May 2000
Richmond, England - PJB Publications, Ltd., the largest independent publisher of heathcare business information, has acquired the business and assets of Infocom Ltd. Founded in 1980, Infocom publishes newsletters that serve niche segments of the $100 billion instrumentation market. Analytical Instrument Industry Report is the world's leading source of market and business information on the $18 billion analytical instrument sector, while GenomiKa serves the fast-expanding business of DNA analysis, covering technologies essential for sequencing the human genome. Infocom was represented in this transaction by the investment banking firm of Whitestone Communications, Inc.
Philip Greenfield, previously Deputy Editor of PJB's market leading newsletter, Clinica, takes over as Managing Editor for All Report and GenomiKa. Dr. Gordon Wilkinson and Dr. Brenda Wilkinson will continue to work with PJB Publications as Consultant Editors.
Dr. Philip J. Brown, executive chairman of PJB Publications, stated, "This is an important acquisiton for the company and extends our range of reporting to an important business sector which we consider will be very active in the future." Dr. Brown added, "While All Report its so well with our offerrings in the clinical intrumentation sector, GenomiKa provides us with an exciting new product for our growing biotechnology customer base."
Infocom founder Dr. Gordon Wilkinson commented, "Back in 1984 Infocom modelled its Analytical Instrument Industry Report newsletter on PJB's market-leading product, Clinica, so it's not surprising that we have always had a lot in common. That's particularly true with GenomiKa, which addresses segments of the biotechnology market and neatly compliments PJB's existing publications." Wilkinson continues, "We have a high regard for PJB's reports and newsletters and have been particularly impressed by its effectiveness as a provider of up-to-the miniute information on the heathcare, pharmetceutical and biotechnology industries. We have no doubt that integration with PJB will soon provide our customers involved with laboratory anylsis, process monitoring, life science research and medical diagnostics much faster access to business news and market information."
