PAINWeek

What PAINWeek does

PAINWeek's business model operates three integrated revenue streams. Conference registration generates per-attendee fees from HCPs purchasing access to the national and regional events, functioning as a one-time license transaction. Exhibition and sponsorship revenue is generated from pharmaceutical and medical device companies that purchase booth space, product theatres (PDM programs), and sponsored content, including co-marketed webinars such as the Tonix partnership observed on the platform. Continuing medical education content — enduring courses, certifications, and digital media — is monetized as a subscription/recurring revenue stream through the online portal. The DMD Healthcare Communications Network (HCN) partnership provides authenticated HCP registration infrastructure that supports sponsor data access, strengthening exhibition economics. Pricing for individual registration tiers and CME courses is not publicly disclosed. Marketing reaches HCPs through daily/weekly/monthly email newsletters, social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), podcasts, video, articles, and press releases.

Name

PAINWeek

Legal name

Informa Group plc

Website

https://painweek.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PAINWeek is a U.S. pain management education platform serving frontline healthcare professionals through an annual national conference, year-round regional conferences, CME-certified online courses, and digital content distributed via journal, podcasts, video, and newsletter.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education & Healthcare Conferences

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Medical Congresses (MPAGAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical & Health Sciences Congresses (THAHAJAA)

Keywords

• Medical education conferences
• Pain management CME
• Continuing medical education
• Healthcare professional training
• Medical conference events

Headquarters

HQ city

Montclair

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Conference Registration: Revenue generated from healthcare professional registrations for the annual PAINWeek National Conference and regional PAINWeekEnd conferences.
2. Exhibition and Sponsorship: Revenue from exhibitors and industry sponsors at conferences, including product theatres (PDM programs) for healthcare professionals.
3. Continuing Medical Education Content: CME-certified education courses and enduring content available through the education platform.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PAINWeek operates the premier US pain management conference held annually each September, complemented by regional PAINWeekEnd conferences held throughout the year at various locations. It delivers continuing medical education (CME)-certified content through live events, online courses, expert videos, podcasts, articles, and a quarterly journal aimed at frontline healthcare practitioners.

Product overview

PAINWeek is a comprehensive pain education resource for frontline healthcare practitioners, built around a multi-product platform architecture. The core offering consists of the annual PAINWeek National Conference (held each September) and regional PAINWeekEnd Conferences throughout the year, both providing expansive pain management curricula. Supporting the conferences is an integrated suite of educational products including the Advanced Education Series for certification, Enduring Content/CME Courses for ongoing professional development, and the PAINWeek Journal (PWJ) as a quarterly publication. Content dissemination occurs through multiple channels: Brainfood (faculty insights), Expert Opinion Videos, and PAINWeek Podcasts drawn from conference sessions. The platform also includes a regular email newsletter (The Dose) to keep practitioners informed of developments in pain management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PAINWeek National Conference Annual multi-track national conference held each September offering the most expansive US pain management curriculum, featuring expert faculty, poster presentations, product theatres, and networking for healthcare professionals.
• PAINWeekEnd Regional Conferences Regional pain management conferences held throughout the year at various US locations, providing accessible pain education to frontline practitioners across different geographic areas.
• Advanced Education Series Certification-focused educational programs providing in-depth training and credentials for healthcare professionals specializing in pain management.
• Enduring CME Courses Continuing medical education courses available for purchase through the online education portal, offering ongoing learning opportunities for practitioners to maintain professional credentials in pain management.
• PAINWeek Journal (PWJ) Quarterly publication featuring peer-reviewed articles, clinical features, and expert perspectives on pain management topics for healthcare professionals.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DMD Healthcare Communications Network (HCN)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPAINWeek website is a member of the DMD Healthcare Communications Network (HCN), owned and managed by DMD Marketing Corp. HCN enables medically relevant business communications to authenticated healthcare professionals. Registration at the PAINWeek website includes registration with HCN, with contact and professionally relevant information disclosed to DMD and HCN members.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dannemiller: Dannemiller is a long-standing medical-education company that produces CME content and live events specifically for the pain-medicine community, overlapping directly with PAINWeek's specialty audience and CME-driven model.
• Pri-Med: Pri-Med operates large-scale US primary-care and specialty CME conferences paired with a digital CME catalog, making it a direct comparator in commercial, conference-led medical education for practicing clinicians.
• AudioDigest Foundation: AudioDigest provides CME via audio lectures and board-review content targeted at practicing physicians, directly comparable to PAINWeek's podcast and enduring-content strategy for HCPs.
• American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM): AAPM is the leading US professional association for pain medicine and runs its own Annual Meeting plus enduring CME, competing for the same faculty, sponsor dollars, and HCP attendees as PAINWeek's national conference.

Emerging players

• Healio: Healio combines specialty medical news, peer-reviewed content, and CME for clinicians across multiple specialties including pain management, mirroring PAINWeek's mix of journalism, education, and conference coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Medscape Education: Medscape Education is one of the largest free online CME platforms for physicians, serving the same HCP audience as PAINWeek through on-demand courses, podcasts, and conference coverage across many specialties including pain management.
• Haymarket Medical Education: Haymarket Medical Education delivers accredited CME across multiple therapeutic areas via live meetings and digital formats, comparable in business model to PAINWeek's conference-plus-CME portfolio approach.
• NEJM Knowledge+: NEJM Knowledge+ is the Massachusetts Medical Society's adaptive-learning CME platform for physicians, comparable in that it sells ongoing, accredited clinician education as the durable digital layer of a larger medical-publishing brand.
• Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education: Cleveland Clinic's CME division operates live symposia and enduring online courses across specialties including pain management, comparable as an institutionally backed medical-education provider competing for the same clinician audience.
• MJH Life Sciences: MJH Life Sciences operates healthcare media brands, live events, and CME for clinicians across specialties, comparable to PAINWeek as a diversified medical-events and education operator with a similar HCP-targeting mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/painweek
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/PAINWeek
• Facebookfacebook.com/PAINWeek
• Instagraminstagram.com/painweek
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/painweek

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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