appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message ims health inc. type public traded as nyse ims industry healthcare information services technology founded 1954 as intercontinental marketing services headquarters danbury connecticut key people ari bousbib ceo products healthcare measurement analytics & services consulting technology services revenue 3.3 b 1 owner tpg capital cpp investment board leonard green & partners number of employees 14 000 1 website www.imshealth.com ims health is an american company that provides information services and technology for the healthcare industry . it is the largest vendor of u.s. physician prescribing data . 2 3 4 ims health was founded in 1954 by bill frohlich and david dubow . in 2010 ims health was taken private by tpg capital cpp investment board and leonard green & partners . 5 the company went public on april 4 2014 and began trading on the nyse under the symbol ims . 1 6 ari bousbib is ims health s chairman and ceo . bousbib formerly a longtime senior executive at united technologies corporation 7 joined the company in september 2010 . 8 ims health is headquartered in danbury connecticut . contents 1 business model 2 history and acquisitions 3 controversy 4 references 5 external links business model edit ims health is best known for its collection of healthcare information spanning sales de identified prescription data medical claims electronic medical records 9 and social media . 10 ims health s products and services are used by companies to develop commercialization plans 11 and portfolio strategies 12 to select patient and physician populations for specific therapies and to measure the effectiveness of pharmaceutical marketing and sales resources . 13 the firm uses its own data to produce syndicated reports such as market forecasts and market intelligence . history and acquisitions edit the original name of the company was intercontinental marketing services hence the ims name . ims health s corporate headquarters is located in danbury connecticut united states . the company s chairman and ceo is ari bousbib . in 2002 ims health acquired cambridge pharma consultancy a privately held international firm that provides strategic advice to pharmaceutical management . in 2003 acquired marketing initiatives a specialist in healthcare facility profile data and data niche associates a provider of rebate validation services for medicaid and managed care . in 2004 united research china shanghai was acquired providing coverage of china s consumer health market . in 2005 acquired pharmetrics a u.s. provider of patient centric integrated claims data . in 2006 acquired the life sciences practice of strategic decisions group a portfolio strategy consultant to the life sciences industry . in 2007 ims health acquired ihs and medinitiatives providers of healthcare data management analytics and technology services . that same year valuemedics research was acquired extending ims health s health economics and outcomes research capabilities . in 2007 ranked in the businessweek 50 . this list represents best in class companies from the ten economic sectors that make up the s & p 500 . 14 in 2008 named to the world s most admired companies list by fortune . the company received the recognition again in 2010 . in 2008 acquired rmbc a provider of national pharmaceutical market intelligence and analytics in russia . in 2008 acquired the skura professional services group based out of mississauga ontario canada and specialized in data integration consulting and services in business intelligence platforms to pharmaceutical and healthcare clients in north america and europe . in 2009 named to the dow jones sustainability north america index in recognition of the company s economic environmental and social performance among the largest 600 north american companies . in february 2010 ims health was taken private by tpg capital cpp investment board and leonard green & partners . 15 in 2010 acquired brogan inc. a privately held market research and consulting firm serving the canada healthcare market . in 2011 expanded its specialty and patient level data assets in the united states with the acquisition of sdi health . also that year the company acquired ardentia ltd in the uk and med vantage in the united states to build on its payer services in those markets . in 2012 acquired pharmarc analytic solutions pvt. ltd a bangalore based analytics company . in 2012 acquired decisionview a software solutions company that helps life sciences organizations plan and track patient enrollment for clinical trials 16 and ttc 17 a benchmarking solutions and analytics company that helps clients plan for and negotiate the costs of clinical trials . also in 2012 the company purchased pharmadeals ltd. 18 a provider of online information about business transactions licensing and mergers and acquisitions activity within the pharmaceutical industry . in 2013 acquired several companies to expand its portfolio of saas products incential software a provider of sales performance management technology services ; 360 vantage which delivers multi channel crm software capabilities ; appature which offers a relationship marketing platform ; and semantelli a provider of social media analytics for the global healthcare industry . in april 2015 ims health completed the purchase of cegedim s customer relationship management crm software and strategic data business for 396 million . cegedim acquired the software and related business when it purchased dendrite international in 2007 . 19 20 better source needed in may 2016 the company announced it would merge with quintiles in an approximate 9 billion deal 21 in the process creating a new entity called quintiles ims . combined 2015 revenue for the two companies would exceed 7.2 billion and the combined entity is estimated to have a market capitalisation in excess of 17.6 billion . 22 23 ims health shareholders will receive 0.384 shares of quintiles common stock for each share of ims health common stock they hold leaving the split of ownership at 51.4 % ims and 48.6 % quintiles . 24 25 the merger will create one of the largest providers of healthcare data technology and services solutions in the world and is scheduled to close by the second half of 2016 . 26 controversy edit throughout its history ims health s business of collecting anonymized pharmaceutical sales data has come under scrutiny from both the media and the legal system . 27 ims health v. ayotte was a free speech case involving ims health . 28 29 30 sorrell v. ims health was a case about physician data privacy which went to the u.s. supreme court . the high court ruled in favor of the company . 31 32 33 34 references edit a b c ims health annual report 10 k 2014 steinbrook r jun 29 2006 . for sale physicians prescribing data . . the new england journal of medicine . 354 26 2745 7 . doi 10.1056 nejmp068125 . pmid 16807410 . fugh berman a august 2008 . prescription tracking and public health . . journal of general internal medicine . 23 8 1277 80 . doi 10.1007 s11606 008 0630 0 . pmid 18473146 . fugh berman a ; ahari s april 2007 . following the script how drug reps make friends and influence doctors . . plos medicine . 4 4 e150 . doi 10.1371 journal.pmed .0040150 . pmid 17455991 . ims health sold to tpg cppib lg & p picker leslie 2014 04 04 . tpg backed ims health gains after 1.3 billion share sale . bloombergbusiness . ceo s of tomorrow http www.businessweek.com magazine content 10 36 b4193016891032.htm what does ims health do anyway . the wall street journal . 5 november 2009 . munro dan . new study ranks johnson & johnson 1 in pharma for social media engagement . forbes . drive to develop new commercial models.pdf the drive to develop new commercial models in the news documents kleinrock 2011 ca biomed industry report final.pdf ca biomed industry report market maps tl.pdf patient market maps the business week 50 bloomberg business week accessed 20 october 2010 tpg and pension plan to buy ims health new york times deal book 5 november 2009 ims health to buy clinical trials software company decisionview ims health acquires ttc strengthening pharma r & d services capabilities ims health expands suite of syndicated web based analytics with acquisition of pharmadeals ltd. http www.cegedim.com communique cegedim ims transaction closing 01 04 2015 eng.pdf fr cegedim reuters 3 may 2016 . quintiles is merging with ims in a deal worth about 9 billion fortune . fortune . quintiles ims health to merge in 9 bln deal . mail online . 3 may 2016 . quintiles ims health plan 9b merger . gen. kristen hallam ; zachary tracer 3 may 2016 . ims health to buy quintiles in 9 billion pharma data deal . bloomberg.com . erik holm . deals of the day ims health merges with quintiles biogen to spin off hemophilia arm . wsj . reuters editorial 3 may 2016 . brief ims health and quintiles to merge . reuters . forbes company that knows what drugs everyone takes going public http www.forbes.com sites adamtanner 2014 01 06 company that knows what drugs everyone takes going public baxter alexander d. ims health v. ayotte a new direction on commercial speech cases pdf . berkeley technology law journal . 25 1 649 670 . retrieved 5 february 2014 . shapiro ilya 28 april 2009 . ims health v. ayotte cato institute . cato.org . cato institute . retrieved 5 february 2014 . bibet kalinyak isabelle 2012 . critical analysis of sorrell v. ims health inc. pandora s box at best . food & drug l.j. 67 191 . ims health wins court attack on vermont marketing law . bloomberg . 23 november 2010 . law360 11 august 2011 . inside sorrell v. ims health adam liptak for the new york times . 23 june 2011 drug makers win two supreme court decisions 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