GLG Premium Council Partner Firms

Boundary Information Group (B.I.G.) is a virtual consortium of leading health care consultants improving the value of health care through innovative information management and e-commerce. BIG EHR consultants have been working since 1995 to provide strategic planning, requirements analysis, system selection, contract negotiation, and implementation support for electronic health records in physician practices and hospitals. BIG consultants have been providing similar support to provider clients for Practice Management Systems (PMS) and Hospital Information Systems (HIS) for more than 20 years. THE BIG HIPAA consultants have been working since 1992 to formulate the HIPAA legislation, regulations, and implementation. We believe that there is a strong business case to implement HIPAA to increase efficiencies, improve customer satisfaction and increase cash flow, as well as to meet the compliance requirements.

Close Concerns provides consulting services on diabetes to a wide range of established and start-up corporate clients, including pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies. Close Concerns also publishes Diabetes Close Up, a monthly newsletter focused on clinical and commercial developments in the field, and produces special reports on products and trends influencing diabetes. They attend 30+ medical conferences and meetings per year globally that focus on diabetes and obesity. Close Concerns also has strong relationships with many of the leading researchers and clinicians in diabetes.

DataPros for Healthcare Inc., located in Tampa, Florida, is made up of a dedicated group of clinical and data professionals who provide data and consulting services tailored for the healthcare industry. To better serve the market, in 2006 DataPros for Healthcare Information Solutions and DataPros for Healthcare Consulting Group were formalized. We are now two divisions with one purpose: helping hospitals improve their operational effectiveness and financial strength.

Beijing Elite is committed to help pharmaceutical organizations achieve their business objectives, realize market opportunities, and develop and implement effective strategies in China. As the largest local consulting and training company focusing on pharmaceutical enterprises in China, we will provide professional, quality and ethical consulting services of the highest standards in the areas of management training, contract management ,market research, new product registration, clinical research investment consulting and merger & acquisition in China.

Epiphany Healthcare Advisors (Epiphany) is a network of healthcare industry leaders who provide business advisory services to healthcare organizations throughout the United States and globally. The leadership teams of professional services firms; hospital, medical and trade associations; technology vendors; pharmaceutical companies; and other businesses look to Epiphany for insight and access into healthcare delivery organizations. Why? Because we are healthcare experts. We’re doctors, lawyers, nurses and healthcare executives who have worked in the industry for an average 20+ years. We have built businesses, developed teams, offered strategic and clinical consulting services, and delivered care. GLG clients can look to Epiphany for specific expertise in healthcare information technology; hospital and physician operations and services; healthcare legal and regulatory issues; technology, product and pharmaceutical pipeline evaluations and investments; and consulting firm acquisitions.

FirstLine Consulting Group provides in-depth custom research and subscription reporting to guide your Pharmaceutical and Biotech decision making. Through online panels and one-on-one in-depth interviews, we capture current thought leader and community doctor opinions, trends and practices. We track clinical pipelines, pharmaceutical companies and biotechs around the world to keep you up to date on the agents and mechanisms in development and the companies driving the industry.

Ground Zero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (GZP) provides services in regulatory affairs and product development across many therapeutic areas, in the management of medical product portfolios and technology assessment, in pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices. GZP provides expert strategic and tactical guidance for our clients to help develop their products, build their firms, set the appropriate priorities from their pipelines and obtain marketing approvals. Our top priority is to maximize the efficiency of the therapeutic development process by reducing duplicative work, proactively identifying issues, and facilitating interactions with regulatory agencies, financiers and outside vendors. They have offices in Irvine, California, and Melbourne, Australia, with Associates throughout the US, Australia, Canada and Sweden.

Health Economic Consulting Group (HECG) is a group of experienced academic health economists and health services researchers providing research and expert consulting services in three practice areas: 1) cost and outcome analysis; 2) market and business analysis; and 3) regulatory and policy analysis. HECG has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and providing solid expert services. HECG has conducted a large variety of research projects for a wide range of clients, including large pharmaceutical manufacturers, health plans and managed care organizations, investment firms, trade associations, medical device manufacturers, public relations firms, state and city governments and contract research organizations. In addition, HECG principals and associates have extensive experience as investigators on grants funded by government organizations and foundations. The majority of HECG research projects result in publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Indegene is a leading global provider of scientific and medical services for pharmaceutical, medical devices, biotechnology, and health care organizations. Since 1998, Indegene has been a pioneer in knowledge services with a global presence that includes 11 offices across 4 continents. With an in-house team of more than 250 fulltime employees including more than 125 MDs, PhDs and PharmDs providing profound domain expertise, Indegene’s unique hybrid global delivery model helps clients gain the benefits of cost efficiency, scalability and reliability. Indegene is an ISO 9001/27001 certified organization and works with the leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations worldwide. Indegene has a proven track record of more than 2000 innovative and successful solutions. Our competitive and business intelligence solutions include pipeline intelligence, clinical trial analysis, launch date and claim estimation, sales forecasting, licensing research, patent monitor, medical conference intelligence, oncology monitor and many other similar solutions. Indegene are partners to some of the top pharmaceutical and medical device, health care provider, and pharmaceutical organizations in the world including: Abbott, Alcon, Bausch & Lomb, BD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dr Reddy’s, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Lupin, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Ranbaxy, Roche, and Schering Plough.

Life Science Strategy Group (LSSG) has extensive experience conducting strategic consulting and market research engagements in many therapeutic and technology markets. They have built lasting relationships with some of the most prominent pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, drug delivery and contract research organizations in the industry. LSSG's consultants include a mixture of PhDs, MBAs, MDs, MScs, CFAs, NPs, and PharmDs.

Lluminari consists of evidence based health experts who believe that communicating about health is as important as practicing medicine. Their work centers on forming a more complete understanding of health – across medical disciplines, schools of thought, genders and ethnicities - through integrated, multi-media programs that reach communities, employees and consumers.

Medical Market Consulting provides sophisticated marketing services to the medical community. For more than a decade we have specialized in market research, market planning, product development, strategic planning, marketing communications and new business development geared to the needs of leading medical device manufacturers, medical companies and independent medical practices.

Medical Quality International, LLC (MQI) was founded in July 2002 as an international consulting and business development company by experienced scientists and business professionals providing comprehensive regulatory compliance, quality assurance and business development services to companies in the U.S., China, Japan, and the European Union (EU). MQI is fluent in the requirements and extensive processes implemented in each market when dealing with the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products (including generics), medical devices, manufacturing out sourcing, raw materials, intermediates, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) purchasing in China for companies in the United States (US), while at the same time offering these services to Chinese organizations.

Meta-Analysis Research Group is a non-profit research and consulting entity which could provide the highest quality, state of the art meta-analyses and quantitative synthesis of clinical and biological data for both the public and private sectors. MRG’s staff is composed of experienced biomedical scientists and support staff as well as a network of expert consultants worldwide. In addition, the MRG is an active independent research entity and conducts non-contracted research as part of its mission. Our members have published over 200 research papers in leading U.S. and European scientific journals as well as presented their work at dozens of major national and international meetings.

Montesino Group is a diversified consulting and equipment sales company dedicated to the Pharmaceutical, Medical, Packaging and Converting Industries. Montesino is composed of 2 operating entities. Montesino Associates, LLC is focused upon providing detailed technical and commercial consulting services to such clientele as pharmaceutical & medical manufacturers, packaging suppliers & converters, and plastics raw material suppliers. Montesino Technologies, Inc. is focused upon providing sophisticated manufacturing and diagnostic equipment to the plastics, rubber and converting industries.

Oberender & Partner Healthcare Consultants was founded in 2000 and has been growing ever since. We have two offices (Bayreuth and Munich) and worked for more than 100 consulting clients. The company is completely self-funded, owned and managed by the partners. With 15 employees, we cover all areas of German healthcare. In our core market - hospitals - we are among the top 5 specialized consulting companies. Our co-founder Professor Oberender is one of the founding fathers of health economics in Germany.

PRMA Consulting provides best in class strategic, commercial and technical based pricing, reimbursement and market access advisory services to companies to overcome their global and local market access hurdles. Our clients include the top 20 pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, medical device and diagnostic companies, venture capital and private equity firms. PRMA Consulting, founded in 2006, is a dynamic consultancy experiencing rapid growth. We work in partnership with clients to ensure projects are executed to the highest standard, on time and to budget, whilst delivering flexibility and adaptability in recognition of changing situations and needs. PRMA Consulting undertakes pricing and reimbursement due diligence to ensure all market access risks have been fully assessed and maximum product value is delivered. We offer strategic, technical and operational consultancy to support Health Outcomes business objectives and we have significant experience of conducting real world observational studies both at pre- and post-launch phase. Our partners and consultants bring hands-on experience of the strategic, commercial and technical market access challenges faced across the healthcare industry today as well as full geographic and therapeutic area coverage.

R.B. Consulting Co. is a pharmaceutical market research and marketing consulting firm in Seoul Korea. Their clients are various international companies from Japan, USA, England, Hong Kong and Singapore including Rockette & Benkis, EAS, Core GMBH, Sumitomo, Boots, MOI and SMA.

Raifarm is a premier integrated service provider for pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies interested in operating in Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh markets. We provide our clients with an array of services, including market analysis, registration, marketing, sales and distribution, consulting, and in-licensing.

Sanigest International was founded to address the challenges of an ever-changing world. Worldwide, turbulent markets, changing demographics, and shifting disease patterns are creating pressure to change health systems. These pressures have forced policymakers to reflect on their strategies, redesign their processes, implement new solutions, and manage continuous change to drive results. To help clients around the world address these challenges, Sanigest has responded by establishing a world class team and proven approaches to the design and implementation of health insurance and managed care systems, improving value-for-money in the hospital and pharmaceutical sector, carrying out impact and economic analysis of social programs and assisting investors with the identification of investment opportunities and strategies for market entry into these difficult environments. Our professionals apply in-depth industry experience with local knowledge of more than forty countries around the world to assist clients with addressing their unique needs. With over fifty years of practical experience and extensive knowledge from more than 300 projects in the last 10 years, our team of economists, physicians, hospital managers, public health specialists, sociologists, engineers, demographers, and information system technicians is prepared to develop an innovative and integrated solution for our clients.