IDG launches title in Sweden & Research study on Interenet/e-commerce.

International Data Group (Boston, NA) will begun the publication of Biotech, described as the first magazine established to support the needs of the bia-IT market in Sweden, in April. The sister publication of IDG's recently launched Bio-IT World, the new title will launch with a controlled circulation of 20,000. It will be published seven times a year.

The new title is being targeted to decision--makers in the bio--IT, pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and environmental industries. Its mission is to provide the Swedish bioresearch and biobusiness communities with a mix of Swedish and international industry and product news. Editorial will cover such topics as medical technology, drug discovery and development, bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, bio-production, agrobiology, neutraceuti- cals, and environmental biology.

IDG's Swedish division currently produces 15 titles, including Computer--World Sweden and Internetworld, 30 Web sites, and a variety of related seminars and conferences.

In related news, IDG and the Center for Research on Information Technology & Organizations (CRITO) at the University of California at Irvine Cud) have launched "eWorld 2002," a research study on the adoption and usage of e-commerce tools and technologies by geography and industry. The research will begin with a survey conducted with CIOs and IT managers in 10 countries, including the U.S., Japan and Brazil. The survey will be conducted within the manufacturing, retail or wholesale, and banking, insurance and other finance industries.