Chichester, UK, January 15, 2008 - Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb) today announced that The Cochrane Collaboration, the not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving healthcare decision-making globally, renewed their partnership to publish The Cochrane Library.
“The Cochrane Library is a comprehensive resource at the cutting-edge of evidence-based medicine, which helps practitioners and patients worldwide understand treatment options,” said Sue Corbett, Managing Director, Medicine, Wiley-Blackwell. “We are proud to publish The Cochrane Library and look forward to working with the Cochrane Collaboration to further expand the reach of the Library worldwide.”
“Since Wiley first published The Cochrane Library in 2003 we have been delighted to see knowledge of evidence-based medicine spread all over the world, as more and more people take advantage of what is, for half the world’s population, vital information available freely accessible in one-click ,” said Nick Royle, CEO, The Cochrane Collaboration. “We believe that our continued relationship with Wiley-Blackwell will help us to reach more people and maintain our position as the gold standard in healthcare reviews.”
Wiley-Blackwell’s wide range of evidence-based medicine products are designed to aid healthcare professionals in accessing just the right information at just the right time. As interest in, and commitment to, an evidence-based approach to medicine continues to grow, the Essential EBM Collection from Wiley-Blackwell provides healthcare professionals with up-to-date, unbiased and independently reviewed medical information to facilitate diagnosis and improve patient care.