PANAGORA PHARMA AND PHARMACIST PARTNERS® ASSEMBLE VISIONARY KOL PANEL FOR THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SUMMIT ’14
February 2014: Florida|New York: Pharmacist Partners is pleased to announce its participation in PanAgora Pharma’s upcoming CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SUMMIT MARCH 5-6, 2014 in Princeton, NJ.
Pharmacist Partners has assembled a dynamic panel of Pharmaceutical Industry KOLs. The roundtable discussion will cover multiple industry-sensitive topics within the overall theme of “The Emerging Role of the Pharmacist: A Cutting Edge Approach”.
Because Pharmacists are the last point of human contact as patients begin their medication journey, there is no “technology” that can replace the personal interaction between the Pharmacist and the Patient.
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nel will be moderated by Harold E. Cohen, R.Ph, Editor-in-Chief of U.S. Pharmacist.
Harold brings unique perspective to his role as moderator. During his 40-year professional career, Harold has served on several national and international association committees and boards, including the position of Chairman of the National Council of Prescription Drug Programs.
The PanAgora Pharma Customer Experience Summit 2014 is a senior-level business conference designed to help pharma identify, prioritize and solve key operational challenges that impact the customer experience. PanAgora’s Doug Lavender elaborated: “Our goal is for pharma to deliver a more personalized, targeted and productive multi-channel experience that will build relationships between pharma and its customers.”
MEET THE PANELISTS:
Kevin McDermott
Kevin is currently Vice President, Managed Markets for Aptalis Pharma. Prior to his role at Aptalis, Kevin served as Vice President, Managed Markets at Daiichi Sankyo. There he built the Value Selling, Pull Through, Contracting, Trade & Institutional, Customer Value Marketing, and Value Pricing & Access functions into a top performing account management team.
Dr. Sal Giorgianni, Pharm. D.
Sal was at Pfizer for 27 years and his last assignment was as the Director External Relations and Editor-In-Chief of The Pfizer Journal. During his tenure there he was engaged in several US and global product launches including Cefobid, Aricept, Lipitor, Zoloft and Viagra. Sal was responsible for developing and directing relationships with professional and voluntary health associations and for various image and reputation management projects to support product and research strategies. He is currently the Chairman of APHA’s Men’s Health Caucus; practicing Pharmacist, author, consultant, and Advisor to Pharmacist Partners.
Jack Kelly, R.Ph.
Jack is currently Chief Business Officer at Pharmacist Partners, the Clinical Knowledge Organization. Previously, as the National Director Managed Markets, and Director Trade & Pharmacy Relations at Daiichi Sankyo Inc., he enhanced their product portfolio formulary access and pull-through efforts in brand categories, despite intense generic intrusion and significant product lifecycle challenges.
About Pharmacist Partners, The Clinical Knowledge Organization® (CKO)
Pharmacist Partners is an organization consisting of highly experienced, licensed pharmacists sharing evidence based clinical knowledge to ALL healthcare providers in their respective communities. The organization delivers unbiased and outcomes based information as well as 
educational programs to assist practitioners in making clinically appropriate pharmacotherapy decisions and improve patient compliance and persistency using appropriate disease state education with the ultimate goal of reducing total healthcare costs. The team also has expertise in new product launch, approaching the task as an educational opportunity for prescribers and allowing new products to assume their proper role in outstanding patient care. Customized programs can also be designed to address local needs. Pharmacist Partners is poised to be the industry leader in clinical pharmacy programs, completing the need for a prescriber – patient continuum. Pharmacist Partners is Pharma’s only Clinical Knowledge Organization, with offices in Florida and New York.
About PanAgora Pharma: 
PanAgora is a networking and competitive intelligence firm focused on market development and uncovering core industry opportunities and connections. Our goal is to put your organization at the heart of your industry value chain through thought-leadership conferences and industry events.
PanAgora was founded in 2012 to address the growing need of all businesses to incorporate diverse, multi-channel approaches to their marketing and sales strategies.Our team consists of executives with backgrounds in corporate leadership, research, communications, marketing, sales, customer experience and client management.