synopsis: UBM's healthcare division, CMPMedica, has acquired Mediworld Publications, an Indian medical publisher for $844,500. This acquisition further strengthens CMPMedica's position in India as a leading healthcare media business and establishes it as the foremost provider of Drug Information Systems.

synopsis: Berkery Noyes announced today that the firm represented BG Media Investors on the sale of its portfolio company HMP Communications to Paul Mackler, Ken Fisher, and Alta Communications. Terms of the transaction, were not disclosed.

synopsis: SAGE, a world-leading independent academic and professional publisher, announced a landmark agreement with the Royal Society of Medicine to acquire its journal program. With immediate effect, 28 titles formerly published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press will be published by SAGE.

synopsis: Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has acquired The Ocular Surface, a peer-reviewed journal focusing on the external eye and vision. As per January 2012 Elsevier will continue the publication of the quarterly journal.

synopsis: Thompson Publishing Group, a leading provider of subscription based information services, has acquired American Health Consultants, a leading provider of healthcare information products, from The Thomson Corporation . The acquisition was completed on August 31, 2006.

synopsis: United Business Media Limited has announces that it has sold its French medical newspaper and magazine business to a management buyout team led by Gérard Kouchner, the business’s Chief Executive since 2005. UBM has sold the business on behalf of its UBM Medica division.

synopsis: Vertical Health, a leading health information company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Practical Pain Management, the most prominent pain journal for the practicing pain physician. Practical Pain Management journal contains tutorial articles designed to help diagnose and treat various aspects of pain.

synopsis: Electric Word PLC, a specialist information publisher, will acquire Radcliffe Publishing Ltd. Radcliffe is a U.K.-based specialist publisher founded in 1987, focused on professional development and compliance in primary healthcare.

synopsis: Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. announces the sale of Dowden Professional Publications, the Dowden medical journals publishing division, to Quadrant HealthCom Inc. Included in the sale are OBG Management, Current Psychiatry, Journal of Family Practice and Mayo Clinical Proceedings.

synopsis: Quadrant HealthCom Inc. has completed acquisition of the International Medical News Group (IMNG) from Elsevier, Inc. QHI + IMNG form one of the industry’s largest and most diversified medical communication companies, ranking number one in ad volume and serving physician and healthcare professional audiences.

synopsis: Dove Medical Press has acquired the Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome. The journal reports on updates of various types of Parkinsonian syndromes, including Parkinson's disease, atypical, drug induced, secondary Parkinsonism, heredo-degenerative diseases, as well as other movement disorders with overlapping features.

synopsis: M|C Communications, the leading provider of continuing medical education under the Pri-Med brand, has acquired Physician's Weekly, a multi-media company providing news and educational materials to both physicians and patients, the companies announced jointly today.

synopsis: Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of healthcare information content and services, has acquired The Cancer Journal from Jones & Bartlett Publishers. The Cancer Journal will be published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Wolters Kluwer Health’s leading medical publishing brand.

synopsis: Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity firm, announced that it has completed a strategic investment in Therapeutic Research Center, a leading provider of drug therapy recommendations, continuing education, training, and data to the healthcare community.

synopsis: Ascend Media Holdings announced the sale of its Allied Healthcare Group to Anthem Media Group. Allied Healthcare serves ten healthcare markets with eleven magazines, ten websites and ten weekly digital newsletters.

synopsis: Scranton Gillette Communications, located in Arlington Heights, IL, has agreed to acquire the assets Imaging Technology News and Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology from Reilly Communications Group.

synopsis: Intellisphere, publisher of the MDNG (MD Net Guide) series of medical magazines and websites, announced that it has acquired multiple titles from Ascend Media's Healthcare division.

synopsis: Sunshine Holdings Corporation today announced the merger of its Sunshine Custom Publishing, Inc. division with True North Custom Publishing LLC of Chattanooga, TN. This transaction will unite two fast-growth organizations, expanding the combined company’s presence as America’s largest custom health care publishing company.

synopsis: Advanstar Holdings Corp., the holding company for Advanstar Communications Inc., a leading worldwide media company providing integrated marketing solutions, has completed the Company’s acquisition by an investor group led by Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) for $1.142 billion in cash.

synopsis: HCPro, Inc. has continued its expansion into the long-term care information delivery sector by acquiring Contemporary Long Term Care (CLTC) magazine and related products from HealthNet Information Services.

synopsis: UBM's healthcare division, CMPMedica, has acquired Mediworld Publications, an Indian medical publisher for $844,500. This acquisition further strengthens CMPMedica's position in India as a leading healthcare media business and establishes it as the foremost provider of Drug Information Systems.

synopsis: North American Center for Continuing Medical Education announced that it has acquired CME LLC, which operates the US Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress. More than 2,000 physicians, nurses, and others earn as many as 30 credits toward their CME requirements each year at the US Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress.

synopsis: HMP Communications has acquired two leading clinical brands: Consultant and Consultant for Pediatricians. Consultant offers primary care practitioners authoritative, practical clinical advice. Consultant for Pediatricians, the leading clinical pediatric journal, offers primary care pediatricians practical clinical guidance on childhood disorders.

synopsis: United Business Media Limited has announced that it has agreed to form a joint venture with Drs Anil and Jyotika Arora to operate the Famdent dental exhibition and conference business in India. UBM will own 60% of the Famdent business, with the remainder of the business being owned by Drs Anil and Jyotika Arora.

synopsis: United Business Media Limited has announces that it has sold its French medical newspaper and magazine business to a management buyout team led by Gérard Kouchner, the business’s Chief Executive since 2005. UBM has sold the business on behalf of its UBM Medica division.

synopsis: UBM Medica announces that it has acquired the website OBGYN.net from MediSpecialty.com, Inc. OBGYN.net is a women's health website for obstetrics and gynecology professionals and patients. The site provides article-based and multimedia content generated by both contributors and users.

synopsis: Healthcare media company Physicians Practice, LLC, has been acquired from parent company Med-IQ, LLC, by United Business Media, PLC, (UBM) a publicly traded global business information company based in London. Physicians Practice will be integrated into UBM's CMPMedica marketing services operations in the United States.

synopsis: United Business Media plc announces that its healthcare division CMPMedica has acquired MediReach Healthcare Communication for an initial cash consideration of $1.1 million, with a further deferred consideration of up to $2.75M contingent on future performance.

synopsis: United Business Media plc announced that it has acquired MeXi Solutions, a secure communication and data access solutions provider to the Belgian healthcare industry, for a total cash consideration EUR2.65m. The integration of MeXi Solutions into CMPMedica Belgium will expand the company's electronic communications user base from 7,000 to 10,000.

synopsis: UBM's healthcare division, CMPMedica, has acquired Mediworld Publications, an Indian medical publisher for $844,500. This acquisition further strengthens CMPMedica's position in India as a leading healthcare media business and establishes it as the foremost provider of Drug Information Systems.

synopsis: UBM's healthcare division, CMPMedica, has acquired Mediworld Publications, an Indian medical publisher for $844,500. This acquisition further strengthens CMPMedica's position in India as a leading healthcare media business and establishes it as the foremost provider of Drug Information Systems.

synopsis: EQT, a leading European private equity fund, and GIC Special Investments, the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (“GIC”), have Acquired 82% and 18% respectively of Springer Science+Business Media, the world’s second-largest scientific, technical and medical publisher.

synopsis: Schofield Healthcare Media Ltd (SHML), a division of Schofield Media Europe Ltd, announced on the 16th January that it has acquired Medical Education Partnership Ltd (MEP). The company portfolio includes a number of key educational resources for health care professionals in print, online and in person.

synopsis: United Business Media Limited has announces that it has sold its French medical newspaper and magazine business to a management buyout team led by Gérard Kouchner, the business’s Chief Executive since 2005. UBM has sold the business on behalf of its UBM Medica division.

synopsis: Electric Word PLC, a specialist information publisher, will acquire Radcliffe Publishing Ltd. Radcliffe is a U.K.-based specialist publisher founded in 1987, focused on professional development and compliance in primary healthcare.

synopsis: Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. announces the sale of Dowden Professional Publications, the Dowden medical journals publishing division, to Quadrant HealthCom Inc. Included in the sale are OBG Management, Current Psychiatry, Journal of Family Practice and Mayo Clinical Proceedings.

synopsis: Ascend Media Holdings announced the sale of its Allied Healthcare Group to Anthem Media Group. Allied Healthcare serves ten healthcare markets with eleven magazines, ten websites and ten weekly digital newsletters.

synopsis: Scranton Gillette Communications, located in Arlington Heights, IL, has agreed to acquire the assets Imaging Technology News and Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology from Reilly Communications Group.

synopsis: Intellisphere, publisher of the MDNG (MD Net Guide) series of medical magazines and websites, announced that it has acquired multiple titles from Ascend Media's Healthcare division.

synopsis: Jones and Bartlett Publishers LLC has acquired Physicians’ Press, an innovative medical publishing company specializing in books and other resources in the fields of cardiovascular medicine, infectious disease, diabetes, and other clinical specialties.

synopsis: Sunshine Holdings Corporation today announced the merger of its Sunshine Custom Publishing, Inc. division with True North Custom Publishing LLC of Chattanooga, TN. This transaction will unite two fast-growth organizations, expanding the combined company’s presence as America’s largest custom health care publishing company.

synopsis: Advanstar Holdings Corp., the holding company for Advanstar Communications Inc., a leading worldwide media company providing integrated marketing solutions, has completed the Company’s acquisition by an investor group led by Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) for $1.142 billion in cash.

synopsis: Springer Science+Business Media has announced its acquisition of Humana Press Inc. a leading publisher of research-level books and journals in molecular biology, neuroscience, cancer research, and medicine.

synopsis: HCPro, Inc. has continued its expansion into the long-term care information delivery sector by acquiring Contemporary Long Term Care (CLTC) magazine and related products from HealthNet Information Services.

synopsis: The McGraw-Hill Companies MHP today announced that it has sold its Healthcare Information Group to specialist publisher, Vendome Group, LLC. Terms were not disclosed.

synopsis: HCPro, Inc. today announced it has significantly broadened its healthcare publishing lines by acquiring HealthLeaders Media from Decision Resources, Inc. The acquisition includes the monthly HealthLeaders magazine, several general healthcare business email publications, live events and a state-specific healthcare business news service.

synopsis: Cygnus Business Media, which currently owns the fire service market’s top trade shows, magazine and website, announced it has acquired EMS Magazine, EMS Expo, Advanced Rescue Technology and Frontline First Responder magazines and their accompanying websites from Summer Communications and Expo Productions.

synopsis: Ascend Media announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Medical World Communications. Financial terms of the purchase were not released.

synopsis: Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) has acquired the Current Medicine Group (CMG), a leading publisher for the healthcare community. CMG is based in the United Kingdom and the United States and consists of four different operating units.

synopsis: HCPro, Inc. has expanded into managed care publishing by acquiring National Health Information, LLC. NHI, of Atlanta, GA, is a business-to-business healthcare publisher with subscription newsletters and books in managed care, and also in several of HCPro's core markets, such as health information management and long-term care.