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Doctors.net.uk is an online closed community for doctors in the UK and one of the first of any networking sites to be introduced on the web.
Founded by Dr. Neil Bacon (also the founder of iWantGreatCare) in 1998, the site offers a number of Web 2.0 features which allows doctors to communicate online – including email, a discussion forum, e-learning, medical podcasts and access to an online medical textbook and medical image library 1.
The company is funded by allowing communication from private companies (such as pharmaceutical companies) and government bodies (such as the NHS and Department of Health) to its members.
On the commercial side, it provides communication campaigns for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, the Department of Health and other public sector organisations and medical colleges, providing them with effective access to doctors for marketing, education, training and market research.
The company, based in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, was acquired in August 2011 by the Tokyo listed M3 corporation, at which time it had over 180,000 doctor members. It now forms part of M3 Europe.
Doctors.net.uk is part of the M3 Group. M3 operates in Asia, the US and Europe with more than 1 million physician doctor members globally via M3.com, MDLinx, Medigate and Doctors.net.uk brands.