NORWALK, CT, March 19, 2007 - IMS Health (NYSE: RX), the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced the acquisition of ValueMedics Research LLC, another step in expanding its global capabilities to help clients demonstrate the value of medicines in advancing healthcare worldwide. ValueMedics, a leading healthcare research and consulting firm based in Falls Church, Virginia, significantly extends IMS’s Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) expertise in the United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
