Cegedim
Cegedim SA is a health technology company based in Boulogne-Billancourt, founded in 1969. It employs more than 4,200 people in more than 10 countries. Revenue in 2017 was €457 million.[1]
Overview[edit]
The American subsidiary, Cegedim Inc., is based in Bedminster, New Jersey and has 2500 employees. It was formerly known as Dendrite International Inc. Founded in 1986, it changed its name in 2007.[2]
Several Cegedim companies have been established in Romania since 2001: Cegedim Customer Information, a research and services company for pharma industry, Cegedim Rx, a software and services company for medical ambulatory assistance and the Cegedim Service Center.[3]
It owns Cegedim Rx, which supplies pharmacy software (from the takeover of John Richardson Computers and NDC Health in 2004) and In Practice Systems Limited, which supplies primary care software.[4]
Cegedim Rx supplies its Pharmacy Manager software to around 2,500 independent and regional and chain pharmacies in the UK.[5] The Electronic Prescribing System crashed several times in June 2016, said to be the result of flooding in the London area where its data centre is based.[6]
Cegedim Insurance Solutions provides software and services across healthcare systems.[7]
In January 2021, Maiia, a startup subsidiary of the group, is one of the three companies chosen by the French Ministry of Health to manage online medical appointments and teleconsultations during the launch of the vaccination campaign against Covid-19, after it boomed in February 2020, just before the pandemic lockdown.[8]
It acquired NetEDI Ltd, the leading UK provider of PEPPOL for the NHS Supply Chain, in 2019, and changed its name to Cegedim e-business in 2022.[9]
It acquired Clinityx, a French firm with expertise in real-world data, notably in secured health data warehouses and linking them with SNDS, the French administrative healthcare database in October 2022.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cegedim, solutions creator for all professionals". Cegedim. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Company Overview of Cegedim Inc". Bloomberg. 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Key move. Gabriel Cernica appointed general director of Cegedim Customer Information and Cegedim Rx". Business Review. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "In Practice Systems (INPS) Ltd". Practice Index. 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Cegedim Rx says it is on track for ETP". Digital Health. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Cegedim to roll out new system following EPS crash". Chemist and Druggist. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Staying up-to-date with fraud". International Travel and Health Insurance Journal. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Maiia, la start-up qui va aider le gouvernement à accélérer la vaccination anti-Covid". Les Echos (in French). 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
- ^ "NetEDI changes its name to Cegedim e-business". PR Newswire. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Cegedim acquires French medical data expert Clinityx, strengthening its position in Real-World-Data". Pharmiweb. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
