Can a member of the public leave a box of donuts and a flyer in the break room of a cancer center or oncology wing? Would an oncologist even see it?
I have nothing to sell but I am soliciting interviews as part of the NCI STEP training program to apply for federal grant funding
For any SBIR applicants who took an I-CORP program for a new therapuetic, what strategies did you use to contact customers?
I'm focused on oncologists, VCs, and researchers. I haven't had much luck making cold calls or through LinkedIn.
I'm a chemist and have to start interviewing doctors as part of an I-CORPs training class and I'm absolutely terrified of talking to anyone because I barely understand what they do.
I loved House MD as a kid and its a big part of why I made a career in science, but I imagine real doctors aren't burgling peoples homes and making offensive quips as much?
Where can I find more about what doctors do? How do they differ from oncologists, physicians, clinicians?
For cancer, what factors do doctors consider for choosing a line of treatment (cost, efficacy, mechanism)? How do they handle resistance when it develops and what do they wish could be improved?
CEO presented a talk at a conference that disclosed our drug product by its development code (eg storm trooper type name) and its use in animal studies last year but provided no structure.
A press release disclosed that the drug product was administered in a clinical trial in Australia earlier this year, again only referring to the drugs code.
Do either of these events count as a disclosure that would begin our grace period? An examiner could find these documents on the Internet because our drug product is also referred to by a distinct trademarked name