About Outcome Sciences^®

Outcome, the real-world and late phase research company of Quintiles, spun out of a Harvard affiliated research laboratory in 1998. The company has focused on outcomes studies since its inception and has dedicated itself to leading the way in registries, post-approval research, and quality improvement initiatives.

In late 2011, Quintiles, the leader in interventional Phase IIIB and IV, acquired Outcome, the leader in observational and real-world research, combining to offer a knowledge-based organization focused on specialization in both observational and interventional research and unmatched expertise and experience in peri and post-approval evidence development.

We have designed, developed, and managed an industry-leading number of patient registries and post-approval studies and have expertise and experience in more than 40 therapeutic areas. Our programs include thousands of sites and millions of patients across the globe. Outcome has program participants in more than 80 countries on 6 continents, with more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals participating in at least one Outcome registry.

In addition to working with life sciences companies, we also partner with many providers and healthcare organizations, specialty associations, hospital associations, pharmacist associations, managed care organizations, state departments of public health, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), and government agencies. In fact, nearly 2,000 healthcare organizations are our direct customers.

Outcome regularly works with thought leaders, regulators, and government agencies from many regions of the world, including the European Medicines Agency, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and many more.

We are also proud to be leading efforts in developing best practices for the design and conduct of observational research, including a government-sponsored guide on registries. Through Outcome’s role as an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) DEcIDE Center, the company was awarded the task order “Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes,” a project which led Outcome’s Drs Richard Gliklich and Nancy Dreyer as the principal investigators and senior editors to develop the landmark federal handbook “Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide,” originally released in May 2007, with a second edition in September 2010, and a third due for release in 2012.