Angsana Research & Consulting (ARC)

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research &

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is one of four business units within Angsana Health.

ARC conducts research and convenes events to build pragmatic recommendations for real-world issues faced by healthcare sector clients.

ARC is powered by strong research methods delivered by highly-qualified experts with deep knowledge and experience, and supported by a wide network.

ARC has a strict policy against supporting organisations involved in tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy foods, polluting industries, or any threats to public health.

Our Strengths

Deep Domain Expertise

Our partners, consultants and advisers have decades of collective experience as researchers, health practitioners, policymakers or advisory committee members.

A Real-World Approach

We understand the real-world commercial, political, economic and social complexities of health, not just the science of healthcare.

Strong Networks

Our core ARC team is complemented by strong links with diverse health practitioners, organisations and experts; in Malaysia, Southeast Asia and globally.

Our Practice Areas

Public Health

Government & Public Affairs

Behavioural Insights

Healthcare Communications

Public Health

Consultants

In-Depth Studies & Knowledge Products

Perform quantitative and qualitative research and synthesis of recommendations to address strategic, structural or tactical challenges.
Convene expert views for policy briefs, white papers or guidelines.

Advisory Boards & Stakeholder Engagement

Curate strong Advisory Boards and Expert Panels with relevant practitioners, policy-makers and stakeholders.
Generate practical recommendations and policy papers from these Boards and Panels.

Innovation Labs & Implementation

Plan and deliver Innovation Labs or Hackathons, to build real-world implementation solutions outside of consulting.

* Supported by Angsana Ventures.

Government & Public Affairs

Consultants

Government Affairs Onboarding Programmes

Produce country reports and conduct briefings focusing on health systems and government affairs for pharma and device executives.
Facilitate 1:1 briefings with key local experts such as retired government officials, industry leaders, or academicians.

GA/PP Intelligence Reports

Produce country-specific quarterly reports about developments in government affairs, public policies, and public health.
Co-create content and events with clients to address internal or external advisory needs.

Access Strategy Consulting

Convene Expert Roundtables to produce reports and recommendations.
Focus on policy landscape analysis, stakeholders mapping, and advocacy support.

Behavioural Insights

Consultants

Behavioural Research & Analysis

Generate actionable insights on human behaviour, especially health-related behaviours, to produce evidence-based strategies and policy briefs for informed decision-making.

Behavioural Design & Testing

Co-design, test and scale behavioural interventions for real-world behaviour change to improve health-related outcomes.

Behavioural Insights Capacity Building

Curate and deliver customized seminars and training to develop skills and knowledge in behavioural science.

Healthcare Communications

Consultants

Healthcare Comms Knowledge Events

Deliver knowledge events on healthcare comms for specific diseases, such as seminars, workshops and training sessions.
Target: marketing, commercial or medical affairs functions.

Communications Campaigns

Co-create and co-deliver comms campaigns for specific diseases or therapeutic areas.
Target: Pharma, devices or healthcare companies.

Social Media Education Campaigns

Lead social media education campaigns for specific diseases or therapeutic areas.
Using links to a strong pool of credible & ethical communicators for evidence-based education.

Client Categories &
Past Project Examples*

Healthcare Providers

Hospital groups, clinic groups, professional societies or cooperatives of professionals.

Examples of Previous Projects:

Research to support consensus guidelines.
Integration of traditional & complementary medicine into health systems.
Integration of traditional & complementary medicine into health systems.

Payers

Insurers, employers, third party administrators, government agencies or private capital.

Examples of Previous Projects:

Identify ways to reduce tertiary healthcare cost and employee healthcare costs.
Identify ways to increase cancer insurance penetration.
Due diligence process for venture capital or private equity firms.

NGOs & International Organisations

Think-tanks, foundations, charities or international organizations and multilaterals.

Examples of Previous Projects:

Malaysia’s health system resilience & sustainability.
Access to cancer care for B40 in Malaysia.
Identify ways to increase access to diagnostics and lab services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).