Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of scientific and specialist literature. It is the second-largest publisher of journals in the science, technology, and medicine (STM) sector, the largest publisher of STM books and the largest business-to-business publisher in the German-language area.

The group publishes over 1,700 journals and more than 5,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in over 20 countries in Europe, the USA , and Asia, and some 5,000 employees. In 2006, it generated annual sales of around EUR 924 million.

In addition to Springer Healthcare Communications, Springer has pharmaceutical publishing activities in Italy (MediCom Italia), Germany (Med.Komm, Springer Medizin Verlag), Switzerland (Springer Medizin Verlag Schweiz), the UK and the USA (Current Medicine Group).

Current Medicine Group (www.currentmedicinegroup.com) publishes an extensive range of printed materials, from pocket-sized publications such as Clinician's Manuals, Pocket References and Pocket Pharmas, to modular Training Tools and Lectures series, full-colour image Atlases, and review journals.

They also provide a wide-range of electronic content, such as online medical news, conference reports, PDA programmes, and tailored online image collections, as well as offering innovative interactive tools and website development services.

CMG publishes across the whole of medicine and provides content and services for a range of audiences, from specialists through to patients. They develop unique solutions to meet the client's requirements and work closely with clients throughout the development process, from project brief to fulfilment.

BSMO (www.bsmo.de) offer a broad range of solutions which include eDetailing, Medical Web-Portals for patients and physicians, User Management and Content Management System Solutions, and all kinds of databases. In addition, BSMO operates two Internet platforms: http://www.lifeline.de for patients and people interested in healthcare information and www.medizin-online.de, the most comprehensive portal for doctors in Germany.

BSMO is Business Solutions Medicine Online GmbH, a Springer Science+Business Media company that collaborates with its partner publishers and service providers. The agency is active worldwide and offers national and international products and communication solutions.