What large consulting firms have bioinformatics or technology-enabling
practices in life sciences?  (looking for a comprehensive list here,
of companies in the USA)

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 28 Jun 2005 11:34 PDT

Any chance you can provide a bit more detail about the types of
companies you are looking for.  Your question is a bit hard to
interpret, especially the intent behind the phrase
"technology-enabling practices"

Any additional information you can provide would be a big help.

Thanks,

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by ednainstitute-ga on 28 Jun 2005 18:30 PDT

Consulting firms (like IBM, McKinsey) who have practices that
specialize in helping build/run large enterprise databases and
on-demand systems used by scientists. also think knowledge management
platforms...

Hello ednainstitute-ga,

I have identified large consulting firms that have life sciences /
bioinformatics / healthcare technology and knowledge management
practices. I?ve tried to group them according to specialty but there
is a great deal of overlap so the categories I?ve set up have somewhat
blurry boundaries. As I conducted this search I also came across many
specialized consulting firms and I?ve included them as well. In
addition, I?ve collected some directory and portal sites to allow you
to continue your explorations by browsing through additional
consulting companies that are in your target areas but didn?t seem to
meet your criteria precisely enough.

Best wishes for your project.

~ czh ~


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CONSULTING FIRMS -- BIOINFORMATICS
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http://www.biodatabases.com/
AMITA Corporation

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http://bioinformaticsservices.com/
BioInformatics Services (BIS)

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http://www.cognia.com/sitemap.htm
Cognia Corporation
Cognia Information Solutions

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http://www.mdli.com/company/index.jsp
Elsevier MDL
MDL Information Systems

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http://www.marlabs.com/index.html
http://www.marlabs.com/bioinformatics1.html
Marlabs Inc.
Bioinformatics

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http://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/hc_bioinformatics.shtml
Cambridge Consultants
Bioinformatics

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http://www.3rdmill.com/index.html
3rd Millennium, Inc.

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http://www.invitrogen.com/content.cfm?pageid=1
http://www.invitrogen.com/content.cfm?pageid=10119
Invitrogen Corporation
Invitrogen Bioinformatics Services

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http://www.algonomics.com/
AlgoNomics

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http://www.bioinform.com/index.htm
Companies in the Bioinformatics Software and Software-Related Services Sector
Technology Area
Company Name
Headquarters
Company website

***** This site includes dozens of companies and hot links to their
web sites. Unfortunately it uses frames. To access this table scroll
to the bottom of the page and click on the link.

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http://www.bioinformaticssolutions.com/index.php
Bioinformatics Solutions (BSI) 

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http://www.biotools.com/
BioTools, Inc.

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http://www.business.com/directory/pharmaceuticals_and_biotechnology/biotechnology/bioinformatics/software/
Bioinformatics Software 
Home à Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology à Biotechnology à Bioinformatics à Software 



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CONSULTING FIRMS -- LIFE SCIENCES / HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY ENABLERS
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http://www.aon.com/us/busi/industry_specialties/healthcare/life_sciences/default.jsp
Aon United States
Life Sciences Consulting Practice

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http://www.daviescon.com/lifesciences.htm
Davies Consulting, Inc. (dci)
Life Sciences

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http://www.egonzehnder.com
http://www.egonzehnderknowledge.com/
http://www.egonzehnderknowledge.com/knowledge/content/ourfirm/index.php
Egon Zehnder International

http://www.egonzehnderknowledge.com/knowledge/content/articles/brochures/lifeSciences.pdf
Life Sciences Practice Group

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http://www.cognigencorp.com/
http://www.cognigencorp.com//content/aboutus/index.html?nav=aboutus&sub=overview
Cognigen Corporation

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http://www.oleen.com/ 
Oleen Healthcare Information Management, Inc.

http://www.oleen.com/about/technical.html 
Technical Capabilities

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http://www.sas.com/industry/pharma/index.html
SAS® SOLUTIONS FOR LIFE SCIENCES

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http://www.insightful.com/services/consulting.asp
Insightful Corporation

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http://www.spss.com/services/
SPSS Worldwide Services -- Consulting Services
SPSS Inc. has decided to exclusively license our Science Products to
SYSTAT Software, Inc.
http://www.systat.com/

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http://www.frontiertechnology.com/content.html
http://www.frontiertechnology.com/services/lifescience.html
Frontier Technology 
Life Sciences Practice

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http://www.businessedge.com/index.asp
http://www.businessedge.com/BusinessEdge/Life%20Sciences/LIS.asp
BusinessEdge Solutions
Life Sciences

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http://www.ctg.com/index.htm
http://www.ctg.com/lifesciences/index.htm
CTG

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http://www.integra-bioscience.com/ 
Integra BioScience Consulting, Inc.

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http://www.consultingresources.net/index.html
Consulting Resources Corporation (CRC)?

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http://www.lifesciencepartners.com/index.html
LifeScience Partners, LLC (LSP)

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http://www.hospitechsolutions.com/
HospITech Solutions,


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http://www.ecbio.com/
ECBio

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http://www.prtm.com/index.asp
PRTM Management Consultants
http://www.prtm.com/lifesciences/
Life Sciences

PRTM focuses on these life sciences industries: 
 -- Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
 -- Drug Discovery & Bioinformatics
 -- Medical Devices & Diagnostics

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http://www.tribiosys.com/index.htm
Tribiosys
http://www.tribiosys.com/industry/index.htm
Life Sciences Informatics in R&D

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http://www-1.ibm.com/services/us/index.wss/home
IBM Business Consulting Services
http://www-1.ibm.com/services/us/bcs/html/bcs_lifesciences.html
Life Sciences

Business solutions for the life sciences industry
 Solutions from IBM combine high-value services and technology that
solve business problems for our clients.
 -- Catalyst 3-D data management solution for Linux from IBM and Accelrys
 -- Cheminformatics solution from IBM and Tripos
 -- Clinical Genome Miner Discovery solution from deCODE and IBM
 -- All life sciences solutions
 
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http://www.bearingpoint.com/portal/site/bearingpoint

http://www.bearingpoint.com/portal/site/bearingpoint/menuitem.236b3f0eaeb78f5d5aa1f020726106a0/channel/published/Industries/Consumer%20Industrial%20and%20Technology/Life%20Sciences/
BearingPoint ? Life Sciences

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http://www.answerthink.com/02_services/01_overview.html
Answerthink, Inc.
http://www.answerthink.com/03_ourfocus/01_overview.html
Answerthink
Life Sciences
Work with healthcare firms to show how technology can be applied to
drive improved operational performance and regulatory compliance.
 Suggested Services: 
   ·Supply Chain Transformation 
   ·IT Transformation 
   ·Business Applications (SAP) 

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http://www.adl.com/industries/healthcare/
Arthur D. Little

Health Care
·	Global Overview 
·	Pharmaceuticals 
·	Medical Technology 
·	Biotechnology 

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http://www.bah.com/
http://www.bah.com/bahng/SilverDemo?PID=Home.html&dispType=HTML&contType=TABLE&NGPgID=sitemap
Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton's clients are the world's largest corporations,
emerging growth companies, government agencies, and institutions that
want to change their organizations and the world for the better.

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http://www.etexxbio.com/index.htm
etexx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.,

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http://www.incogen.com/
INCOGEN, Inc.

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http://www.geneticxchange.com/v3/index.php
geneticXchange

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http://www.io-informatics.com/
Informatics, Inc.

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http://www.accelrys.com/services/solutions/
Accelrys
Solutions Consulting

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http://www.applied-maths.com/default.htm
Applied Maths

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http://www.atkearney.com/main.taf?p=6,8
A.T. Kearney, Inc.
Pharmaceuticals & Health Care practice.

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http://dmoz.org/Business/Biotechnology_and_Pharmaceuticals/Consulting/
Top à Business à Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals à Consulting 



CONSULTING FIRMS -- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN LIFE SCIENCES / HEALTHCARE

http://www.inpharmix.com
InPharmix Inc.

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https://www.molecularconnections.com/home.html
Molecular Connections Private Limited

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http://www.semantxls.com/products.shtml#Consulting
SemanTx Life Sciences Inc.

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http://www.axontologic.com
Axontologic, Inc.
Knowledge Discovery Solutions

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http://www.biocheminsights.com/
BioChemInsights

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http://www.geospiza.com/index.htm
http://www.geospiza.com/products/solutions/index.htm
Geospiza

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https://www.brint.net/
The Knowledge Management Think Tank?



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CONSULTING FIRMS -- GENERAL RESOURCES 
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http://www.vault.com/nr/consulting_rankings/consulting_rankings.jsp?consulting2005=2
Top 50 Consulting Firms -- 2005

2005	FIRM	SCORE	2004HEADQUARTERS
1	McKinsey & Company	8.353	1	New York, NY
2	Boston Consulting Group	7.960	2	Boston, MA
3	Bain & Company	        7.717	3	Boston, MA
4	Booz Allen Hamilton	6.670	4	McLean, VA
5	Gartner	                6.381	7	Stamford, CT
6	Monitor Group	        6.327	5	Cambridge, MA
7	Mercer Mgmt Consulting	6.144	6	New York, NY
8	Deloitte	        5.955	11	New York, NY
9	Mercer Oliver Wyman	5.811	9	New York, NY
10	Mercer HR Consulting	5.728	13	New York, NY
11	A.T. Kearney	        5.690	8	Chicago, IL
12	IBM BCS	                5.673	16	Somers, NY
13	Accenture	        5.513	12	New York, NY
14	Towers Perrin	        5.468	19	Stamford, CT
15	Roland Berger Strategy 	5.447	10	Munich, Germany
16	The Gallup Organization	5.380	NR	Washington, DC
17	Parthenon Group, The	5.327	15	Boston, MA
18	Marakon Associates	5.280	14	New York, NY
19	BearingPoint	        5.241	20	McLean, VA
20	L.E.K. Consulting	5.214	17	Boston, MA
21	Capgemini	        5.173	18	New York, NY
22	Hewitt Associates	5.031	23	Lincolnshire, IL
23	Cambridge Associates	5.010	NR	Boston, MA
24	Watson Wyatt Worldwide	4.770	30	Washington, DC
25	Stern Stewart	        4.707	24	New York, NY

http://www.vault.com/nr/consulting_rankings/consulting_rankings.jsp?consulting2005=3&ch_id=252
Next 25

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http://www.wetfeet.com/graphics/pdf/excerpts/25_Top_Consulting_Firms.pdf
25 Top Consulting Firms

Accenture
The Advisory Board Company
A.T. Kearney
Bain & Company
BearingPoint, Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton
The Boston Consulting Group
Capgemini
CGI Group
Computer Sciences Corporation
The Corporate Executive Board
Deloitte Consulting
DiamondCluster International, Inc.
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
Gartner, Inc.
IBM Global Services
Keane, Inc.
Kurt Salmon Associates
L.E.K. Consulting
Marakon Associates
McKinsey & Company
Mercer Management Consulting
Monitor Group
Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath, Inc.
Strategic Decisions Group

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http://www.py1.com/Business/Consulting/
Business à Consulting

http://www.py1.com/Business/Consulting/Medical_and_Life_Sciences/ 
Management Consultants à Medical and Life Sciences

***** These two sites offer long lists of consulting firms accompanied
by very brief descriptions of the firms? capabilities. I found quite a
few that I was able to qualify for your needs. There may be others. I
suggest that you review these pages. There might be consultants you
recognize or you can click through to the company?s web page and
explore further.

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http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA138144.html
12 Good Reasons to Hire a Consultant
Consultant directory 2000 (Only those that have practice areas of interest)

Answerthink
http://www.answerthink.com

Authur D. Little 
http://www.adlittle.com

A.T. Kearney
http://www.atkearney.com

Booz-Allen & Hamilton
http://www.bah.com

Deloitte Consulting
http://www.dc.com

Ernst & Young
http://www.ey.com

IBM
http://www.ibm.com

BearingPoint (formerly KPMG)
http://www.bearingpoint.com/
http://www.kpmgconsulting.com

McKinsey & Company
http://www.mckinsey.com
PRTM

PriceWaterhouseCoopers
http://pwcglobal.com

Rockford Consulting Group
http://www.rockfordconsulting.com



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GENERAL RESOURCES FOR BIOINFORMATICS, LIFE SCIENCES, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
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http://www.recap.com/sitehome.nsf/aboutus
Recombinant Capital (Recap)

Recombinant Capital (Recap) is a San Francisco Bay Area-based
consulting firm specializing in biotechnology alliances, earned
alliance revenues, product sales, employment agreements, company
information and capitalization. Recap was founded in 1988 by Mark
Edwards. Prior to founding Recap, Mr. Edwards was manager of business
development at Chiron. Mr. Edwards has a bachelor's degree in
economics and an MBA, both from Stanford University.

Recap's mission is to ensure availability of adequate resources for
biotechnology enterprises by providing comprehensive and timely advice
and analysis related to the environment for corporate and product
development and alliance formation. Recap's clients include
biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, plus several universities,
investment banking and venture firms active in the biotechnology area.
More than 1,500 organizations have subscribed to Recap's data
services.

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http://directory.biohealthmatics.com/
The biohealthmatics.com site is an offshoot of Biomedical Informatics
LTD, a health informatics consulting company based in the United
Kingdom .

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http://bioinformatics.org/about/
Bioinformatics Organization, Inc.

The Bioinformatics Organization, Inc. serves the scientific and
educational needs of bioinformatic practitioners and the general
public. We develop and maintain computational resources to facilitate
world-wide communications and collaborations between people of all
educational and professional levels. We provide and promote open
access to the materials and methods required for, and derived from,
research, development and education.

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http://www.business.com/directory/pharmaceuticals_and_biotechnology/consultants/
Home à Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology à Consultants

 -- Bioinformatics@
 -- Biotechnology@
 -- Business Development
 -- Clinical
 -- Pharmaceutical Engineering
 -- Pharmacy Management Practice
 -- Quality Assurance
 -- Regulatory

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http://www.bioinformatics.vg/index2.shtml
Bioinformatics.Net is an advertising-supported catalog of online
biological sciences information, specializing in bioinformatics tools.
It serves the needs of molecular biologists and other biological
scientists working in scientific research, including biotechnology and
medicine, in both industry and academia.

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http://www.bioinform.com/index.htm
BioInform
The integrated informatics New Source

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http://www.bioplanet.com/index.php
Bioplanet -- the bioinformatics homepage



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SEARCH STRATEGY
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top consulting firms
top consultants bioinformatics specialty OR practice
consultants bioinformatics specialty OR practice
consultants "life sciences" specialty OR practice
consultants "life sciences" technology specialty OR practice
onsultants "knowledge management"  biotech OR bioinformatics OR "life
sciences" technology specialty OR practice

Sorry, this was my first experience and I hadn't looked back since I
received the answer.  In general, I thought you did a very good job of
covering the territory.