BioInformatics Inc., a market research firm supporting the analytical instrumentation and life science industries, and owner of The Science Advisory Board®, has announced the acquisition of IMV Publishing. This latest acquisition by BioInformatics Inc. creates an integrated business information and media group delivering high-value content to the market's buyers and sellers using a broad range of media formats. The companies share deep expertise in the areas of producing market intelligence, generating premium content, profiling customers and delivering targeted marketing to large, curated online communities of scientific and medical professionals.
Founded in 1977, IMV is a recognised leader in market research and online publishing for the medical imaging and clinical diagnostic instruments markets. With offices in Chicago, Tucson, and San Francisco, IMV offers a broad range of market research products and reports and media properties including Aunt Minnie www.auntminnie.com the leader in online medical imaging news and radiology CME and DrBicuspid www.drbicuspid.com the fastest growing dental news and continuing education (CE) digital property.
The assets of IMV will be combined with existing capabilities including BioInfo Market Research www.bioinfoinc.com, The Science Advisory Board ® www.scienceboard.com, Strategic Directions International (SDI) www.strategic-directions.com (creator of the SDi Global Report), and Instrument Business Outlook www.instrumentbusinessoutlook.com a bi-weekly publication subscribed to and read by senior executives in the analytical instrument market.
Together all companies and assets will be managed and integrated under the newly created Science and Medicine Group which will be headquartered in Arlington Virginia and have services in business intelligence / market research, digital media and marketing, publishing, and job boards for scientists, lab managers, dentists, and radiologists.
With the combined entities, Science and Medicine Group will become one of the top 50 full service market research companies in the world by exclusively focusing on helping science and medicine businesses grow.
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