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Exhibit 21

IMS Health Incorporated Active Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008

Name								Jurisdiction of Incorporation	100% except as noted
BATTAERD MANSLEY PTY LTD.								South Africa
COORDINATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.								Delaware
DATA NICHE ASSOCIATES, INC.								Illinois
ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES, LLC								Delaware
HEALTH VANGUARD, INC.								Delaware
	Health Benchmarks, Inc.							Delaware
IMS CHINAMETRIK INCORPORATED								Delaware
	IMS Market Research Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.							China
IMS CHINAMETRIK LIMITED								Hong Kong
	Global Crown Investment Limited							Hong Kong
		United Research China (Shanghai) Ltd.						China
	IMS Meridian Limited							Hong Kong
		IMS Meridian Research Limited						British Virgin Islands
			Meridian Research Vietnam Ltd.					Vietnam
IMS CONTRACTING & COMPLIANCE, INC.								Delaware
IMS GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.								Delaware
IMS HEALTH ASIA PTE. LTD.								Singapore
IMS HEALTH, CANADA LIMITED								Canada
IMS HEALTH CONSULTING, INC.								Canada
IMS HEALTH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH								Germany
	IMS Health Beteiligungs-gesellschaft mbH							Germany
	IMS Health GmbH & Co. OHG							Germany
		IMS Hellas EPE.						Greece
		SCICON Wissenschaftliche Unternehmensberatung GmbH						Switzerland
IMS HEALTH FINANCE, INC.								Delaware
	IMS Trading Management, Inc.							Delaware
		IMS Health Finance Ltd.						Bermuda
IMS HEALTH GROUP LIMITED								United Kingdom
	IMS Health HQ Limited							United Kingdom
		IMS Holdings (U.K.) Limited						United Kingdom
			IMS Health Global Holdings UK Ltd.					United Kingdom
				Cambridge Pharma Consultancy, Ltd				Delaware
				Pharmadat Marktforschumgs Gesellschaft m.b.H.				Austria
				IMS Health S.A.				Spain
				IMS Health UK Investments Ltd.				United Kingdom
					IMS Health Limited			United Kingdom
						IMS World Publications Ltd.		United Kingdom
							Brynlake Limited	United Kingdom
							Fourth Hurdle Consulting Limited	United Kingdom
					Cambridge Pharma Consultancy, Ltd.			United Kingdom

Name							Jurisdiction of Incorporation	100% except as noted
					IMS Health Surveys Limited		United Kingdom
						IMS Health Networks Limited	United Kingdom
						IMS Hospital Group Limited	United Kingdom
					Source Informatics Limited		United Kingdom
			IMS (UK) Pension Plan Trustee Company Limited				United Kingdom
IMS HEALTH INDIA HOLDING CORPORATION							Delaware
	RX India Corporation						Delaware
		IMS Health India Private Limited					India
IMS HEALTH KOREA LTD.							Korea
IMS HEALTH LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.							Delaware	92.74
	Spartan Leasing Corporation						Delaware
IMS HEALTH PHILIPPINES, INC.							Philippines
IMS HEALTH PUERTO RICO INC.							Puerto Rico
IMS HEALTH TAIWAN LTD.							Taiwan
IMS HEALTH TRADING CORPORATION							Delaware
	IMS Health Holdings (Pty.) Ltd.						South Africa
		IMS Health (Pty.) Ltd.					South Africa
IMS HEALTH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CORPORATION							Delaware
IMS HEALTH (ISRAEL) LTD.							Israel
IMS JAPAN K.K.							Japan
	Datasurf Co.						Japan
IMS (GIBRALTAR) HOLDING LIMITED							Gibraltar
	IMS Cyprus LTD						Cyprus
		IMS Netherlands Holding B.V.					Netherlands
			IMS Health Limited				Ireland
				Medical Data Systems Limited			Ireland	70.00
			IMS Health S.P.A.				Italy
				Aboutpharma S.r.l.			Italy
			IMS Health, LDA.				Portugal
			IMS Health AB				Sweden
				Medical Radar Holding AB			Sweden
					IMS Medical Radar AB		Sweden
					IMS Sweden AB		Sweden
			IMS AG				Switzerland
				IMS Health Argentina S.A.			Argentina
					Phama S.A.		Argentina
				IMS Health Marktforschung GmbH			Austria
				IMS Health S.P.R.L.			Belgium
					IMS Health Consulting bvba		Belgium
					Source Belgium sprl		Belgium
				IMS Health Bolivia S.R.L.			Bolivia
				IMS Health Do Brasil Ltda.			Brazil
					IMS Health Servicos De Informacao LTDA		Brazil
				IMS Bulgaria E.o.o.D.			Bulgaria
				Asesorias IMS Health Chile Limitada			Chile
					Capacitaciones IMS Health Chile Limitada		Chile

Name			Jurisdiction of Incorporation	100% except as noted
	Operaciones Centralizadas Latinoamericana Limitada		Chile
	Intercomunicaciones Y Servicio de Datos Interdata S.A.		Colombia
	IMS Adriatic d.o.o. za konzalting		Croatia
	IMS Health a.s.		Czech Republic
	IMS Republica Dominicana, S.A.		Dominican Republic
	IMS Ecuador S.A.		Ecuador
	IMS Health Egypt Limited		Egypt
	IMS Health Oy		Finland
	IMS Health S.A.S.		France
		PR International S.A.	France
		PR Editions S.A.	France
	IMS Software GmbH		Germany
	Asserta Centroamerica Medicion de Mercados, S.A.		Guatemala
	IMS Health Services Ltd.		Hungary
	ORG IMS Research Private		India	50.00
		IMS Health Bangladesh Limited	Bangladesh
		IMS Health Lanka (Private) Limited	Sri Lanka
	PT IMS Health Indonesia		Indonesia	95.00
	Pharm-Consult Limited Liability Partnership		Kazakhstan
	UAB IMS Health		Lithuania
	IMS Health Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.		Malaysia
	Interdata S.R.L. de C.V.		Mexico
	IPP Informacion Promocional y Publicitaria S.A. de C.V.		Mexico
	Informations Medicales & Statistiques S.A.R.L.		Morocco
	IMS Health B.V.		Netherlands
	IMS Health Finance B.V.		Netherlands
	IMS Health Norway A/S		Norway
	IMS Health Pakistan (Private) Limited		Pakistan
	IMS Health Paraguaya S.R.L.		Paraguay
	IMS Health Del Peru S.A.		Peru
	IMS Poland Limited Sp.z.o.o.		Poland
	IMS Health Consulting Sp.z.o.o.		Poland
	IMS Pharmaceutical Services Srl.		Romania
	IMS Health LLC		Russia
	RMBC Pharma Ltd.		Russia
	IMS Information Medical Statistics, spol.s.r.o.		Slovak Republic
	IMS Services, pharmaceutical marketing services Ltd.		Slovenia
	IMS Production Hubs, S.L.		Spain
	Mercados Y Analisis, S.A.		Spain
	CORE Holding GmbH		Switzerland
		CORE Center for Outcomes Research GmbH	Switzerland
	IMS Health GmbH		Switzerland
	M&H Informatics Holding AG		Switzerland
		ACCELETRA AG	Switzerland
		M&H Informatics AG	Switzerland
		M&H Informatics (BD)	Bangladesh
	Interstatistik AG		Switzerland
		Datec Industria e Comercio, Distribuidora Grafica e Mala Direta Ltda.	Brazil
	IMS Health Tunisia sarl		Tunisia
	IMS Health Tibbi Istatistik Ticaret ve Musavirlik Ltd Sirketi		Turkey

Name					Jurisdiction of Incorporation	100% except as noted
				IMS Health Uruguay S.A.	Uruguay
				PMV De Venezuela, C.A.	Venezuela
IMS SERVICES, LLC					Delaware
	IMS Health (Australia) Partnership				Australia
		IMS Health Australia Holding Pty. Ltd.			Australia
			IMS Health Australia Pty. Ltd.		Australia
			M-Tag Pty. Limited		Australia
			Battaerd Mansley Pty. Ltd.		Australia
				Battaerd Mansley India Private Limited	India
			IMS Health (N.Z.) Limited		New Zealand
IMS SOFTWARE SERVICES, LTD.					Delaware
INTERCONTINENTAL MEDICAL STATISTICS     INTERNATIONAL, LTD. (DE)					Delaware
MARKET RESEARCH MANAGEMENT, INC.					Delaware
MIHS HOLDINGS, INC.					Delaware
	MedInitiatives, Inc.				California
	Innovative Health Strategies, Inc.				Wisconsin
PHARMETRICS, INC.					Massachusetts
VALUEMEDICS LLC					Delaware

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Exhibit 21

IMS Health Incorporated Active Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008