Healthcare Media

In this highly specialized area of the media industry, DeSilva+Phillips is the leading provider of investment banking services. The partners and managing directors specializing in this area have been leaders in healthcare media for decades, as investment  bankers, publishers, entrepreneurs, CEOs and CFOs.

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  • December 2009

    Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. announces the sale of Dowden Professional Publications, the Dowden medical journals publishing division, to Quadrant HealthCom Inc.

    Quadrant HealthCom, Inc.

  • February 2008

    Virgo Publishing, an integrated B2B publishing, events and e-media company with 17 magazines, 10 shows/ conferences, training and accreditation programs and a growing online platform, has been sold to Arlington Capital.

    Arlington Capital Partners

  • February 2008

    Ascend Media has sold its healthcare media group, consisting of The American Journal of Managed Care, Cardiology Review, Pharmacy Times, Resident & Staff Physician and four other titles, to Intellisphere, LLC

    Intellisphere, LLC

  • February 2008

    CBI Research, Inc., a provider of live/electronic conferences for senior executives in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, has been sold to Advanstar Communications Inc.

    Advanstar Communications Inc.

  • January 2008

    Intellisphere, L.L.C. and HRA, LLC, leading healthcare media and market research companies, have arranged a senior credit facility from Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc.

    Merrill Lynch Capital

    DeSilva+Phillips Corporate Finance

  • December 2007

    Ascend Media LLC has sold its dental media group to Aegis Communications, LLC

    Aegis Communications, LLC

  • November 2007

    Ascend Media has sold Dental Product Shopper to Mr. Dave Branch.

  • September 2007

    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy has concluded a 25-year Agreement with Reed Exhibitions to provide a suite of CME offerings.

    Reed Exhibitions

  • August 2007

    Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC unit Engel Publishing Partners, publisher of Med Ad News, R&D Directions and PharmaLive.com, has been sold to Canon Communications

    Canon Communications

  • April 2007

    MESG, LLC has sold Physicians Practice, LLC together with its patient-centered practice programs to CMP Healthcare Media LLC.

    CMP Healthcare Media

  • January 2007

    Jobson Medical Information, an affiliate of The Wicks Group of Companies, has sold 5 clinical and news publications to Quadrant HealthCom, Inc.

    Quadrant HealthCom, Inc.

  • October 2006

    Vestar Capital Partners has acquired MediMedia, a healthcare communications company, from Cinven, The Carlyle Group and Apax Partners.

    Cinven, The Carlyle Group and Apax Partners

  • February 2006

    Physician's Weekly, the leading medical publisher of place-based media, has been acquired by M|C Communications.

    M|C Communications

  • June 2005

    CMEInfo.com, the leading producer of CME courses from top medical schools marketed directly to physicians, has been acquired by Haights Cross Communications.

    Haights Cross Communications

  • March 2005

    Dowden Health Media, a producer of medical journals, consumer magazines and physician education programs, has been acquired by Lebhar-Friedman, Inc.

    Lebhar-Friedman, Inc.

  • June 2004

    HRA Research, a leading market research firm serving pharmaceutical and medical device and equipment manufacturers, has been sold to Intellisphere, LLC.

    Intellisphere, LLC

  • May 2004

    Medical Broadcasting Company has sold ePharm5 to HCPro, Inc.

    HCPro, Inc.

  • April 2004

    InnerDoorway, Inc., an integrative medicine media company, has sold an equity stake to First Capital Group of Texas III, L.P.

    First Capital Group of Texas III, L.P.

  • January 2004

    Office MIT Ltd.

    Office MIT Ltd., a Japanese medical communications agency, has been acquired by Grey Healthcare Group Inc., a subsidiary of Grey Global Group, Inc.

    Grey Global Group, Inc.

  • January 2004

    FastMark, a publisher of healthcare guides, has been acquired by StayWell Health Management, a MediMedia USA company.

    MediMedia USA

  • August 2003

    Medical Education Consultants, Inc.(MEDCON) has been acquired by Wicks Medical Information, LLC, a portfolio company of the Wicks Group of Companies, LLC.

    Wicks Medical Information, LLC

  • July 2003

    MultiMedia Healthcare/Freedom LLC

    MultiMedia Healthcare/Freedom LLC, a premier publisher and educator in health care, has been acquired by Freedom Communications, Inc.

    Freedom Communications, Inc.

  • December 2002

    $35,000,000

    HCPro Corp. has been acquired by The Riverside Company and the HCPro management team.
    DeSilva+Phillips acted as an advisor to HCPro.

    The Riverside Company

  • December 2002

    Medquest

    Medquest Communications LLC has sold Menopause Management to Health Affinity.

    Health Affinity

  • April 2002

    Dover Communications Inc.

    Dover Communications Inc., a healthcare communications company, has been acquired by Boron LePore & Associates, Inc.

    Boron LePore

  • October 2001

    Pinnacle Publishing, Inc. has sold Emergency Medicine to EB Practice, LLC.

    EB Practice, LLC

  • May 2001

    The Cortlandt Group, Inc. has sold Cortlandt Forum, The Clinical Advisor and Cortlandt Communications to The Haymarket Group.

    The Haymarket Group

  • May 2001

    Boron LePore & Associates, Inc. has acquired Medical Media Communications.

  • April 2001

    Asthma magazine has been acquired by Harcourt Health Sciences, a division of Harcourt, Inc.

    Harcourt Health Sciences

  • January 2001

    Haymarket Management Publications, Ltd. has acquired CPS Communications, Inc., including Medical Media & Marketing magazine and cps.net.

    CPS Communications

  • August 2000

    Healthcare Business Media has been acquired by Health Leaders, Inc.

    Health Leaders, Inc.

  • July 2000

    Armand Scott, Inc. has been acquired by Boron LePore & Associates, Inc.

    Boron LePore

  • March 2000

    MedPro

    MedPro Inc., a medical education program videoconferencing production company, has been acquired by HMP Communications Inc.

    HMP Communications

  • June 1999

    NPTV has been sold by National Community Pharmacists Association to RMS Networks.

    RMS Networks

  • June 1999

    Stezzi Communications

    Stezzi Communications, Inc., publisher of Managed Care, has been acquired by MediMedia USA, a subsidiary of Havas. S.A.

    MediMedia USA

  • April 1999

    Hippocrates

    Hippocrates has been sold by Time Inc. Health to the Massachusetts Medical Society, publisher of The New England Journal of Medicine.

    New England Journal of Medicine

  • January 1997

    MultiMedia HealthCare sold a 50% interest to the Freedom Magazines division of Freedom Communications, Inc.

    Freedom Communications