Elsevier Buys Healthcare Publisher Windhover To Bolster E-Health Strategy
By Robert Andrews - Tue 11 Mar 2008 10:42 AM PST
Amsterdam-based science publisher Elsevier is buying healthcare information and commentary provider Windhover of Philadelphia for an undisclosed sum. The publisher, a division of Anglo-Dutch Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK), said the acquisition will support its “e-health strategy to improve patient healthcare and the business of health in the pharma business intelligence market”. Elsevier’s own operation includes Science Direct and MDConsult. Windhover publishes a health biz transaction database and journals including In Vivo, and has a worldwide team of 100 journalists. Release.
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