The move is intended to better realise the potential of the existing WebSurveyMD.com panel launched last spring by Ziment. This has already facilitated research surveys with an established panel of over 8,000 US physicians in the United States. Plans are in place to expand the respondent base to include European and Asian panellists during 2001. By the end of 2002, the company hopes to have recruited over 40,000 physicians around the globe.

According to Howard Ziment, MD of The Ziment Group, quot;The Internet is about the rapid exchange of information. It's about helping businesses to communicate better. Marketing research is a natural for this medium. WebSurveyResearch is an extension of this thinking. By forming WebSurveyResearch, its panels will be the biggest, deepest and strongest in the research community. We feel that the ability to offer access to the panels to other strong pharmaceutical marketing research consultancies will allow WebSurveyResearch's panels to prosper."