Blackwell acquires Le Jacq Communications.Blackwell Publishing (Malden, MA) has acquired the assets of medical journal and book publisher Le Jacq Communications (Darien, CT). No terms of the deal were given. Blackwell said it will develop new medical education products and enhance the list of current Le Jacq journals, clinical trial review books, continuing medical education continuing medical education See CME. projects and online offerings. Blackwell was advised in the deal by Eugene Simonoff & Associates, Inc. (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ). Le Jacq produced six quarterly journals, including "The American Heart Hospital Journal," "The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology," "Congestive Heart Failure congestive heart failure, inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body. In the healthy individual the heart can tolerate large increases of workload for a considerable length of time. ," "Journal of the Cardiometabolic Syndrome," "Preventive Cardiology" and "Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing," the monthly title "The Journal of Clinical Hypertension," and "SkinMed," published six times a year. Le Jacq also publishes medical and medical fiction books and five medical trial reviews, and produces CME CME See: Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME See Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). courses, symposia sym·po·si·a n. A plural of symposium. , and patient education materials. Blackwell said that Le Jacq will become a part of its medical education portfolio, which includes Blackwell Futura Media Services (Westborough, MA), a conference organization and CME company acquired by Blackwell in 2002. Blackwell is the world's leading society publisher, partnering with 665 medical, academic and professional societies. The company produces over 800 journals and has over 6000 books in print. |
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