inav - privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH

What inav - privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH does

inav - privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH is a Berlin-based private research and consulting institute founded in 2011 that specializes in healthcare services research, evaluation, and market access advisory for the German healthcare system. The firm operates a 30-person interdisciplinary team combining health economics, epidemiology, evaluation methodology, and digital health expertise, anchored by founder and CEO Prof. Dr. Volker E. Amelung (who also holds a professorship at Hannover Medical School and previously chaired the Bundesverband Managed Care from 2007 to 2022). inav serves six primary customer segments: statutory and private health insurance funds, federal and state ministries, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, healthcare providers and networks, digital health start-ups, and foundations and associations.

The company's core service lines are Research & Evaluation, Analytics & Real World Data, Digitalization & Digital Health, Strategy & Market Access, and Project Management. Its technical capabilities center on mixed-methods research combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies, routine data analysis of statutory health insurance (GKV) billing data, health economic evaluations, outcomes research, and advisory on DiGA (Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen) Fast-Track procedures. Underlying technology consists of statistical programming and data analysis tools applied to healthcare claims and registry data; the firm maintains a reference knowledge asset through its editorial collaboration with MSD on a database of 300+ innovative care projects in Germany, and contributes to peer-reviewed publications including the Springer Handbook of Integrated Care (Living Edition 2025) and journals such as Lung Cancer.

inav generates revenue through professional services engagements, primarily commissioned research and evaluation projects (including Innovationsfonds-funded grants such as the sekTOR-HF heart failure project at approximately €3.8 million), consulting mandates from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers on market access, and government contracting for large-scale evaluation programs such as the DigitalRadar Krankenhaus on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health. Pricing is project-based, quote-driven, and structured around multi-year contracts; distribution is direct enterprise engagement supported by an extensive network of 100+ partners across Germany, the USA, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, and Denmark.

Name

inav - privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH

Legal name

inav – privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH

Website

https://inav-berlin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

inav is a Berlin-based private healthcare research and consulting institute, founded in 2011, that delivers mixed-methods evaluation, real-world data analytics, digital health advisory, and market access consulting to German health insurers, ministries, pharma, and provider networks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Research and Consulting

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Health services research
• Healthcare consulting
• Outcomes research
• Digital health consulting
• Market access strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Research and Evaluation Services: inav generates revenue through commissioned research projects, evaluations of healthcare concepts, and studies for various clients including health insurance funds, ministries, and industry partners. Projects are funded by sources such as the Innovationsfonds (Innovation Fund).
2. Consulting and Advisory Services: Strategic consulting for market access, healthcare system knowledge, and policy advice to pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and healthcare providers.
3. Digital Health Consulting: Advisory services for digital health applications including support for DiGA listing procedures and digital transformation projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

inav is a healthcare-focused research and consulting institute that delivers commissioned studies, evaluations, and advisory services to clients in the German healthcare system. Its core work spans healthcare services research, innovative care concept design and evaluation, real-world data and outcomes research, digital health (including DiGA) advisory, and project management for public-funded programs such as the Innovationsfonds.

Product overview

inav is a research and consulting institute specializing in healthcare services research. The company operates as a unified offering combining consulting services rather than a software product platform. Its core services include Research & Evaluation, Analytics & Real World Data, Digitalization & Digital Health, Strategy & Market Access, and Project Management. The institute supports clients in the conception, implementation, and evaluation of innovative care concepts and digital health solutions, with particular expertise in mixed-methods approaches combining qualitative and quantitative research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forschung & Evaluation (Research & Evaluation)
• Analytik & Real World Data (Analytics & Real World Data)
• Digitalisierung & Digital Health (Digitalization & Digital Health)
• Strategie & Marktzugang (Strategy & Market Access)
• Projektmanagement (Project Management)
• DigitalRadar Krankenhaus Evaluation
• sekTOR HF
• PANOS – ParkinsonNetzwerk Ostsachsen
• DiGA-Beratung (Digital Health Application Consulting)

Quantifiable outcome

• Hospital@Home shown to be clinically equally effective as inpatient treatment with higher patient satisfaction and lower costs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• RHÖN-KLINIKUM-AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium leader for sekTOR-HF project focusing on cross-sectoral care for heart failure patients. The project develops new care structures and an alternative reimbursement model, with inav conducting theoretical and empirical analysis of international cross-sector payment models.
• AOK HessencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth insurance partner in sekTOR-HF heart failure project and healthcare kiosk scaling project. Contributing to development of cross-sector care concepts and reimbursement models.
• DAK-GesundheitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth insurance partner in sekTOR-HF heart failure project, contributing to cross-sector care coordination and reimbursement model development.
• InGef – Institut für angewandte Gesundheitsforschung Berlin GmbHsupportingTechnology or IntegrationResearch institute partner in sekTOR-HF project, contributing to health services research methodology and data analysis.
• Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayerns (KVB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhysician association partner in sekTOR-HF project, providing ambulatory care sector perspective for cross-sector coordination.
• RWI – Leibniz-Institut für WirtschaftsforschungsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic research institute partner in sekTOR-HF project, contributing economic analysis expertise.
• Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity hospital partner in sekTOR-HF project, providing clinical expertise and research infrastructure.
• ZTM Bad Kissingen GmbHsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCenter for health management partner in sekTOR-HF project.
• Ärztegenossenschaft PriMa e. G.supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhysician cooperative partner in sekTOR-HF project, representing primary care perspective.
• Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus DresdencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject lead for PANOS (Parkinson's Network Eastern Saxony) project. Leading the development of a digitally supported intersectoral care concept for Parkinson's patients based on a structured treatment pathway.
• DigitalRadar Krankenhaus ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerinav is responsible for scientific evaluation of digitalization status in German hospitals on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health. This is one of the largest digital health evaluation projects in Germany.
• BARMERsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on routine data analysis using SHI billing data. Studies include guideline-compliant therapy analysis published in Lung Cancer journal.
• MSDsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerEditorial collaboration on MSD Gesundheitspreis and project database containing information on 300+ innovative care projects in Germany.
• Pro GenerikasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on concept development for biosimilar interchangeability evidence requirements and strategic positioning.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IGES Institut: Berlin-based private research and consulting institute focused on healthcare, with deep expertise in health economics, market access, and health services research—directly comparable service portfolio to inav.
• WIdO (Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK): German health services research institute affiliated with AOK, conducting routine data analyses, outcomes research, and SHI system evaluations—overlaps directly with inav's BARMER-style routine data work.
• IQWiG (Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen): Germany's central health technology assessment body, performing benefit assessments and economic evaluations of healthcare interventions—comparable methodological rigor and SHI-system domain expertise.
• OptiMedis AG: Hamburg-based healthcare consultancy and integrated care operator, focused on innovative care models, evaluation, and population health in Germany—directly overlapping with inav's integrated care and Innovationsfonds work.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company Germany (Healthcare): Global strategy consultancy with a major German healthcare practice advising payers, providers, and ministries—competes with inav on large-scale healthcare system and digitalization engagements.
• Deloitte Germany (Life Sciences & Healthcare): Global consulting firm with substantial German healthcare practice covering strategy, market access, and policy advisory—competes for ministry and pharma mandates that inav also targets.
• Roland Berger (Healthcare): Munich-headquartered global consultancy with a healthcare practice serving payers, providers, and pharma—competes with inav on market access and healthcare strategy mandates.
• Ramboll (Health & Life Sciences, Germany): International consultancy with a German health and life sciences practice covering health systems, integrated care, and policy—competes for public-sector healthcare evaluation mandates.

Emerging players

• Fraunhofer ISI: German applied research institute with health and innovation systems research, conducting evaluations and innovation studies for federal ministries—overlaps with inav's policy evaluation and digital health project work.
• ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung: German economic research institute with a health economics research group, partnering with inav on sekTOR-HF and providing comparable health economic evaluation and policy research capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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