Acquisition/diversification strategy for sales and marketing services company

The client began as a contract sales organization serving large pharmaceutical companies. Market dynamics had been deteriorating as the pharmaceutical industry as a whole began to reduce the size of its sales force and as large customers started negotiating more aggressively. We worked with the client to develop and execute an acquisition and diversification strategy that resulted in a 30-fold increase in stock price over the course of our five-year engagement.The strategy had three main thrusts: (1) assembling a broader portfolio of outsourced sales, marketing, and product development offerings, (2) focusing business development efforts on mid-sized and smaller customers who viewed outsourcing as a strategic imperative rather than a necessary evil, and (3) becoming an attractive acquirer for private company owners seeking a strategic buyer and the opportunity to continue their career growth. We helped identify acquisition candidates and performed commercial due diligence on companies in medication adherence, data mining, predictive modeling, pharmacovigilance, professional staffing, cost containment, sales force automation, advertising and market research.