Friday, September 08, 2006
US Healthcare
Fast Growth Companies
Fortune Magazine's 2006 listing of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the US expectedly has a large number of Healthcare Companies. Of these I found two very interesting (and not because they are both in the top 20). Amedisys, ranked 7, is a home nursing care and hospice specialist, whereas inVentiv Health, ranked 15, provides drug firms with services in clinical trials, sales, and marketing.What is interesting is that both these companies have 3 year revenue growth at close to 50%, and a significant part of this is coming through acquisitions.
Amedisys' strategy of providing low cost, outcome driven healthcare at home, seems to be paying off (the company reported revenues of $ 438 M for the last 4 quarters).
inVentiv Health (formerly known as Ventiv Health) provides a comprehensive range of clinical, communications and commercialization services to take pharma products from development through launch to commercial success. For over 200 industry-leading healthcare companies, inVentiv Health is the partner of choice (revenue for the past 4 quarters was $ 609 M)
I have come across at least one Home Healthcare Services organization right here in Bangalore, but am not sure they have been able to scale up. With a growth in the number of older people, as well as the difficult traffic situation, one would expect that the demand for home healthcare in the metros should be going up. How can we build successful businesses around this opportunity?
Fortune Magazine's 2006 listing of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the US expectedly has a large number of Healthcare Companies. Of these I found two very interesting (and not because they are both in the top 20). Amedisys, ranked 7, is a home nursing care and hospice specialist, whereas inVentiv Health, ranked 15, provides drug firms with services in clinical trials, sales, and marketing.What is interesting is that both these companies have 3 year revenue growth at close to 50%, and a significant part of this is coming through acquisitions.
Amedisys' strategy of providing low cost, outcome driven healthcare at home, seems to be paying off (the company reported revenues of $ 438 M for the last 4 quarters).
inVentiv Health (formerly known as Ventiv Health) provides a comprehensive range of clinical, communications and commercialization services to take pharma products from development through launch to commercial success. For over 200 industry-leading healthcare companies, inVentiv Health is the partner of choice (revenue for the past 4 quarters was $ 609 M)
I have come across at least one Home Healthcare Services organization right here in Bangalore, but am not sure they have been able to scale up. With a growth in the number of older people, as well as the difficult traffic situation, one would expect that the demand for home healthcare in the metros should be going up. How can we build successful businesses around this opportunity?
# posted by Srivathsan @ 8:50 AM 
