Type: Private
On the web: http://www.ventiv.com

To sell a new drug, it may be time to get inVentiv. inVentiv Health provides commercial, clinical, communications, and patient assistance services for customers in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. The company's commercial services unit provides outsourced sales and marketing services, market research, data collection and management, recruitment, and training. The clinical services unit provides clinical staffing, clinical research and statistical analysis, and executive placement. It has served such notable clients as Johnson and Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. In mid-2010 private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) bought inVentiv Health for $1.1 billion.

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Paul M. Meister
President, Chamberlain Healthcare Public Relations: Jonathan Wilson
President and COO, inVentiv Communications: William O'Donnell

Competitors:
Cross Country Healthcare
Kforce
Quintiles Transnational

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