover deeper reactions to pharmaceutical communication materials Date: 12 May UK time Time: 13.30 – 14.30 UK time Speakers: Richard Head, Research Partnership & Sarah Fletcher, Janssen

11/05/20

2020 Switzerland Online Event

2020 Switzerland Online Event Date: 28th September for 2-3 days Call for Papers – Submissions needed by Friday 27th May

06/05/20

Webinar: Performance tracking throughout the lifecycle of a drug

Date: 19 May 2020 Time: 13.30 - 14.30 UK time Convenor: Jayne Shufflebotham, IQVIA Speakers: Daniel Cadoni, Associate Consultant and Andrew Cleveland, Principal - both from IQVIA

01/05/20

Webinar: Update on Doing Fieldwork in 5EU 30 April 2020

Slide deck and recording now available from our webinar on 30 April

30/04/20

Webinar 5 May – Digital Opinion Leaders are the new Key Opinion Leaders

Webinar 5 May – Digital Opinion Leaders are the new Key Opinion Leaders Date: 5 May 2020 Start Time: 13.30 – 14.30 UK time Speakers: Jamie Doggett & Daniel Ghinn, CREATION Digital Opinion Leaders are the new Key Opinion Leaders - How Digital Opinion Leaders are changing the world of healthcare engagement

30/04/20

Webinar 6 May: Transform your marketing by measuring the imagination of consumers

Webinar: Transform your marketing by measuring the imagination of consumers Date: 6 May 2020 Start time: 13.30 – 14.30 UK Time Speaker: Leigh Caldwell, Irrational Agency

21/04/20

CphMRA webinar - Update

A CphMRA webinar took place on 3 April at 2pm UK time The Evolution of Physicians’ Demands and Behavior under COVID-19 Pandemic – China Perspective

09/04/20

2020 Conference - moved to June 2021

EphMRA 2020 Conference - moved to June 2021

02/04/20

Inspirational webinar programme launched – NEW webinars from 7 April

Lunchtime webinar programme launched We are delighted to launch a series of excellent webinars which will start on Tuesday 7th April and include a number of highly popular presentations from previous events over the past year that we are bringing to you, as many of you will not have had the opportunity to hear them. In addition, we have some excellent LDC training webinars and an ethics update. We will be adding to this webinar programme over the coming weeks, so if you have something you’d like to share with our members, please get in touch with us and we’ll see if we can include you in our webinar programme. Either contact Caroline Snowdon, Events Manager – [email protected] or Bernadette Rogers, General Manager – [email protected]

26/03/20

Guidance from Market Research Associations on Coronavirus, Covid-19

Guidance from Market Research Associations on Coronavirus, Covid-19 - we are keeping you up to date with the guidance from other Associations.

25/03/20

EphMRA: COVID-19 Healthcare Market Research Guidance

EphMRA : COVID-19 Healthcare Market Research Guidance - Take an ethical approach - Some specialities should be avoided for market research but other specialities are available - Be flexible and keep in touch with country developments

20/03/20

Interviewing specific repondent groups at this time

Reacting to what is happening in our industry - statement coming soon.

17/03/20

Update on the 2020 Antwerp conference

Update on Antwerp - keeping positive

17/03/20

EphMRA Germany meeting change of date to 5 November 2020

We've changed the meeting date in response to what is happening globally..............

16/03/20

The March 2020 News is published

have a read of the articles written by member companies: Borderless Access, BuzzBack, Day One, suzAzio and Research Partnership

11/03/20

EFAMRO Ethics Update - ASIA PACIFIC

Update on news from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, S Korea

09/03/20

Slide decks available fom London one day meeting 25 February

Speakers have made their slide decks available - log in to the members area - Events - one day meetings

28/02/20

EphMRA Ethics Healthcare News March 2020

IBM uses AI to predict progress of Huntington's disease symptoms

25/02/20

Why you should attend in Antwerp

It's always great to hear testimonials from delegates who attended previous conferences and we are delighted to share a blog written by Bazis Group and also a short video by Semalytix, both of whom attended the conference in Warsaw and clearly gained a great deal from their conference experience.

06/02/20

EphMRA AER Guidelines being reviewed

AER Guidelines - an essential part of our work

30/01/20

Webinar: Update on the great Membership benefits on Offer

Catch up on the webinar from Thursday 30 January.

31/12/19

Catch up with all the December News from EphMRA

Catch up with all the December News from EphMRA – read more here

18/12/19

December Update from the EphMRA President

Thank you from Karsten Trautmann, EphMRA President.

17/12/19

EphMRA announces collaboration with CphMRA

Collaboration with CphMRA announced

16/12/19

2020 MR Excellence Awards

Find out about how you can submit for one of the 2020 MR Excellence Awards: https://www.ephmra.org/about-us/awards/excellence-in-mr-awards-2020/

08/11/19

Take a look at what's included in our Ethics Service

EphMRA Ethics Service - comprehensive service tailored for members

06/11/19

EphMRA to join talks with ICO

On 27 November EphMRA will attend a meeting along with EFAMRO, MRS and other Associations at the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) in the UK. We know from feedback from our members that clarity is still sought around the Role and Definition of the Data Controller and Data Processor and this meeting will give an opportunity to outline the challenges which continue to be faced in our industry.

30/10/19

GRBN Global Insights October 2019

16/10/19

EFAMRO October News now available

This edition contains an update on the EFAMRO/ESOMAR GDPR Research Code of Conduct

15/10/19

MRS Brexit Update

The UK is due to leave the European Union on 31 October 2019. The terms of the exit are currently still unclear.

12/10/19

Keep up to date with all the latest Ethics Healthcare News

Keep up to date with all the latest Ethics Healthcare News –

30/09/19

September 2019 Post Conference News

12/09/19

Calling all potential speakers for the EphMRA 2020 conference in Antwerp

Plans for our annual conference in Antwerp 2020 are now well under way. We are calling out for potential speakers in Antwerp, which will hopefully exceed the exceptionally high standard of papers this year. Submission Deadline - 18 September 2019 - submission form here. The bar has been set very high after this year’s conference but we are laying down the gauntlet to all speakers who wish to share their ideas with colleagues next year. We are holding the conference at the Flanders Meeting & Convention Center, Antwerp on 23-25 June, so put the dates in your diary so you can be there with your colleagues! Whilst the venue is not a hotel, it is extremely close to a wide range of hotels to suit all budgets.

02/09/19

New ESOMAR/GRBN Guidelines

New ESOMAR/GRBN Guidelines for Primary Data Collection and Duty of Care Open for Consultation

19/08/19

Global Insights August 2019 - GRBN News

Three Keys to Building Business Impact Building Business Impact – The only KPI Insights really needs

07/08/19

Working in Field or Operations or Procurement or Compliance?

We are looking to have calls with colleagues to find out what paper topics would interest you at the conference. Also what sort of suppliers would you like to meet and who would you like to network with in healthcare market research. We are looking to develop a specific stream at the conference and to widen our delegate reach.

06/08/19

2019 JH Award Winner 'Best Conference Paper' is announced

Georgina Cooper & Soumya Roy from Basis Health have won the award for their outstanding paper at the conference entitled The Future of Research Debriefs – Immersive, story-led outputs that inspire action, so we wish to congratulate them both on winning this highly prestigious award. As new members of EphMRA we are delighted that their paper was so well received by delegates at the conference. We look forward to more inspired papers over the next few years!

31/07/19

Global Insights by GRBN News – July 2019

Catch up on the latest news from GRBN – July 2019

15/07/19

2019 Conference papers now available

As they become available we are uploading the conference presentations from Warsaw - log in - Resources - Conference Drop Zone

31/03/19

Global Insights By GRBN News March 2019

Welcome to MRX Master Chef 2020 - A recipe for success in the real-life competition to grow key accounts

26/03/19

March 2019 News now available here

Catch up with all the latest News across the Association plus member articles from HRW and Research Partnership https://ephmra.org/resources/newsletters/

01/03/19

2019 One day meeting in the UK - slides now available

27 February 2019 - the meeting was convened by: The meeting is convened by: Alex Marriott, Cello Health Gayle Hughes, Pfizer Anna Garofalo, Janssen EMEA Market Research Centre of Excellence John Grime, Strategic North

28/02/19

Global Insights by GBRN News February 2019

In this issue we set out to bust some myths around participant engagement. Let us know how we do?

18/02/19

2019 Incentives Update issued

The Ethics Committee has updated the guide to the type of incentives that can be offered.

31/01/19

Global Insights By GRBN News - January 2019

Make 2019 the Year of the Participant

31/12/18

Global Insights by GRBN News - December 2018

Trust in Market Research – Our Burning Platform Issue?

17/12/18

EphMRA position re Adverse Event Reporting Guideline Changes in the EU

EphMRA position re Adverse Event Reporting Guideline Changes in the EU EphMRA recently recommended members follow the updated ABPI/BHBIA Guidance on Adverse Event (AEs), product complaints and special reporting situations published in August 2018. The main change concerns when AEs are collected directly from patients or consumers where market research is conducted in the UK.

11/12/18

Ethics News Update - December

Read about - data transfers post Brexit as well as Research Ethics - the EMA has adopted new guidelines on good pharmacovigilance practices in paediatric populations. There's a lot more to read about!

27/11/18

GRBN November News

In this issue of Global Insights you will find a link to the GRBN 2018 Global Top 25 Report, which we hope you find interesting and of value to you and your colleagues.

15/11/18

Application of the Health Research Regulations to market, opinion and social research in Ireland

Application of the Health Research Regulations to market, opinion and social research in Ireland - EFAMRO

06/11/18

2018 Swiss meeting in Basel

Great to see everyone in Basel at our meeting! Thanks for attending.

05/11/18

EphMRA position re Adverse Event Reporting Guideline Changes in the UK

EphMRA position re Adverse Event Reporting Guideline Changes in the UK The latest ABPI/BHBIA Guidance notes on collecting adverse events, product complaints and special reporting situations (Adverse Events [AEs]) during market research was published in August 2018.

09/10/18

Forecasting Group launched

Looking to Connect with colleagues interested in forecasting?

02/10/18

Keep up to date with GRBN News

EphMRA is an Associate Member of GRBN and its a great way to keep more up to date and in touch. Have a read of the latest GRBN News.

20/09/18

Hear from our members about member benefits

During our 2018 Conference in Basel some of our members spoke about why they continue to be EphMRA members.

17/09/18

EphMRA appoints a Member Relationship Manager

EphMRA has appointed Sally Birchall to take on the role of Member Relationship Manager. Sally will be arranging calls with members to get feedback on the rnage and quality of EphMRA's services and offerings.

13/09/18

Assessing the impact of naming the end client as data controller. Feedback Summary from EphMRA’s GDPR member survey

A summary report form a survey conducted amongst EphMRA members

10/09/18

Classification Committee Summary of Activities June 2018 available

Each quarter the Classification Committee updates the members on what areas they are working on

16/08/18

2018 Code of Conduct now available

The Code of Conduct has been reviewed and updated. You can access is here and we are now working on the Log of Changes.

04/07/18

2018 Conference Papers - being uploaded into the members area

As the slide decks start to be approved by speakers we are able to upload them to the members area of the web site - log in with your password - then events

02/07/18

EphMRA becomes the first GRBN Associate Member

The Global Research Business Network (GRBN) and EphMRA, the global association of pharmaceutical and healthcare researchers and insights professionals, today announce that EphMRA has joined the Global Research Business Network as the first Associate Member. Up until early this year, only regional federations and their national association members have been eligible for GRBN membership. The GRBN Board recognized the limitations of this membership structure, as there are a number of associations, such as industry or methodology-based associations, which do not fit the national/regional association model, and therefore were unfortunately ineligible for membership. By changing the statutes to create an Associate Member class, GRBN is able to include these other associations into the network, for the benefit of both the associate members, and their members, as well as the national and regional association members, and their members, and is delighted to have EphMRA join the network as the first Associate Member.

26/06/18

EphMRA partners with MRS to deliver policy and professional standards services

Global healthcare market research association, EphMRA, today announces it has partnered with MRS to enhance its Code of Conduct and develop professional standards services for its members. EphMRA aims to inspire and empower members to influence decision through expert advice and insights to help drive business performance and gain competitive advantage. MRS will advise EphMRA on its current healthcare-specific Code of Conduct and assist in drafting the annual update to reflect new data protection and privacy legislation; this will include further incorporation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). MRS will also advise EphMRA on the expert guidance it offers its members for the interpretation and application of the code.

09/05/18