About us

We are a medicines information company providing technology-enabled solutions to the global life sciences and wider healthcare sectors.

Our industry-leading platforms improve the accessibility and usability of medicines information and support Pharma with understanding their audiences.

Our mission

Our mission is to improve the accessibility, effectiveness and excellence of medicines information.

We do this through our expertise in healthcare and medicine product data, providing regulatory, compliance and commercial software solutions to the pharmaceutical industry. This enables the delivery of trusted and accessible medicines information to, and increased engagement with, healthcare professionals and patients.

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Our values

Care

We care for customers and colleagues by acting with integrity, responsibility and mutual respect.

We are devoted to creating effective solutions that provide accurate and accessible medicines information to patients and healthcare professionals.

Collaboration

We collaborate to ensure a shared commitment to goals which are based on customer impact and success.

We grow stronger together by working to improve patients' health literacy with the objective to create more favourable health outcomes.

Courage

We have the courage to create positive change, be open to new challenges and learn new skills.

Through identifying learning opportunities, we are devoted to continuous improvement and process optimisation, creating innovative solutions to unlock the company's potential.

Our audiences

Pharmaceutical Companies

Our software solutions support Pharma in their regulatory, compliance and commercial functions. We do this by making Pharma's reference safety documents available to HCPs and patients via emc (electronic medicines compendium) and providing insights on how users engage with their information.

Pharma functions we support

Healthcare Professionals

emc is the resource trusted by healthcare professionals to provide accessible, up-to-date regulated documents such as the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC), electronic Patient Information Leaflet (ePIL) and Patient Information Leaflet (PIL), which contain information about contraindications, interactions and other side effects.

emc solutions for healthcare professionals

Patients and Carers

On emc only documents that have already been approved by the regulator, and don’t host promotional or commercial content, are published.

With more than 6,000 Patient Information Leaflets available, emc is the go-to destination for trustworthy medicines information for patients and carers.

emc solutions for patients

Database and App Providers

We provide flexible and easy access to vast medicine databases that are used by system providers, app developers and research agencies across the globe.

emc market intelligence is a solution to support these companies with trustworthy, up-to-date medicine information and analytics.

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Our History

1974

First edition of the Data Sheet Compendium.

1999

emc (electronic medicines compendium) goes live offering up to date information in a digital format.

2005

emc market access (then known as in-demand) launched as the first independent submission tool for product information to the NHS dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d)

2014

Our emc compliance app for customer-facing teams is launched.

2019

Our emc market intelligence platform, powered by the most comprehensive UK medicine information database, is launched.

2020

emc compliance is boosted with the addition of a new feature, enabling Pharma to ensure its promotional material is compliant with up-to-date digital Prescribing Information.

2021

Our analytics platform is created, allowing emc market intelligence customers to measure the effectiveness and engagement of their safety information on emc.

2022

Supply chain functionality added to emc market access, providing pharma with a Product Information Management solution for a single source of truth when sharing information with stakeholders.