Blackwell Publishing and Le Jacq Announce Strategic Partnership

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Blackwell Publishing and Le Jacq Announce Strategic Partnership

Alliance Strengthens Blackwell's Medical Outreach Program

Boston, MA-June 15, 2006-Blackwell Publishing and Le Jacq have 
announced an exclusive long-term partnership aimed at developing 
new medical educational products and enhancing the current Le 
Jacq list of peer-reviewed journals, clinical trial review books, 
Continuing Medical Education projects, and web-based 
initiatives.

The Connecticut-based medical publishing house will become a 
significant component in Blackwell's independent medical 
educational portfolio, which includes Blackwell Futura Media 
Services, an ACCM-accredited conference organization and CME 
project company that Blackwell acquired in 2002.

"No medical publisher other than Blackwell Publishing could 
enhance our success and ability to develop innovative clinical 
outreach products and solutions for the medical community in 
conjunction with professional medical societies' mission to 
educate the clinician," stated T. Anthony Howell, President, Le 
Jacq. "We look forward to our long-term collaboration that will 
add value to both the Blackwell medical publishing portfolio and 
in our offerings to our collective clients, authors, physicians 
and patients alike." Mr. Howell will continue to serve as 
President of Le Jacq.

Each year, Blackwell publishes over 100 books and 350 journals in 
medicine, biomedicine and allied health.  Under the agreement, 
Blackwell will publish Le Jacq's eight peer-reviewed clinical 
journals and its collection of medical books, including the 
successful Trial Review Book Series. Eugene Simonoff & 
Associates, Inc. acted as advisor to Blackwell in the 
negotiations with Le Jacq.

"The alliance with Le Jacq further enhances our ability to 
provide medical outreach products and services to Blackwell's 
society partners, as well as fulfill our own global educational 
mission in relation to cutting-edge medicine," said Nigel 
Fletcher-Jones, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Publishing 
Director, Blackwell Publishing.

About Blackwell Publishing

Blackwell Publishing is the world's leading society publisher, 
partnering with 665 medical, academic, and professional 
societies. Blackwell publishes over 800 journals and has over 
6,000 books in print. The company remains independent with over 
1,000 staff members in offices in the US, UK, Australia, China, 
Singapore, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. Blackwell's mission as an 
expert publisher is to create long-term partnerships with our 
clients that enhance learning, disseminate research, and improve 
the quality of professional practice.  For more information on 
Blackwell Publishing, please visit 
<http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/> or 
<http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/>

For more information about Le Jacq, visit www.lejacq.com

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