Background

1998 – Aston Consulting was founded. A small group of likeminded people announced establishment of a new market research company to provide services for pharmaceutical industry.

2000 – PharMon database was launched. The database is the source of valuable statistical data on hospital drug procurement in Russia. The company focused its research efforts on the hospital sector.

2002 – The Marketing Studies Department was established.

2009 – Development of the first clinical patient registry (National Registry of Pregnant Women with HIV and Their Children). Development of proprietary software to manage patient registries – Quinta platform built on Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

2010 – PharmCompass project was started. It was designed to provide updated reports on the state of health care system in Russia.

2011 – Hospital Census - the first comprehensive database of inpatient facilities in the country.

2012 – The Patient Registries Department was established (in charge of clinical and epidemiological studies).

2013 – The Strategic Consulting Department was created.

2014 – The company was renamed and re-organized.

Today, Aston Group is comprised of four Divisions:

• Aston Consulting – marketing solutions for pharma at every phase of product life cycle
• Aston Clinical – management of patient registries, clinical and epidemiological studies and lab diagnostics projects
• Aston Analytics – databases and BI solutions for pharma
• Aston Technologies – IT solutions for healthcare industry

Aston Group’s unique expertise contributes to effective communication between the key stakeholders of health market, including manufacturers, distributors, patients, medical community and government authorities.