CMPMedica is one of the world's leading providers of drug information content to healthcare professionals (http://www.cmpmedica.com), with trusted brands such as Vidal (http://www.vidal.fr), MIMS (http://www.mims.com), Glebe Liste Pharmindex (http://www.gelbe-liste.de) and Vademecum (http://www.vademecum.es). CMPMedica has a strong local presence in 24 countries across Europe and Asia/Pacific. CMPMedica's global expertise and strong local presence enables it to deliver unique drug information solutions. CMPMedica's strategy is to work directly with healthcare providers and with the leading healthcare IT suppliers to make the best evidence-based decision support tools available at the point of care. CMPMedica is unique in its ability to combine internationally referenced alert tools with comprehensive local product information, all delivered to IT partners through a common interface.

CMPMedica has supplied iSOFT with drug information systems for over 40 years and this extended relationship is a testament to how well the two companies have worked together to develop their respective businesses in Australia and Asia. Both companies are looking to expand their relationship into new territories around the world as demand for evidence-based decision support tools continues to grow.

Healthcare providers increasingly recognise the need for comprehensive, up to date information to support the treatment decisions of their healthcare professionals.

Henry Elkington, CEO of CMPMedica said: "The award of this contract demonstrates that we are addressing the needs of one of the most dynamic multi-national healthcare solution providers. By providing trusted local data with best-in-class decision support tools we are enabling solutions that will be recognised and welcomed by clinicians. In addition, by delivering data through a common interface we can speed up and simplify deployment for the solution provider."

"We are delighted to be able to build on our existing relationship with iSOFT and look forward to supporting the growth and development of their business around the world."

Dr Michael Dahlweid, iSOFT's Chief Medical Officer said: "The agreement with CMPMedica will provide improved and real-time access to CMPMedica's sophisticated knowledge bases. When interacting with iSOFT products, these decision support tools will provide the capacity to alert clinicians to interactions between medicines, food, health conditions and patient allergies and more, making patient safety the priority in a world of increasing drug complexity."

"This new service will strengthen the quality of the drug content available within iSOFT products giving our customers ready access to the very latest drug and allergy information ensuring that prescribing clinicians have up-to-date and fully integrated drug information to enhance patient treatment and safety."

Notes to Editors

1. About CMPMedica

CMPMedica provides information and education to healthcare professionals and patients around the world. It has a unique portfolio of professional media products including newspapers, magazines, drug directories, electronic databases, websites and events.

For more information, go to http://www.cmpmedica.com.

"Medical professionals who use SearchMedica constantly provide feedback, and in the last year we continued incorporating that input and made a great deal of improvements and changes to SearchMedica," said Edward Grossman, senior vice president of digital media and acquisitions for SearchMedica. "We always appreciate hearing from medical professionals about how they use SearchMedica in their practice, but receiving this honor from the Web Marketing Association shows the greater online community also acknowledges SearchMedica's progress in presenting Web content more practically to medical professionals."

More than 2,400 sites from 45 countries were evaluated across 96 industry categories during this year's WebAwards. Each site was evaluated by three or more expert judges based on Design, Innovation, Content, Technology, Interactivity, Copywriting and Ease of Use. SearchMedica consistently scored well above industry and WebAward averages on all seven criteria.

[It is] hard to judge a search engine, but [SearchMedica] can be added into one's own site, and the design is good," said one WebAward judge of SearchMedica. "The returned search seemed useful and the related topics correct. Strikes me as a brilliantly made...and immensely useful site. Too clever for me."

The highest score in any given category wins Best Web site of that industry, while other high achievers in the same category are awarded the Outstanding Website WebAward or the Standard of Excellence WebAward.

"While we are honored to be recognized as the best in the industry, it is even more encouraging to hear the judges say SearchMedica is 'too clever,'" Grossman continued. "We created SearchMedica in response to the frustrations of doctors trying to search for clinical information on mainstream search engines amidst all the consumer clutter. This means we have accomplished what we set out to do. Without a medical background, not much of what a user finds through SearchMedica.com will make much sense."

In 2007, SearchMedica.com received a Standard of Excellence WebAward for its outstanding user experience.

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SearchMedica.com indexes only authoritative medical information, approved for inclusion by medical editors and a physician editorial board. Medical professionals receive more relevant, smaller sets of search results from SearchMedica.com than from mainstream engines, which contain consumer-oriented, paid testimonials and other types of unreliable information. Since SearchMedica.com is advertiser supported, medical professionals pay nothing to use the search engine. All SearchMedica search results are independent and unbiased. They contain well-known, credible journals, peer-reviewed research and evidence-based articles written for practicing healthcare professionals. SearchMedica is currently available at http://www.SearchMedica.com.

The Web Marketing Association (WMA) was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and web development. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of marketing, advertising, public relations and web design professionals from around the world who share a passion for improving the quality of advertising, marketing and web site development on the Internet today and in the future.

The primary tool used to raise the standard of excellence in the Internet is through professional competitions. The WebAward Competition is the premier showcase for Web site development in more than 96 industry categories.

Lisa Taylor, digital director of SearchMedica UK, said: ‘This is a great addition to the information already available through SearchMedica.co.uk and it enables our users to get all the information they need from multiple, authoritative sources in one search.’

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About Searchmedica.co.uk
SearchMedica.co.uk is a specialist search engine for GPs and other healthcare professionals, designed to offer easy access to relevant medical information online. SearchMedica.co.uk saves time when searching, helping healthcare professionals focus on patient care.

For more information, visit www.searchmedica.co.uk/content/about_us/about_us.ftl
or www.cmpmedica.com

Alternatively, please contact:
Lisa Taylor
SearchMedica
Tel +44 (0)20 7921 8716
ltaylor@cmpmedica.com

About eMC
The electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC) is the largest and most comprehensive source of Government-approved information about UK medicines.

The eMC is owned and managed by Datapharm Communications, a not-for-profit company funded by subscriptions from about 150 UK pharmaceutical companies.

Datapharm’s aim is to improve public health and safety by providing up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive information about medicines to healthcare professionals, patients and the general public through a range of medicine information services.

Datapharm collaborates with organisations including the National Health Service (NHS), the Department of Health and patient groups such as the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the delivery of good quality, reliable and up-to-date medicine information services.

For more information, visit www.emc.medicines.org.uk/

Alternatively, please contact:
Eve Laird
Datapharm, publisher of the eMC
Tel +44 (0)1372 371411
elaird@medicines.org.uk