Social Health Research Llc

Name

Social Health Research Llc

Legal name

Social Health Research LLC

Website

https://socialhealthresearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Communications Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences PR (MPAAADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Health Communications, Risk Communication & Community Engagement (HLAJAMAH)

Keywords

• Medical communications
• Patient education content
• Science storytelling
• Patient advocacy materials
• Healthcare content strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Chatham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Communications Services: SHR generates revenue through providing strategic medical communications services to healthcare organizations. This includes patient education content, science explainers, patient-story-based content, and compliance-aligned communications. The firm operates as a professional services company delivering customized communications solutions rather than packaged software products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Social Health Research is a strategic, research-driven medical communications firm that helps healthcare organizations translate complex molecular science, clinical data, and patient experiences into clear, evidence-based, FDA/EMA-compliant communications. Its offerings include patient education content, science explainers, story-driven content, research and patient identification services, and a HIPAA-compliant Patient Voices Platform for collecting and activating patient stories.

Product overview

Social Health Research operates as a strategic, research-driven medical communications firm offering a integrated suite of services centered around translating complex healthcare science into clear, evidence-based communications. The core offering is the Patient Voices Platform—a HIPAA-compliant system for collecting, refining, and activating patient stories at scale. Supporting services include Patient Education, Science Explained content, Story-Driven Content, and Research & Patient Identification services. The portfolio covers six therapeutic areas: Precision Oncology, Autoimmune & Rare Diseases, Overdose Prevention, Wellness & Prevention Programs, Provider & Community Engagement, and Patient & Caregiver Education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Patient Voices Platform: A HIPAA-compliant platform that enables patients to safely share their stories and healthcare companies to collect valuable patient experiences and insights while ensuring privacy and minimizing risk.

Products and services

• Patient Voices Platform A HIPAA-compliant platform that enables patients to safely share their stories while allowing healthcare companies to collect valuable patient experiences and insights with privacy protection and minimized risk. It supports patient testimonial videos, vignettes for medical meetings, conference events, disease education, therapy explainer videos, clinical trial awareness, and social health education campaigns, with encrypted and de-identified submissions reviewed by a HIPAA-trained team.
• Patient Education Patient education videos explaining conditions, treatments, follow-up care, and monitoring using simpler language, a compassionate tone, and real-world explanations for patients and caregivers.
• Science Explained Science explainers designed for non-clinical audiences that distill complex molecular science and clinical data into clear, compelling stories.
• Story-Driven Content Patient-story-based content that connects emotionally while remaining accurate and compliant with FDA and EMA guidelines.
• Research, Insight & Patient Identification Combines research expertise with human insight to identify, vet, and develop patient narratives that align with specific indications, mechanisms, and clinical value in precision medicine.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Closerlook: Healthcare marketing agency focused on specialty therapeutics and patient/HCP engagement for pharma brands. Comparable strategic, content-driven approach targeting similar buyer segments.
• CDM: Healthcare marketing and communications agency serving pharma and biotech with brand, patient, and HCP communications. Similar professional services model and client base to SHR.
• MedThink Communications: Medical communications agency serving pharma clients with promotional and educational content, including patient-facing materials. Overlaps directly with SHR on healthcare communications and patient education offerings.
• BGB Group: Medical communications agency with strong oncology and specialty therapeutics focus serving pharma clients with scientific storytelling and patient education. Direct overlap with SHR on therapeutic area and service mix.
• Snow Companies: Patient storytelling agency that partners with pharma and biotech to capture and produce patient testimonials and disease-education content. Highly comparable to SHR in mission, deliverables, and target customer base.
• AbelsonTaylor: Independent healthcare advertising and communications agency serving pharma and biotech with patient and HCP communications. Comparable in serving similar buyer profiles with creative, regulatory-aware content.

Broad incumbents

• Ogilvy Health: Global health communications and advertising network serving pharma, biotech, and consumer health with broad creative and patient communications capabilities. Operates in the same category as SHR at significantly greater scale.
• Real Chemistry: Healthcare marketing and communications firm combining data, creative, and medical communications for pharma and life sciences clients. Overlaps with SHR on patient-centered communications and pharma client base.
• Havas Health: Global healthcare communications network offering medical communications, patient engagement, and creative services to large pharma. Represents a larger-scale competitor in the same space as SHR.

Emerging players

• Inspire: Patient community and real-world insights platform used by pharma for patient engagement and qualitative research. Adjacent to SHR's Patient Voices Platform and shares the goal of capturing patient experiences for healthcare organizations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SocialHealthRes
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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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