Doctors.net.uk takes stake in Sweden’s MedUniverse doctor network

May 19, 2010 - PRLog -- 19 May 2010, Oxford/Stockholm: Doctors.net.uk Limited ("Doctors.net.uk"), the UK's largest online network of medical professionals, has today announced that it has taken a share in the Swedish online doctor network, MedUniverse AB ("MedUniverse").  As part of the deal, Dr Tim Ringrose, medical director of Doctors.net.uk, will take a place on the MedUniverse board.

Established in 1998, Doctors.net.uk has a membership comprising more than 174,000 licensed UK doctors in primary and secondary care. Each week over 50,000 use the service, making it the online professional resource most frequently used by them.  MedUniverse, which was established in 2008, is developing a similar platform in Sweden which will enable doctors across the Nordic region to access and share professional information.

Richard Adams, CEO of Doctors.net.uk, said: “This investment in MedUniverse gives us an important foothold in the Nordic market and it is an important step in our strategy to expand internationally.  The experience built in the UK over the last 12 years also means that we can contribute greatly to the development of MedUniverse.  

Anna Omstedt Lindgren, managing director and co-founder of MedUniverse, is an internet entrepreneur and former owner of Tasteline, Sweden’s largest website for recipes, which was sold to the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in 2005.  She said: “MedUniverse is at a relatively early stage in its development so this backing from Doctors.net.uk is of enormous value.  With this support we will be able to build more quickly the leading professional network for doctors in the Nordic region.”

Doctors.net.uk provides education, forums for discussion and extensive editorial content, including conference highlights to support doctors in making the best decisions for the care of their patients.  As part of this agreement, MedUniverse will have access to this extensive editorial material, including several hundred educational modules, texts, and information in various therapeutic areas.

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Doctors.net.uk is the largest and most active network of medical professionals in the UK.
Doctors.net.uk has a membership of 174,000 doctors, with 97 percent saying that the network is their most trusted source of information. It is the online resource most frequently used by them and provides forums for discussion, education and extensive editorial content, including conference highlights to support them in making the best decisions for the care of their patients.
The network was created for doctors, by doctors in 1998. More than 500 doctors now act as advisers and clinical information contributors. Credibility and integrity of all published materials is assured thanks to an experienced editorial team and a code of absolute transparency for all information published.