AOPS supplies healthcare research sample to market research agencies only. We do not sell to pharmaceutical brands, run our own consultancy, or compete for the work our clients bid on. When you bring us into a study, we are your supplier and nothing else.
Why this matters more than it sounds
Most healthcare sample providers also sell directly to pharmaceutical companies. Some run full research divisions of their own.
Think about what that means when you hand one of them your study. They see your screener, which tells them what your client is investigating. They see your quotas, which tell them how the study is designed. On a good day they also learn who your client is.
That is a competitor holding your commercial intelligence.
We are not saying anyone abuses it. Most do not. But the structure is uncomfortable, and it is the reason some agencies keep their best clients away from the biggest panels.
AOPS does not have that problem, because we do not have a pharma-facing business to feed.
What agency-only means in practice
We do not bid against you. No direct pharma clients. No consultancy arm. No competing proposals.
Your client stays your client. We do not approach your end clients, before, during or after a project.
Your study design stays confidential. Screeners, quotas and questionnaires are yours. We use them to field your study and nothing else.
We work to your process. Your reporting format, your timelines, your client-facing language.
A statistician in your client meetings
The person who knows most about whether a study is feasible is usually not in the pitch.
The field team joins once the proposal is signed. By then the quota is committed, the timeline is agreed, and if the numbers do not work, that is now everyone’s problem.
We will join your client calls as your sampling expert. Not to sell AOPS, but to give your client a straight answer on feasibility and back it up with a plan. Our founder holds a Master’s in Survey Sampling and Statistics and has spent 40 years in survey research, 20 of them in healthcare.
Clients remember the vendor who told them the truth about a difficult quota and then hit it.
What that gets you
Honest feasibility before you commit. We tell you what is achievable before you put it in a proposal.
Fewer surprises in field. A field team that helped shape the plan is in a better position to keep it on track.
Better win rates. Feasibility expertise in the room is a differentiator most agencies do not bring.
Someone to escalate to. Thirteen people, and the founder is on the project.
What our clients say
Frequently asked questions
No. We work exclusively with market research agencies and fieldwork buyers, and we have never taken direct pharma work.
No. Your client relationships are yours. We do not contact your end clients before, during or after a project.
Yes. Screeners, quotas and questionnaires are used to field your study and for nothing else.
Yes. We will attend your client calls as your sampling expert to give an honest read on feasibility.
We work with agencies of all sizes. Our clients include FIG Group, Logit Group, Brightside Research and Adelphi.