US-based WebMD acquires French medical news and education platform JIM.fr: Know more

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Paris-based JIM.fr, a company that offers a multidisciplinary and interactive platform for the education of healthcare teams, announced on Friday that it has been acquired by New York-based WebMD, an online platform that provides health information services for patients, physicians, and healthcare professionals.

The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

The deal combines the core competencies of JIM.fr with that of Medscape, WebMD’s flagship brand for healthcare professionals (HCPs). 

Currently, Medscape serves over 5 million physicians globally and a network of affiliate sites with clinical news, health information, and continuing medical education. Medscape strengthens its commitment to French and French-speaking HCPs with the acquisition of JIM.fr.

After closure, JIM.fr will continue to run as a separate Medscape subsidiary while the two businesses work to improve and combine their current offerings.

Jeremy Schneider, Group GM at WebMD Global, says, “Both JIM.fr and Medscape have the trust and engagement of hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals in France. Medscape’s existing French edition, along with our robust, country-specific content, is integral to our global commitment to French-speaking health professionals. Through this transaction, we can leverage our combined assets to further strengthen Medscape’s offering for French and French-speaking professionals, while delivering innovative solutions to customers.”

About JIM.fr 

Dr Gilles Haroche founded the “Journal International de Médecine” or The JIM in 1979, which switched to an entirely digital format in 1999. For the whole healthcare team, JIM.fr offers a multidisciplinary and interactive continuing education platform in addition to updates on the most recent medical news, clinical science, and conference coverage.

The company’s goal is to inform its readers in French, and  in “real-time”, of everything significant that is being done and written in medicine around the world in the international scientific press, major congresses, and professional news. It does that through the involvement of hundreds of thousands of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other HCPs from more than 25 different specialties.

Dr. Gilles Haroche says, “Today JIM.fr offers, every day, to more than 350,000 French-speaking healthcare professionals registered on its site, a complete panorama of medical and professional news in all specialties, including general medicine.”

“Beyond the scientific and journalistic rigour of its articles, JIM distinguishes itself from other medical media by its often humorous tone and its original analyses of all the major issues that are shaking the medical world. We are very happy to see the quality of our work recognised by Medscape, the global medical news and point of care platform,” adds Haroche.

What does WebMD do for users?

WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands company, claims to be transforming the healthcare experience for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers, health plans, and health systems. 

Through public and private online portals, mobile platforms, and health-focused publications, WebMD delivers content and digital services that help and improve decision-making, support and motivate health actions, streamline and simplify the healthcare journey, and improve patient care.

The firm’s health networks include WebMD Health, Medscape, Jobson Healthcare Information, MediQuality, Frontline, Vitals Consumer Services, Aptus Health, Krames, PulsePoint, The Wellness Network, SanovaWorks, MNG Health, MedicineNet, eMedicineHealth, RxList, OnHealth, Medscape Education, and other owned WebMD sites. 

WebMD, Medscape, CME Circle, Medpulse, eMedicine, MedicineNet, theheart.org, and RxList are among the trademarks of WebMD Health Corp. or its subsidiaries.

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Vishal Singh

Vishal Singh is a News Reporter and Social Media Marketing Lead at Silicon Canals. He covers developments in the European startup ecosystem and oversees the publication's social media presence. Before joining Silicon Canals, Vishal gained experience at the Indian digital media outlet Inc42, contributing to its growth with insightful content. Despite being a college dropout, his passion for writing has driven his career in journalism.

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