Healthcare Research Firm Targets Acquisitions
By Meredith Lepore

Decision Resources, a research and advisory firm focused on healthcare insights and analysis, wants to buy small, specialized healthcare boutiques. Decision Resources has acquired six firms in the last three years and is now looking for a firm that provides coverage of healthcare providers. “The firm is very strong in the life sciences space, so healthcare providers is a logical next step,” said Peter Hoenigsberg, CEO. Decision Resources looks for firms that can fill weaknesses in its research coverage or help highlight a certain interesting sector. Its latest addition, BioTrends Research Group, a specialized, syndicated market research firm that focuses on small to mid-size pharmaceutical markets, provides coverage of small or orphan diseases, especially those that affect the kidney. “BioTrends was very complementary to us. We cover the big diseases but we lacked coverage of the small ones,” said Hoenigsberg. BioTrends will remain headquartered in Pennsylvania, but all of its back office and sales and marketing will be part of Decision Resources.