Saks Health

What Saks Health does

SAKS Health, LLC is a privately held, New Jersey-founded marketing services organization serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health system, and health and wellness clients. Founded in 2017 by Khawar Khokhar, a 25-year healthcare marketing veteran, the company operates a multi-practice model spanning Brand Marketing, Market Access, Media, and Medical Communications, supported by a dedicated digital transformation practice (SAKS DX360). SAKS Health supports clients from strategic planning through stakeholder activation across pre-commercial and commercialization stages.

The company's underlying technology stack combines a Salesforce implementation practice (covering Service, Health, Sales, and Marketing Cloud instances) with UiPath-based robotic process automation and four proprietary platforms: SAKSiNTERACTiVE (virtual engagement and social learning), SAKSiNSiGHTS (thought leader insight generation), SAKSeBUREAU (speaker bureau management launched 2021), and SAKSxCHANGE (KOL working group portal). These platforms embed healthcare-specific compliance workflows such as speaker bureau reporting, Veeva Vault and Datavision data management, and KOL engagement standards.

SAKS Health generates revenue through professional services engagements priced on a quote-based model tailored to client needs. The company goes to market via direct enterprise field sales, supplemented by participation in medical congresses, industry events, and thought leadership content marketing. The firm is founder-owned and controlled, with no disclosed institutional funding, and has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in both 2022 and 2024 (top 7%).

Name

Saks Health

Legal name

SAKS Health, LLC

Website

https://sakshealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SAKS Health is a privately held B2B marketing services firm serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health system, and health and wellness clients through brand marketing, market access, media, medical communications, and digital transformation practices supported by proprietary engagement platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Marketing Services: SAKS Health provides multi-practice marketing services including brand marketing, market access, media, and medical communications for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health system, and health & wellness clients across pre-commercial and commercialization stages.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Saks Health is a B2B marketing services organization that supports pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health system, and health & wellness clients from strategic planning and development through market and stakeholder activation. The company delivers multi-practice services spanning Brand Marketing, Market Access, Media, and Medical Communications, supplemented by a Digital Transformation practice (SAKS DX360) and proprietary technology platforms (SAKSiNTERACTiVE, SAKSiNSiGHTS, SAKSeBUREAU, SAKSxCHANGE).

Product overview

Saks Health is a multi-practice marketing services organization offering healthcare and life sciences commercialization services. The company operates across four main practice areas: Brand Marketing, Market Access, Media, and Medical Communications, plus a dedicated Digital Transformation practice (SAKS DX360). The portfolio includes proprietary technology platforms including SAKSiNTERACTiVE (virtual engagement and social learning platform), SAKSiNSiGHTS (thought leader insight platform), SAKSeBUREAU (speaker bureau management portal launched 2021), and SAKSxCHANGE (KOL engagement portal). These platforms support pharmaceutical and biotech commercialization through omnichannel campaigns, market access strategy, medical communications, and HCP media activation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brand Marketing Multi-practice marketing service offering brand positioning and messaging, creative development and execution, and omnichannel launch campaigns for pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
• Market Access Market access service offering value and access strategy/planning, reimbursement initiatives/support, advisory boards, and value resources for pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
• Media Media service offering digital and print media planning, SEO/SEM and social media, and analytics and reporting for healthcare and life sciences clients.
• Medical Communications Medical communications service offering scientific platforms, advisory boards and KOL engagements, and speakers bureau and congress planning for healthcare clients.
• SAKS DX360 Digital Transformation Practice Digital transformation service offering Salesforce implementation (Service, Health, Sales, and Marketing Cloud), Robotic Process Automation (UiPath), technology strategy and product roadmaps, and data integration reporting and analytics for healthcare organizations.
• SAKSiNTERACTiVE Proprietary virtual engagement and social learning platform that activates non-personal engagements for stakeholders, partners, and prescribers through group-based collaborative learning with synchronous and asynchronous capabilities, supporting peer-to-peer meetings, patient communities, sales training, national sales meetings, congress engagement, and steering committees.
• SAKSiNSiGHTS Proprietary thought leader engagement platform providing access to select clinical and organized customer thought leaders for insight generation, clarification, answers, and reactions to market opportunities and challenges.
• SAKSeBUREAU Proprietary speaker bureau portal providing flexible formats (on-site, hybrid, and virtual programs) with seamless management and coordination of speakers, events, and compliance reporting.
• SAKSxCHANGE Proprietary KOL engagement portal customized to meet compliance and industry standards, connecting pharma companies with key opinion leaders for working group engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recognized among top 7% of Inc. 5000 fastest growing private companies
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationSAKS Health has dedicated Salesforce practice with veteran experts who have designed, implemented, and trained healthcare organizations on Service, Health, Sales, and Marketing Cloud instances. The partnership focuses on helping medical device, life sciences, and health & wellness clients leverage Salesforce for customer relationship management, product launch acceleration, and patient care innovation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Concentric Health Experience: Independent healthcare advertising and communications agency serving pharma and biotech. Comparable to SAKS Health's brand marketing and medical communications practices with similar mid-market positioning and enterprise pharma clients.
• Real Chemistry: Data-driven healthcare marketing agency offering brand, media, and analytics services to pharma and biotech. Comparable to SAKS Health's multi-practice model and enterprise pharma client base, with similar emphasis on digital transformation.
• Snow Companies: Specialist patient marketing and communications agency serving pharma and biotech. Comparable to SAKS Health's medical communications and patient community work through the SAKSiNTERACTiVE platform.
• Fishawack Health: Specialist healthcare marketing and medical communications agency serving pharma and biotech clients with brand, medcomms, and digital services. Closely comparable to SAKS Health in scope (multi-practice, pharma-focused, proprietary platforms) and target customers.
• Intouch Group (Eversana Intouch): Pharma marketing agency specializing in digital, multichannel, and patient/HCP engagement solutions. Comparable to SAKS Health's SAKSiNTERACTiVE-style engagement platforms and similar pharma commercialization client base.
• Evoke (formerly CDM Health): Healthcare marketing agency providing brand strategy, medical communications, and digital engagement to pharma clients. Comparable in scale, therapeutic area breadth, and focus on HCP and patient activation similar to SAKS Health's offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Publicis Health: Publicis Groupe's healthcare marketing network providing full-service commercialization, market access, and digital services. Direct competitor for SAKS Health's enterprise pharma clients but with global scale and broader service portfolio.
• Omnicom Health Group: Holding company network of healthcare agencies (including Biolumina, GSW, CDM) serving major pharma clients. Competes with SAKS Health across the same commercialization service categories but as part of a much larger portfolio.
• Havas Health & You: Havas's healthcare marketing and communications network with brand, medcomms, and patient engagement capabilities. Competes for the same pharma and biotech marketing budgets as SAKS Health with significantly larger global footprint.
• Ogilvy Health (WPP): Large global healthcare marketing network within WPP offering brand, medcomms, and digital transformation. Competes with SAKS Health for the same enterprise pharma and biotech clients but at materially greater scale and geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sakshealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/saks-health

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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