In the end of September, it was announced that a Canadian giant “Thompson Corporation” had purchased a Barcelona-based company “Prous Science”. The price of the purchase was not disclosed.Prous Science is a strong Spanish company, which supplies life sciences to both professional and business customers from all over the world. It was established in 1958, and has provided scientists with information on drug development and drug innovations ever since. Its web portal contains data on over 265,000 biologically active compounds and almost 100,00 records about family patents. Currently, the staff of Prous Science exceeds 180 employees. Within the Canadian corporation, Prous Science will become a part of the huge electronic media company “Thomson Scientific”.

Thompson Corp., which operates from both Canada and USA, has its main office in Toronto and a headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, and renders services to 37 countries. It supplies professionals with software tools and a whole range of information in the domains of scientific research and healthcare, as well as accounting, tax, law, and financial services. Currently, Thomson Corp. employs more than 32,000 workers.

By acquiring Prous Sciences, Thompson Corp. will be able to add this well-established and internationally-accepted brand to its own creativity, financial stability, and informational and technological base, in order to accelerate innovations and facilitate development in the sphere of pharmaceutics. It is expected that the strength of the two companies will be united to add value to drug research and healthcare, and to further benefit the global scientific community.