POSITIVELY RARE
Erin Paterson shares her experience of being gene positive for the rare Huntington disease, and how she is on a mission to positively impact other people’s lives by writing and speaking about genetic disease, depression and infertility in support of Huntington’s disease awareness day When I rolled out of bed that Saturday morning my entire […]
UNTIL RARE IS NOT A BARRIER
Our Research Consultant Andrew Grant advocates for awareness of the physical and mental issues patients face while their condition remains undiagnosed Getting a diagnosis when we feel unwell is something that most of us take for granted. We suffer some symptoms, go to the doctor, have some tests, get a diagnosis, and start treatment. It’s […]
SOLE SURVIVOR
LDA Research is supporting CureLONP1.com Aria’s Miracle research fund and her parent’s conviction that hope lies within the global medical and scientific community Aria’s parents need to raise £4m to develop a gene therapy and an ASO therapy for Aria. They are keen to connect with other families with any kind of LONP1 mutations, even when both […]
Patient Recruitment: Fraud Prevention
Senior research manager, Rachel Barnes, discusses the methods LDA Research takes to prevent fraudulent respondents when recruiting for patient research providing a genuine and high calibre sample group for our clients In recent years medical market research has shifted towards a more patient centric focus. For patients and their caregivers, this is a welcome development […]
Staff Specialist in ‘hard to reach’ recruitment
This month we profile Viviana Horwood, one of our research managers, who has worked with LDA Research for six and a half years and become one of our specialists in ‘hard to reach’ recruitment. Viv’s parents are Italian and Scottish, and after spending many years in Slough, she now lives in Bedfordshire. Whilst studying for […]
Niche recruitment – hunting for unicorns
Senior research manager Rachel Barnes shares insights into how LDA Research recruits niche respondents and hard to reach patients worldwide for our clients Over the last few years, there has been a noticeable trend in medical market research towards more granular research into more rare conditions. Here at LDA Research we regularly receive requests for […]
One-to-One Interviews and Focus Groups
The quality of medical market research is determined largely by the context in which it is gathered. The qualitative research team at LDA has been conducting interviews via phone, web, and in person for a good while now, and we all agree that the medium of communication plays in important role in the type, and […]
Medical Device Market Research
LDA Research was set up in 2011, in Bedfordshire, and for the past 7 years the core team has been pursuing their passion globally. We’re lucky enough to spend our time providing specialist qualitative research for the rapidly growing medical device sector. Every member of the team is committed to providing high quality, bespoke market […]
How Does a ‘Detailed Follow Up’ Work?
LDA Research Helps You to Assess the Impact of Product Communications One aspect of the work we do at LDA Research is to support pharmaceutical companies in bringing new products to market. We may be asked to carry out competitor analysis, or develop research which supports decisions on how the product is positioned in the […]
How Do You Manage GDPR in Face-to-Face Research Interviews?
How Do You Manage GDPR in Face-to-Face Research Interviews? You may remember all the ‘opt-in’ pop-ups that started appearing on websites last Spring? That was due to the General Data Protection Regulation which came into effect in May 2018. The aim of the regulation was to protect online consumers from having their personal data misused […]
A text chain saved my life
LDA Research talks to Rare Disease Girl Taylor Coffman, about action and advocacy for patients worldwide with rare diseases, in support of Rare Disease Day 2025. Taylor Coffman had to think fast to survive, following the birth of her daughter, which triggered the aggressive rare disease atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Despite the great team of […]
LDA Medical Market Research
LDA Medical Market Research provides a detailed understanding of how patients experience illness and its treatments within a global healthcare context.
