Ventiv Health Inc. - VTIV- Profile

Ventiv Health Incorporated. The Group's principal activity is to provide a wide range of integrated services for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. The services include consulting, analytics and forecasting; market research and intelligence; strategic and tactical planning; telemarketing and other marketing support; product/brand management; recruitment and training services and sales execution. The customers of the Group are Boehringer Ingleheim, Baxter, Bayer Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Novartis, Forest Laboratories Inc, GlaxoSmithKline and Novo Nordisk, Reliant Pharmaceuticals Inc. The Group operates only in the United States. Sales and marketing accounted for 88% of 2002 revenues; Planning and analytics, 12% and Other, nom.