pensar (n.):
to think.

Pensari delivers market research solutions exclusively for health care sector clients. Our consultants think carefully about your decisions from the start of our engagement through delivery of findings.


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About

Pensari is derived from the Spanish word “pensar”, which means “to think”.

Our tag line is Think Better.

We pride ourselves on being thoughtful about your products, your objectives, your research implementation, and delivery of findings, resulting in consistent, high quality research and insights.

We think

through the issues you face

We think

proactively about potential challenges

We think

logically and critically to drill down

We think

creatively to present findings

Our work

Who We Serve

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Pharmaceuticals

We help leading pharmaceutical companies make their critical strategic decisions

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Biotechnology

Our experience includes a broad range of biologic therapies, including autoimmune and immunology, pain, respiratory, and osteoporosis

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Medical Devices

We have deep experience in implantable therapies and delivery devices


Lifecycle Expertise

Our research spans the product development lifecycle.
However, our work often focuses on the several years pre- and post-launch.

Knowledge Building
  • New category assessment
  • Unmet needs
  • Patient flow /
    journey research
Demand Estimating
  • Conjoint studies
    (choice modeling)
  • Profile/concept testing
  • Pricing studies
Pre-Launch
  • Segmentation
  • Positioning
  • Messaging
  • Communications

Pensari’s strength is in the consistent blending of deep experience with creative problem solving, for both qualitative and quantitative research

Qualitative Research

  • Often, we confide in them the problem we’re trying to address upfront to make respondents feel like they are part of the solution – more a consultant than an interviewee. Then, we ask the right questions to have them help us to an understanding or solution.

Quantitative Research

  • Discrete choice
  • Hybrid conjoint
  • Modified choice
  • Full profile
  • AHP
  • HB models
  • Linked models
  • Market segmentation (with or without secondary data)
  • Message optimization
  • Landscape studies / patient journey
  • Unmet needs & problem detection
  • Patient prototypes
  • True case-based
  • Conjoint patient types
  • Likert scales
  • Magnitude estimation scaling
  • MaxDiff scaling

Effective Solutions Spanning the Globe

Our global experience spans key markets in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Our team

Pensari has deep expertise in healthcare and in market research methodologies. The large majority of our business is from repeat clients who appreciate our experience, thoughtfulness, and high quality of work.

Hans Plate

Hans

Plate

President / owner

Hans has been in the field for over 25 years. He initially started as a focus group recruiter and phone survey interviewer, worked his way through roles such as coding open-ended and proofing tabs, and then to moderating IDIs and groups for qualitative studies and designing, analyzing, and presenting results from quantitative studies. This growth from the “ground floor” up has given him a unique perspective on how best to design, organize and run projects so that they run efficiently. He spent most of his career learning the craft at M/K and then further advancing his skills at Eidetics. He held leadership positions in both companies before becoming an entrepreneur and starting Pensari in 2013. Hans has worked with diagnostic companies, medical device companies, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and in numerous therapeutic areas. Hans uses this breadth of experience and exposure to a wide array of research decisions to provide the kind of research insights and recommendations that clients value.

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Hans Plate

Kim

Mahoney

DIRECTOR

Kim is an experienced healthcare market researcher with over 13 years in the field. Her work has had a particular focus on global markets. Kim is adept at designing and managing large scale qualitative and quantitative projects in both US and International markets, and in synthesizing their results in a clear, concise, and actionable manner. Her quantitative work has involved a range of methodologies including case study research, market opportunity (conjoint and monadic), message optimization, pricing, and segmentation studies. She has experience in women’s health, men’s health, arthritis, pain, obesity, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular health, gastrointestinal disorders, genetic testing, and multiple sclerosis, among others. Clients often identify as Kim’s key strengths asking insightful questions to ensure the research is appropriately designed, effectively probing to uncover HCP and patient underlying motivations, and creatively synthesizing and presenting findings. Before joining Pensari, Kim worked with Hans at Eidetics and led both market research and new product development functions at a health policy company, Avalere Health.

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We’d love to hear from you.

phone:
(410) 588-5465

If you’re considering primary market research, please contact us to think through customized and creative solutions to your business issues.