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Ziment Announces Venk Ramakrishnan as new Chief Methodologist

NEW YORK, April 18, 2007 - Ziment, a leading healthcare and pharmaceutical market research consultancy announced that it has appointed Venk Ramakrishnan to serve as new Chief Methodologist. 

“We are truly excited that Venk has brought his considerable global healthcare research experience to Ziment,” said John Tapper, Chief Operating Officer. “His expertise in working with clients to solve complex strategic problems using sophisticated multivariate techniques will continue to set Ziment apart.  We look forward to seeing the many ways in which Venk will help to raise the bar that Ziment has set in the marketplace.”

Before joining Ziment, Ramakrishnan served as VP of Advanced Analytics for another market research firm, where he was instrumental in building their quantitative practice.   In his role as Chief Methodologist, Ramakrishnan will be responsible for working with clients to bring the most appropriate, creative multivariate techniques to bear against difficult strategic issues.  He will also assume day-to-day responsibility for product development at Ziment, a company known for market changing innovations like Demand Calibration, TAGZ and TRIALZ (more at www.ziment.com).

“It’s an honor to be a part of the Ziment Group," said Ramakrishnan. "I have always wanted to be a part of an organization with the resources, quantitative heritage and culture to develop industry changing intellectual capital.  Ziment is the type of organization that encourages, even demands this kind of innovation."

About Ziment and The Ziment Group:

The Ziment Group consists of Ziment Custom, the strategic, primary marketing research division for healthcare and pharmaceutical industries worldwide (www.ziment.com); WebSurveyResearch which houses the largest dedicated panel of physicians with which to conduct  marketing research through the internet (www.websurveyresearch.com); All Global, a leading UK-based marketing research company that specializes in Healthcare information services including physician panel research (www.allgloballtd.com); imap Research, a division dedicated to conducting syndicated market tracking research (www.imapresearch.com); and Consumer Health Sciences, which conducts the National Health and Wellness Survey (nhwsurvey.com), the pre-eminent source of information about the flow of patients into physicians' offices.  

The Ziment Group is the global healthcare research brand for The Kantar Group, the Information and Consultancy Division of WPP, plc.  For more information on the group and its divisions, go to www.zimentgroup.com.

 

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