Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI) is a 30-year-old contract-research and consulting firm that has been serving the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries since 1980. Located in Brookline, Massachusetts, PAI is an industry leader in the fields of pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, quality-of-life assessment, and pharmacoepidemiology.

More than 50 pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical-device firms--in North America, Europe, and Asia--have engaged the services of PAI over the last 20 years. PAI's list of publications includes more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Archives of Internal Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Journal of Cardiology, and the American Journal of Public Health, to name only a few.

PAI employs a professional staff of approximately 20 persons, with expertise in health economics, medicine, management science, medical sociology, epidemiology, health-services research, biostatistics, and survey design.