Thomson acquires Biosis
Company says 'business as usual' for databases as librarians worry about price increases
Jan 15, 2004
This week, Thomson Corporation announced that it has bought Biosis, the nonprofit organization that produces databases and other services for the life sciences, including
“The message is: 'business as usual,'” James Pringle, vice president of product development at ISI, a component of Thomson, told
Joel Baron of Knowledge Solutions, strategic advisors to the board of trustees at Biosis, said the nonprofit sought a buyer because it had become unable to generate enough cash to keep...