CanaleComm
Acquisition in 2019
At CanaleComm, life science is Their single focus and always has been. It’s what gets us going in the morning and keeps us up way too late at night. Having worked with more than 250 biotech, medtech and pharma companies at virtually every stage of development, Their team intimately understands the industry landscape and is uniquely equipped to translate your company’s business objectives into a communications strategy that works.
Incisive Health
Acquisition in 2019
Incisive Health Ltd is a healthcare policy and communications consultancy based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2013, the company specializes in providing a range of services including clinical advocacy, corporate communications, digital communications, payer engagement, stakeholder mobilization, and policy development. Incisive Health aims to deliver impactful results for its clients, ultimately benefiting the patients they serve. As of May 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of Ashfield Healthcare Communications Ltd.
Putnam Associates
Acquisition in 2019
Putnam Associates, Inc., established in 1985 and headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a strategic consulting firm serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics, and medical device companies worldwide. The company offers a range of services including product strategy (market evaluations, pricing strategies, competitive assessments), portfolio management (prioritization, pipeline analysis), organizational strategy (acquisition assessment, licensing evaluation), and economic analysis (forecast modeling, market dynamics research). Putnam Associates supports clients in critical business decisions across all stages of the product lifecycle.
Create Group NYC
Acquisition in 2018
Create Group NYC, LLC, established in 2009 and headquartered in New York City, specializes in providing on-demand advertising services tailored to the healthcare industry. The company offers flat-fee advertising solutions, including adaptation services and short-term marketing strategies, enabling its international pharmaceutical clients to efficiently reach broader audiences with tactical execution of sales and marketing materials. As of July 2018, Create Group NYC operates as a subsidiary of Ashfield Healthcare Limited.
SmartAnalyst
Acquisition in 2018
SmartAnalyst, Inc. is a strategic consulting firm based in New York, focused on assisting bio-pharmaceutical companies in making informed decisions that enhance pipeline and portfolio value. Founded in 2000, the company specializes in evidence-based analytics and consulting, offering a range of services including economic and disease modeling, strategic frameworks for asset and disease management, and market analytics. SmartAnalyst employs deep domain expertise and proprietary platforms to deliver insights that support decision-making at various stages, from research and development to commercialization. The firm also provides integrated solutions across therapeutic areas such as oncology, immunology, and neurological disorders, as well as corporate development services for the consumer healthcare segment. By leveraging global research capabilities, SmartAnalyst aims to bridge the gap between clinical development and market success for its clients.
MicroMass Communications
Acquisition in 2017
MicroMass Communications is a marketing agency specializing in healthcare communications, dedicated to applying evidence-based behavior change strategies to enhance patient health outcomes. Resulting from the merger of SPS and MicroMass, it has become one of the largest independent, full-service healthcare marketing and medical communications agencies in the Southeast. The agency offers a range of services, including patient engagement, relationship marketing, and health behavior consulting, primarily serving pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies in the United States. With its unique expertise in human health behavior and healthcare professional advocacy, MicroMass is positioned to create effective, real-world solutions that drive meaningful improvements in patient care.
Cambridge BioMarketing
Acquisition in 2017
Cambridge BioMarketing Group, LLC is a healthcare marketing communications agency based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Oakland, California. The company specializes in providing traditional and digital marketing solutions tailored for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, focusing particularly on orphan, rare, and ultra-orphan diseases. Cambridge BioMarketing offers a comprehensive range of services, including advertising, branding, lifecycle management, and strategic product launch support, aimed at enhancing the visibility and market presence of healthcare products. As a subsidiary of UDG Healthcare plc, the agency leverages its expertise to deliver effective marketing communications within the healthcare industry in the United States.
Vynamic
Acquisition in 2017
Vynamic, LLC is a management consulting firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 2002. It specializes in providing services to global health organizations across various sectors, including life sciences, health services, and health technology. The firm offers an array of consulting services, such as project management, systems implementation, vendor selection, process design, and strategic planning. Vynamic focuses on enhancing client experiences and improving organizational effectiveness through change management, team effectiveness, customer experience transformation, and digital transformation. As a subsidiary of UDG Healthcare plc since July 2017, Vynamic is committed to helping clients achieve growth and performance while fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Sellxpert
Acquisition in 2017
Sellxpert provides contract sales outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry across Germany and Switzerland. It offers sales and marketing services to national and international healthcare and pharmaceutical companies.
STEM Marketing
Acquisition in 2016
Established in 2007, STEM has developed into a global business spanning 35 countries worldwide, working for 18 of the top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies. Offering a unique ‘audit’ service which can be applied to a pharmaceutical company’s marketing, medical, market access or account management functions, STEM has fast become an essential and vital tool enabling operational insight. In 2016 STEM was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. In terms of commercial performance, STEM has grown rapidly since incorporation. During this time, the company’s strategy has been four fold; repeat business, geographic penetration, portfolio penetration and service extension. STEM has built a database which is now regarded as the industry standard globally, made up of more than 30,000 customer facing staff and 150,000 customer interactions which are benchmarked against more than 100 KPIs to drive field teams’ performance interactions.
Pegasus Public Relations
Acquisition in 2016
Pegasus Public Relations Ltd. is a healthcare communications consultancy based in Brighton, United Kingdom, specializing in integrated communications strategies that promote healthy behaviors and informed decision-making. Founded in 1994, the firm caters to a diverse range of clients across various sectors, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, natural health products, medical devices, health services, healthy beauty, and animal health. The company employs a team of 60 communication professionals dedicated to crafting effective public relations campaigns that convey health-related messages to both public and private sectors. Additionally, Pegasus offers HEALTHSCAPES, a planning tool designed to enhance understanding of decision-making processes in health.
Galliard Healthcare Communications
Acquisition in 2014
Galliard offers media relations, issues management, scientific and medical education, and corporate and employee communications.
Nyxeon
Acquisition in 2014
Nyxeon is a healthcare communications consultancy based in London, England. The company specializes in providing a range of public relations services, including media relations, strategic planning, disease awareness, and scientific and medical education. Additionally, Nyxeon offers services related to issues management and corporate and employee communications. With a strong commitment to both scientific integrity and client service, Nyxeon aims to effectively support healthcare organizations in navigating the complexities of communication within the industry.
KnowledgePoint360
Acquisition in 2014
KnowledgePoint360 Group provides multi-channel healthcare communication and advisory services for pharmaceutical and biotech industries, and healthcare professionals. Its services include support for data-driven clinical publications, strategic consulting, thought leader programs, advisory boards, disease-state education, live educational events and international congresses, Web portals, promotional communications, and digital services and strategy services
Expansis
Acquisition in 2013
Expansis offers outsourced services to pharmaceutical companies.
Ashfield Market Access
Acquisition in 2012
Ashfield Market Access provides market intelligence, strategies, and account management services to biotech and pharmaceutical companies, and investment organizations in the United States. It offers managed care market research, managed care strategy development, managed care account management, contract systems analysis, managed care training, and reimbursement acceleration services.
Drug Safety Alliance
Acquisition in 2012
Drug Safety Alliance is a specialized service provider focused on ensuring the safety and managing risks associated with pharmaceutical products. They cater to various sectors within the healthcare industry, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, consumer health, and animal health. The company's core expertise lies in pharmacovigilance, offering outsourced solutions and tailored services to bolster existing safety departments within these organizations.
Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies
Acquisition in 2012
Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies engages in the preparation, packaging, storage, and distribution of investigational medicinal products and clinical trial supplies.
Pharmexx
Acquisition in 2012
Pharmexx GmbH specializes in providing outsourcing services for the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical technology, and functional foods sectors. The company supports healthcare organizations by managing essential business processes, enabling them to focus on their core operations. Pharmexx offers a range of commercialization services, including contract sales teams, key account management, pharmacy education, telesales, and market access teams. Through these services, Pharmexx enhances the sales and marketing efforts of its clients, ensuring effective product promotion and distribution in a competitive marketplace.
Watermeadow Medical
Acquisition in 2012
Watermeadow Medical is a healthcare communications and consultancy agency that specializes in providing comprehensive communication solutions for healthcare products. The company offers a range of services, including communications planning, advocacy development, and continuing medical education. In addition, Watermeadow Medical produces various promotional and educational materials, such as brochures, monographs, guidelines, dosing cards, newsletters, and video animations. Their expertise extends to creating scientifically rigorous publications and educational websites, ensuring that clients receive effective and tailored communication strategies to meet their needs in the healthcare sector.
InforMed Direct
Acquisition in 2010
InforMed Direct operates as a healthcare communications and market research agency. It offers healthcare communications services, as well as services ranging from strategy development and consultancy to tactical delivery.
The Specials Laboratory
Acquisition in 2008
The Specials Laboratory Ltd. is a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specializing in the production and supply of unlicensed medicines. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including community pharmacists, doctors, veterinary surgeons, and hospitals. It offers a wide range of products such as oral liquids, capsules, medicated lollipops, ointments, creams, ear and nasal drops, and various potent medications, including cytotoxics. Known for its efficient service, The Specials Laboratory ensures that it can fulfill orders for unlicensed medicines within 24 hours, addressing the urgent needs of healthcare providers.
Sharp Services
Acquisition in 2008
Sharp Services is a provider of contract packaging solutions primarily catering to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. The company offers a wide range of services, including package design, foil printing, high-speed blister packaging, and custom designs. In addition to blister packaging, Sharp Services specializes in pharmaceutical bottling for solid doses, powders, and liquids. The company focuses on delivering innovative and cost-effective compliance packaging solutions, which encompass commercial and clinical packaging needs. With operations in the United States, Europe, and internationally, Sharp Services serves various markets, including Rx, biotechnology, OTC/nutritional, clinical packaging, animal health, and health and beauty.
Procon Conferences
Acquisition in 2007
Procon Conferences, Ltd. is a specialized event management agency focused on organizing and managing conferences within the pharmaceutical sector. The company offers comprehensive services that include travel coordination for both individuals and groups, as well as meeting and greeting services at airports. By catering to the unique needs of the pharmaceutical industry, Procon Conferences ensures a seamless experience for attendees and organizers alike.
Ashfield Medical Information
Acquisition in 2007
Ashfield Medical Information provides medical information services to physicians and patients. It offers clinical trial support services that include clinical trial screening and referral services, as well as handles responses generated by various media, including broadcast, print, direct mail, and Web; and engages in creating and maintaining standard and custom medical information content, as well as produces content based on scientific research.
JVA Analytical
Acquisition in 2007
JVA Analytical is a provider of laboratory instrumentation and related services based in Ireland. The company specializes in offering a range of analytical instruments, including chromatography and spectroscopy equipment, such as dissolution systems, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, atomic absorption, and UV, VIS, NIR, and FTIR instruments. JVA Analytical serves diverse sectors, including analytical, environmental, pharmaceutical, educational, regulatory, and research laboratories, ensuring that clients have access to high-quality solutions for their analytical needs.
Pharma Logistics Investments
Acquisition in 2007
Pharma Logistics Investments provides packaging and production services for generic pharmaceuticals and healthcare product manufacturers.
Craig & Hayward
Acquisition in 2007
Craig & Hayward is a supplier specializing in unlicensed medicines. The company offers a diverse range of internal products, including oral suspensions, capsules, sachets, oral syringes, unit dose vials, lollipops, pessaries, and suppositories. In addition, it provides various external products such as ointments, creams, lotions, ear drops, nasal drops, disinfectants, enema solutions, and powders, along with coal tar products. Craig & Hayward is dedicated to meeting the needs of healthcare providers and patients by distributing specialized medical products.
Budelpack Hamont
Acquisition in 2007
Budelpack Hamont is provides contract packing centre for the Pharma & Health care industry.
Pyramed
Acquisition in 2007
Pyramed Ltd. is a healthcare services company, engages in the distribution of medical devices for existing diagnosis and therapies, as well as new technologies for developing therapies in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company provides interventional cardiology, interventional radiology, endoscopy, and endovenous laser therapy products.
Endoscopy UK
Acquisition in 2006
Endoscopy UK Ltd. supplies endoscopy systems. It offers sandhill scientific pH, manometry and impedance systems, and superdimension bronchus system.
Aquilant Surgical
Acquisition in 2003
Aquilant is a leading provider of specialist healthcare and scientific products and services providing out-sourced sales, marketing and distribution for the medical and scientific sectors. Aquilant Surgical provides surgical products, and product training and support to the healthcare professionals that carry out surgical procedures.
Ashfield Healthcare
Acquisition in 2000
Ashfield Healthcare specializes in providing outsourced services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. The company offers a range of services, including contract sales outsourcing and marketing support tailored for healthcare manufacturers. Additionally, Ashfield Healthcare provides nursing support programs that encompass nurse advisors, home healthcare services, medical compliance, and online training. Beyond these offerings, the company also focuses on creative branding, digital strategy, and management consulting, alongside publication planning, medical writing, auditing, process design, vendor selection, and systems implementation services. Through its comprehensive suite of solutions, Ashfield Healthcare aims to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of its clients in the healthcare sector.