Partners Publishers

What Partners Publishers does

Partners Publishers is a Brazil-based medical-scientific content publisher founded in 2016 and headquartered in Itu, São Paulo state. The company produces custom editorial projects for the healthcare sector, serving three primary customer segments: physicians and medical professionals, scientific societies, and pharmaceutical companies. Its product portfolio spans two proprietary mobile applications (the Drug Interactions Diagram app and the Digital Medical Library app), reprints from leading international scientific publications, the Fast Facts medical reference series via its Karger partnership, the Scientific Updates event-coverage service, customized pocket guides and scientific literatures, anatomical illustrations, and the "Ciência & Experiência" editorial platform. Content is delivered across print and digital formats, including journals, monographs, webinars, podcasts, navigable PDFs, and EAD platforms for continuing medical education. The company also creates patient and caregiver education materials, translating clinical evidence into accessible content.

Name

Partners Publishers

Legal name

Partners Publishers

Website

https://partnerspublishers.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Partners Publishers is a Brazilian medical-scientific content publisher producing custom editorial projects, journals, apps, and educational materials for physicians, scientific societies, and pharmaceutical companies across Brazil and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical-Scientific Publishing Services

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312), Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical, Clinical & Biomedical Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC), Scholarly Society & Association Publishing (EDAGAFAK), Institutional & Custom Publishing (Coursepacks, Campus/Corporate Training) (MPAJABAL)

Keywords

• Medical-scientific publishing
• Healthcare content production
• Scientific journal publishing
• Medical education content
• Pharmaceutical content services

Headquarters

HQ city

Itu

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Publishing Services: Production and publication of medical-scientific journals, newspapers, guides, and monographs under custom/white-label arrangements with scientific societies and pharmaceutical companies.
2. Scientific Reprints: Management and production of reprints of articles from major international scientific publications, expanding access to high-impact evidence for medical audiences.
3. Digital Education Platforms: Development of proprietary applications, EAD platforms, webinars, and digital training programs for continuing medical education.
4. Event Coverage Services: Editorial coverage of scientific events in Brazil and abroad with direct involvement from European unit, providing real-time scientific content.
5. Patient Education Materials: Creation of educational materials for patients and caregivers, translating scientific information into accessible content.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Partners Publishers is a specialized medical-scientific content publisher that produces tailor-made editorial projects for the healthcare sector. The company develops custom journals, monographs, clinical case reports, review articles, podcasts, webinars, digital applications, scientific event coverage, reprints from international publications, and patient education materials. It serves scientific societies, pharmaceutical companies, and physicians across Brazil and internationally through a European unit, combining print and digital multiplatform formats.

Product overview

Partners Publishers is a publishing company specializing in medical-scientific content for the healthcare sector. Their portfolio includes two proprietary mobile applications (APP – Diagrama de Interações Medicamentosas and APP – Biblioteca Médica Digital) that deliver interactive drug interaction diagrams and digital medical library content. They offer reprints management from international publications, Fast Facts medical references in partnership with Karger, and Scientific Updates for event coverage. Additional offerings include Anatomical Illustrations, customized Literatures/pocket guides, the Ciência & Experiência editorial platform, and the Canal de Orientação guidance channel. They partner with Oxford University Press and Farma TV for broader content distribution. The company produces clinical case reports, review articles, podcasts, webinars, medical journals, monographs, and patient education materials across print and digital formats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Farma TV: Business partner platform
• Karger – Fast Facts
• Scientific Updates
• Ciência & Experiência

Products and services

• APP – Diagrama de Interações Medicamentosas (Drug Interactions Diagram App) A proprietary mobile application providing interactive diagrams of drug interactions for medical professionals, enabling dynamic reference for clinical decision-making.
• APP – Biblioteca Médica Digital (Digital Medical Library App)
• Reprints Management Service
• Ciência & Experiência (Science & Experience Editorial Platform)
• Scientific Updates – Cobertura de Eventos Científicos
• Ilustrações Anatômicas (Anatomical Illustrations)
• Literaturas (Customized Medical Literatures)
• Canal de Orientação (Guidance Channel)

Quantifiable outcome

• Trusted channel for knowledge dissemination serving physicians, scientific societies, and pharmaceutical companies
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Farma TVminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFarma TV serves as a business partner for pharmaceutical industry content and marketing initiatives, providing video-based medical education content distribution for the pharmaceutical sector.
• OUP (Oxford University Press)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Oxford University Press for distribution and licensing of academic medical content, expanding access to high-quality scientific publications for the medical audience.
• KargercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Fast Facts medical content series, providing concise, accessible medical-scientific information through the Partners Publishers platform.
• PR NewswirecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerReal-time news partnership with PR Newswire for global distribution of company news, press releases, and industry announcements to healthcare and business media worldwide.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Atualização Médica: Brazilian medical publisher producing CME-oriented content and physician reference materials in Portuguese. Comparable as a domestic Brazilian medical content publisher addressing the same physician base and CME demand that Partners Publishers serves.

Broad incumbents

• Oxford University Press (Medicine): Major academic publisher with a substantial medical journals and textbooks program. Relevant because Partners Publishers has a strategic distribution partnership with OUP and competes in the same upstream market of medical society journal publishing and CME-adjacent content.
• Wolters Kluwer Health: Global medical publishing and clinical information powerhouse (Lippincott, Medknow). Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same physician, society, and pharma audiences with print journals, CME, and digital platforms that overlap with Partners Publishers' offering.
• Elsevier: Largest academic/scientific publisher globally, with deep medical society journal and clinical reference portfolios. Directly relevant as a competitor for medical society journal production and pharma-funded reprint/sponsored content.
• BMJ Publishing Group: Publishing arm of the British Medical Association producing journals, clinical decision tools, and CME assets. Comparable as a specialist medical publisher serving physicians, societies, and pharma with a mix of subscription journals and education services.
• Wiley: Global research and medical publisher publishing hundreds of society journals and offering CME solutions. Directly comparable in society journal publishing and sponsored content services that overlap with Partners Publishers' B2B model.
• Thieme Medical Publishers: Independent medical publisher with strong society journal and clinical reference footprint, especially in specialties aligned with Partners Publishers' clinical case content. Comparable in its physician and society focus, though at materially larger scale.
• Springer Healthcare: Medical communications arm of Springer Nature focused on pharma-funded publications, CME, and medical society content. Closely mirrors Partners Publishers' pharma-and-society custom-publishing model at greater global scale.

Direct peers

• Karger Publishers: Swiss-based medical and scientific publisher with a portfolio of peer-reviewed journals, Fast Facts reference series, and society partnerships. Directly comparable because it is both an active partner of Partners Publishers (Fast Facts) and a similarly focused medical-specialty publisher serving physicians, societies, and pharma.
• Permanyer: Mexico/Spain-based independent medical publisher specializing in custom medical journals, supplements, and CME for scientific societies and pharma. Highly comparable business model to Partners Publishers: small, specialized, focused on Spanish/Latin American medical society publishing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/partnerspublishers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/partners-publishers

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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