Organisationen af Lægevidenskabelige Selskaber (LVS)

Name

Organisationen af Lægevidenskabelige Selskaber (LVS)

Legal name

Organisationen af Lægevidenskabelige Selskaber

Website

https://selskaberne.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: LVS generates revenue primarily from annual membership fees paid by member societies' individual members. Medical members pay DKK 200 per year and non-medical members pay DKK 100 per year.
2. Vælg Klogt project funding: The Vælg Klogt (Choosing Wisely) initiative is funded by Danske Regioner with DKK 8.5 million over three years, starting from 2020. LVS leads the initiative while Danske Regioner provides financing.
3. Marie og August Krogh Prisen sponsorship: The Marie og August Krogh Prize is funded entirely by the Novo Nordisk Fonden at DKK 1.5 million per year. LVS serves as co-administrator and nominates candidates through its member societies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LVS is a nonprofit professional umbrella organization that represents 133 Danish medical scientific societies and their 22,000+ physician members. It provides unified professional advocacy in healthcare policy, administers the Marie og August Krogh Prisen research award, coordinates the Vælg Klogt (Choosing Wisely) campaign to reduce unnecessary treatments, supports clinical guideline development, and runs annual meetings and the LVS Talks video series.

Product overview

LVS operates primarily as an umbrella organization for 133 Danish medical societies rather than a technology product company. Its offerings consist of: (1) a website and member portal providing access to organizational resources, news, and events; (2) the Vælg Klogt initiative promoting healthcare efficiency; (3) the prestigious Marie og August Krogh Prisen research award; (4) annual meetings and LVS Talks video series; (5) newsletter distribution services; and (6) support for clinical guideline development. The organization focuses on advancing Danish medical research, promoting evidence-based practice, and representing the professional voice of medical societies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vælg Klogt: A Danish 'Choosing Wisely' campaign launched in 2020 in collaboration with Danske Patienter, funded by 8.5 million DKK from Danske Regioner over three years, to identify and reduce unnecessary treatments in the healthcare system.
• Marie og August Krogh Prisen

Products and services

• Vælg Klogt (Choosing Wisely Denmark) A flagship initiative to identify and reduce unnecessary treatments and examinations in the Danish healthcare system, promoting evidence-based medicine and resource optimization. Co-led by LVS and Danske Patienter, it is uniquely characterized by doctors and patients jointly formulating and implementing the program.
• Marie og August Krogh Prisen A prestigious annual research prize of DKK 1.5 million awarded to outstanding Danish health science researchers, funded by Novo Nordisk Fonden and administered jointly with LVS. Members' societies nominate candidates.
• LVS Årsmøde (Annual Meeting) Annual conference held each January bringing together medical professionals to discuss healthcare topics, research, and policy. Features themed presentations, expert debates, and the LVS Talks video series.
• LVS Talks A curated collection of short, high-quality video presentations from LVS events featuring expert insights on medical topics, clinical research, platform trials, and healthcare improvement.
• Nationale Kliniske Retningslinjer (National Clinical Guidelines) Support A service through which LVS supports member societies in developing and maintaining national clinical guidelines via a dedicated secretariat, promoting evidence-based treatment standards across Danish specialties.
• Grants for International Speakers A funding program providing subsidies for foreign lecturers to speak at LVS member society events, promoting international knowledge exchange across Danish medical specialties.
• Personlig Medicin (Personalized Medicine) Advocacy LVS's advocacy and strategic initiative supporting the development of personalized medicine in Denmark, including advocacy for the National Genome Center and participation in national personalized medicine strategy initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Vælg Klogt program identified up to 20% of healthcare procedures as potentially unnecessary, with the goal of redirecting resources to under-treated areas
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Danske PatientercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Danske Patienter (umbrella for 83 patient and next-of-kin associations) co-leads the Vælg Klogt campaign with LVS, providing the patient perspective. Danske Patienter holds the chairmanship of the Vælg Klogt steering group. This is a unique collaboration where both doctors and patients jointly formulate and implement the initiative — unlike all other Choosing Wisely programs worldwide which are physician-led.
• Lægeforeningen (Danish Medical Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLægeforeningen processes membership data for LVS through a shared membership system. LVS also collaborates with Lægeforeningen on physician education, clinical guidelines, and healthcare policy.
• PRO-sekretariatet ( Sundhedsdatastyrelsen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLVS collaborates with the PRO (Patient-Reported Outcomes) secretariat established under the Danish Health Data Authority to involve member societies in improving patient treatment through PRO data.
• Medicoindustrien, Lægemiddelindustriforeningen (Lif), Dansk Selskab for Fysioterapi, Dansk Sygepleje Selskab (DASYS), Lægeforeningen, Pharmadanmark, Trial NationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLVS co-organized the 'Danmarks bedste kliniske forsøg og afprøvninger' (Denmark's Best Clinical Trials) award with multiple healthcare industry and professional organizations. The award recognizes excellence in clinical research across Denmark.
• Trial NationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrial Nation is a Danish initiative to strengthen clinical trial infrastructure. LVS partnered with Trial Nation to co-organize the 'Denmark's Best Clinical Trials' award.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Royal College of Physicians: UK professional body for physicians with a focus on clinical standards, education and policy advocacy. Comparable mission of advancing medical professionalism and influencing health policy, though with stronger membership/diplomate functions than LVS.
• British Medical Association (BMA): UK's national professional body and trade union for physicians, combining advocacy, policy representation and member services. Comparable in scope and mission (unified voice for medicine, member-based funding) but operating in a different national healthcare system.
• Royal Society of Medicine: UK-based organization providing continuing medical education, events, and professional development for doctors and healthcare professionals. Overlaps on the educational programming, events and member services side of LVS's annual meeting and LVS Talks activities.
• American Medical Association (AMA): US national professional association for physicians, providing policy advocacy, practice support and representation in federal health governance. Comparable umbrella function but at materially larger scale and with broader lobbying and commercial activity than LVS.

Direct peers

• Lægeforeningen (Danish Medical Association): Denmark's national medical trade union and professional association. Operates the shared membership data system used by LVS. Overlaps with LVS on Danish physician representation, but with a labor/employment focus versus LVS's scientific/clinical focus — making them complementary rather than head-to-head.
• AWMF (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften): Germany's national umbrella for 180+ medical scientific societies, with clinical guidelines development as a core activity. Structurally the closest international analogue to LVS — both are federations of specialty societies that coordinate guidelines, advocacy and clinical research infrastructure nationally.

Others

• World Medical Association (WMA): International confederation of national medical associations focused on ethical standards, policy and physician representation globally. Operates at an international level above LVS, but shares the professional advocacy mandate and represents a potential partnership channel for Danish health policy positions.
• Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME): EU-level federation of national medical associations representing European doctors to EU institutions. Adjacent rather than directly competing with LVS, but provides a supranational coordination layer that LVS could potentially feed into via its Denmark-specific advocacy work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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