Company

History

Panel Intelligence was founded as MedPanel, Inc. in 1999 by brothers William Febbo and Phillip Febbo, MD, who were determined to bring a different approach to gathering information from experts. Finding that live focus groups and telephone research could not deliver the best information for their clients, they developed a unique online platform that allowed for quick, unbiased, in-depth interactions between physicians and Healthcare companies. In 2005, after six years of providing research services to top biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies, the company expanded its successful research model to institutional investment firms. In 2007, MedPanel, Inc. was acquired by the Merriman Curhan Ford Group and launched its CleanTech practice. Renamed Panel Intelligence, LLC, the company now provides a full range of primary market research services to corporate and financial clients in the Healthcare and CleanTech industries. In January of 2009, Management and a handful of outside investors, purchased the assets of Panel Intelligence and they continue to operate in Healthcare primary market research as an independent private company. Management decided not to pursue CleanTech and focus solely on Healthcare.