NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — WebMD Well being Corp., an Web Manufacturers firm and a frontrunner in well being info companies for physicians, different healthcare professionals and customers, right this moment introduced that it has acquired JIM.fr, a number one medical information, info and schooling platform in France.
The acquisition combines the core competencies of JIM.fr with that of Medscape, WebMD’s flagship world model for healthcare professionals (HCPs). Medscape and its affiliate community of platforms presently attain over 5 million physicians worldwide with medical information, well being info and persevering with medical schooling. With the addition of JIM.fr, Medscape deepens its dedication to French and French-speaking HCPs.
“Each JIM.fr and Medscape have the belief and engagement of tons of of 1000’s of healthcare professionals in France,” stated Jeremy Schneider, Group Common Supervisor, WebMD International. “Medscape’s present French version, together with our sturdy, country-specific content material, is integral to our world dedication to French-speaking well being professionals. By way of this transaction, we will leverage our mixed belongings to additional strengthen Medscape’s providing for French and French-speaking professionals, whereas delivering progressive options to prospects.”
As a number one medical information website in France, JIM.fr engages tons of of 1000’s of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and different HCPs throughout greater than 25 specialties. Along with updates on the most recent medical information, medical science, and medical convention protection, JIM.fr affords a multidisciplinary and interactive persevering with schooling platform for the broad healthcare crew.
“At this time JIM.fr affords, day by day, to greater than 350,000 French-speaking healthcare professionals registered on its website, an entire panorama of medical {and professional} information in all specialties, together with common drugs,” stated Dr. Gilles Haroche, founding father of JIM.fr. “Past the scientific and journalistic rigor of its articles, JIM distinguishes itself from different medical media by its typically humorous tone and its authentic analyses of all the main points which can be shaking the medical world. We’re very completely happy to see the standard of our work acknowledged by Medscape, the worldwide medical information and level of care platform.”
Following closing, JIM.fr will proceed to function as an impartial subsidiary of Medscape as the businesses look to construct on and combine merchandise, platforms, and companies.
The phrases of the acquisition will not be being disclosed.
About WebMD Well being Corp.
WebMD Well being Corp., an Web Manufacturers firm, is on the coronary heart of the digital well being revolution that’s reworking the healthcare expertise for customers, sufferers, healthcare professionals, employers, well being plans and well being techniques. By way of private and non-private on-line portals, cell platforms, and health-focused publications, WebMD delivers modern content material and digital companies that allow and enhance decision-making, assist and encourage well being actions, streamline and simplify the healthcare journey, and enhance affected person care.
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About JIM.fr
Dr. Gilles Haroche, then an intern at “Hôpitaux de Paris” (Hospital chain, Paris), based the “Journal Worldwide de Médecine” (The JIM) in 1979, which switched to a wholly digital format in 1999. The JIM has at all times fulfilled the mission expressed in its title Worldwide Journal of Drugs.
Due to the each day editorial collaboration of dozens of hospital and personal practitioners, JIM has set itself the purpose of informing its readers in French, in “actual time”, of every part necessary that’s being achieved and written in drugs around the globe within the worldwide scientific press, main congresses {and professional} information. Its rigor and its free and generally offbeat tone have made it successful with its readers, and due to this fact with its advertisers. JIM has at all times been ranked among the many main digital media websites for HCPs in France.
SOURCE Medscape
