Data is the currency of the future, and we are currently producing more written data than we understand what to do with. Within the next few years, the companies on the road to continued survival will be the companies who master control and management of their data. 

This includes intelligent reuse of existing resources, such as preparing public communications or complaints for natural language processing. 

You have identified exceptional and highly experienced major players in the field of machine learning consulting, but their costs are still prohibitively high. On the other hand, you cannot compete with the salaries of big industry players who are snapping up data science experts before they even finish university. Invest in the presence of a data privacy-conscious medical writing and regulatory expert who will be able to cost effectively turn this data into future revenues.