Ethicall

What Ethicall does

Ethicall (医时信息科技有限公司) is a Shanghai-based private internet company founded in 2015 that operates a medical information delivery platform targeting patients and healthcare professionals in China. The company is structured around a "medical + internet information delivery" (医药+互联网信息递送平台) core concept, with the stated mission of providing patients access to advanced medical achievements and ensuring quality medical information is widely available.

The company's product portfolio consists of two core offerings: the 医时 (Yishi) Medical Information Platform, a professional medical information service platform, and the 医时助工联盟 (Yishi Medical Worker Alliance), which focuses specifically on delivering quality medical information to medical professionals. The company holds the Shanghai-issued Internet Medical Drug Information Service Qualification Certificate (沪-经营性-2022-0156), an ICP filing, and a public network security registration — the minimum regulatory baseline for operating medical drug information services in China. Distribution is conducted through the company's own digital platform (ethicall.cn) on a self-serve, consumer/SMB basis, with operational scope limited to East China.

The company has raised approximately $5M across three funding rounds between 2015 and 2017 from Chinese investors including eRoad Software, Yueheng Investment, Puhua Capital, Shenghui Ziben, and Xizang Zhiqian Touzi. It employs 101-250 people as of the most recent disclosure. The revenue model is not publicly disclosed, and no pricing, customer logos, partnership agreements, or enterprise contracts are documented in available sources. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or institutional shareholders beyond the early-stage funding investors.

Name

Ethicall

Legal name

医时信息科技有限公司

Website

https://ethicall.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ethicall (医时) is a Shanghai-based internet company founded in 2015 that operates a medical information delivery platform serving individual patients and healthcare professionals in China via its 医时 (Yishi) platform and 医时助工联盟 (Yishi Medical Worker Alliance).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Information Platform / Healthcare Content Services

NAICS

Information (51), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Prescription-Based Digital Clinics (Condition-Specific Rx Programs) (HLALAAAD)

Keywords

• Medical information services
• Healthcare content platform
• Medical knowledge delivery
• Physician information network
• Pharmaceutical internet services

Headquarters

HQ city

Minhang

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Ethicall (医时) operates an internet-based medical information service platform that delivers curated medical news, drug information, and healthcare content to medical professionals and patients in China. The platform is built around the company's "medical + internet" (医药+互联网信息递送平台) model and is offered as two branded experiences: the Yishi Medical Information Platform and the Yishi Medical Worker Alliance (医时助工联盟), both reachable through the company's website (ethicall.cn).

Product overview

Ethicall operates as a unified medical information service platform built around its core 'medical + internet information delivery' model. The company offers the 医时 (Yishi) Medical Information Platform and 医时助工联盟 (Yishi Medical Worker Alliance), which together form a comprehensive medical information service ecosystem designed to deliver quality medical information to healthcare professionals and patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Yishi Medical Information Platform (医时) Professional medical information service platform operated by Ethicall that delivers quality medical information to healthcare professionals and patients via the company's website at ethicall.cn.
• Yishi Medical Worker Alliance (医时助工联盟) Professional medical information service platform focused on delivering quality medical information to every healthcare professional, branded as the Yishi Medical Worker Alliance on ethicall.cn.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• JD Health (京东健康): JD Health is a major Chinese internet healthcare company owned by JD.com, offering pharmaceuticals, telemedicine, and health content at national scale. It competes in the same consumer-health-information space but with vastly larger capital and distribution.
• Alibaba Health (阿里健康): Alibaba Health is a Hong Kong-listed internet healthcare leader offering pharmaceuticals, medical content, and telemedicine services. Its broad consumer-health content and drug-information business overlaps with Ethicall's regulated offerings.
• Yidu Tech (医渡科技): Yidu Tech is a Hong Kong-listed healthcare data and AI company serving hospitals, regulators, and pharma. While more data- and AI-focused than Ethicall, it represents the technology trajectory Chinese medical information companies are pursuing.
• Ping An Healthcare and Technology (平安健康): Ping An Healthcare operates a major Chinese internet healthcare platform under the Ping An ecosystem, combining insurance, telemedicine, and consumer medical content. Its national reach and insurance distribution create competitive pressure on regional information platforms.
• Tencent Health (腾讯健康): Tencent Health is the healthcare arm of Tencent, distributing medical information, mini-programs, and AI health assistants through WeChat. As a super-app-native incumbent, it can disintermediate standalone medical information platforms like Ethicall.

Direct peers

• WeDoctor (微医): WeDoctor is a major Chinese internet healthcare platform offering online consultations, hospital appointments, and medical content for both patients and clinicians — broadly comparable to Ethicall's information-delivery-plus-professional-network approach.
• Medlinker (医联): Medlinker is a Chinese platform focused on building a doctor community and clinical workflow tools, comparable to Ethicall's Yishi Medical Worker Alliance targeting healthcare professionals with curated content and networking.
• DXY (丁香园): DXY is China's largest online community for physicians and a leading consumer-facing medical information platform, directly comparable to Ethicall's medical-worker-alliance and patient-information model. Both target the same dual audience of clinicians and patients with curated medical content.
• Haodf.com (好大夫在线): Haodf.com is a leading Chinese online doctor consultation and medical information platform that connects patients with verified physicians — directly comparable in serving both patient information needs and clinician visibility.
• Chunyu Doctor (春雨医生): Chunyu Doctor operates one of China's largest mobile telemedicine and health-information apps, targeting consumers with both medical content and online consultation. Its consumer-direct, content-plus-care model overlaps with Ethicall's positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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