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15 January 2009 - Updated titles available!

Updates for the following titles are now available:

If you have any of these titles in your subscription just perform a network synchronization to download the updated material.

More updates to come shortly so stay tuned.


18 December 2008 - Great success at Riksstämman 2008 Gothenburg

We attended the fair in late November and we met many of our existing and also potentially new customers.

We thank you for the huge amount of interest and time spent with us at the fair. We have a winner of a full Dr Companion subscription and a HP iPAQ 114 (PDA). Congratulations to the lucky Medical Student in Linköping, Sweden.


20 November 2008 - MedHand @ Riksstämman!

Come visit us at Riksstämman, at The Swedish Exhibition Centre in Gothenburg, Nov 26 – 28 2008.

We will be attending the fair presenting Dr Companion, our new website and new company graphics.
Please come by and take part of fantastic offers:

  • Win a Full Dr Companion Professional + HP iPAQ 114
  • Great discounts when ordering Dr Companion at the fair
  • Great discounts of our full library of additional titles

You can find us in hall C, no. 02:10. Hope to see you there! For more information about Riksstämman, click here.


1 November 2008 - New Oxford Handbooks available for Dr Companion

Our exclusive agreement with Oxford University Press enables us to offer their Handbook series in digital form. We are now proud to present four new titles available as optional titles for either Swedish or UK subscribers:

To learn more about the titles, click on each link. If you would like to add any of these titles to your subscription, contact us.


1 September 2008 - American medical best-sellers, now also available for Dr Companion

Our most extensive compilation of medical literature can now be added with some great American medical literature as optional titles for either Swedish or UK subscribers:

To learn more about the titles, click on each link. If you would like to add any of these titles to your subscription, contact us.


17 July 2008 - New Oxford Nurse Handbooks available for Dr Companion

Our exclusive agreement with Oxford University Press enables us to offer their Handbook series in digital form. We are now proud to present four new titles available as optional titles for either Swedish or UK subscribers:

To learn more about the titles, click on each link. If you would like to add any of these titles to your subscription, contact us.


13 November 2007 - Medhand International signs new exclusivity contract with Oxford University Press

Medhand International AB (“Medhand”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Oxford University Press awarding Medhand an exclusive opportunity to market the medical publishing rights globally on November 13, 2007. The agreement follows a series of meetings and evaluations of the Medhand Mobile Library Technology.

Through the agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP), Medhand will publish the entire Oxford university Press catalogue of medical reference books. OUP is the worlds leading publisher of Medical Reference Book and Medical Journals. Leading universities with Medical Sciences as a curriculum or a Medical School for training of Doctors, Nurses or Pharmacist are enjoying access to knowledge through OUP databases. OUP is also a leader in provider of printed books through out the world. OUP are particularly well recognised in England and Commonwealth nations.

Medhand International will market single titles from the OUP library of reference literature, and gradullay expand the DrCompanion series of “Mobile Knowledge” into other fields of professional reference.

Medhand International is a Swedish independent publishing and publishing technology company with a well balanced portfolio of world-class publishing rights. The company is recognised for DrCompanion, a digital reference library for medical professionals allowing for swift references point-of-care. The Company is privately held and enjoy Östersjöstiftelsen as its lead financing party. Medhand International was founded in 2003 by Dr Henrik Andersson, and Mr Aaron Ardiri.

For further information, please contact:
Magnus Stuart,
CEO
Tel: +46 706 211 350