The team collaborated on a script for recruiting and interviewing physicians to hone in on perceived advantages of, and concerns about, optical-based breast cancer diagnostics compared to existing practices.  Chinnock confirmed "Previous attempts to extract meaningful results from physicians were not attained before the employment of professional researchers."

Halpern Info Services' contribution led to the creation of a new company spin-off from Optimum Technologies Inc. which will commercialize "optical biopsy" which allows instant diagnosis of cancerous tissue -- without excision!

The Franklin-based research company's innovative approaches to custom medical research are becoming known in West Coast professional education circles.  Dr. Gregory Kivenzor, who teaches Innovation Management to graduate students in the Professional Science Master's program at Oregon State University included Richard Halpern's article "The Essentials of Research in Successful Product Development" published in MD&DI into the course reading.  This peer-reviewed article from Canon Communications is available through Medical Device Link, the online information source for the medical device industry: http://www.devicelink.com/mddi/archive/07/08/016.html.

A final distinction: eMarketer.com included Halpern Info Services in its directory of 3,000 market research firms found at http://www.eMarketer.com under "Browse Research".

Halpern Info Services provides custom medical and business research services to improve sales and business operations, help firms become and remain competitive, make product development improvements and enter new markets by reducing risk and uncertainty.  A team of professional researchers worldwide conduct custom business and medical research for professional services, manufacturing, publishers and global medical firms.  For more information, contact Richard Halpern at richard@halperninfoservices.com or call 508.346.3225.