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Dec 22, 2021

Clarivate acquires Patient Connect

Clarivate has acquired Patient Connect, a provider of patient engagement solutions that enable the measurement of clinical and commercial outcomes and inform the advancement of healthcare. Patient Connect patient engagement solutions improve patient outcomes by delivering clinical messaging to physicians and pharmacists at the point of patient contact. Clinical messaging is delivered in physician and pharmacist workflows, to help guide patients to better understand their treatment and disease and empower them to make informed healthcare decisions. Patient Connect has a global reach of 834,000 physicians, 600,000 pharmacists and 1,000,000,000 patients, by point of contact.

Company: [Clarivate]

May 16, 2021

Clarivate to acquire ProQuest

Clarivate announced a definitive agreement to acquire ProQuest, a leading global software, data and analytics provider to academic, research and national institutions, from Cambridge Information Group, a family-owned investment firm, and other partners including Atairos, for $5.3 billion, including refinancing of ProQuest debt. The consideration for the acquisition is approximately $4.0 billion in cash and $1.3 billion of equity. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021.

Company: [Clarivate] [ProQuest]

Nov 9, 2020

American Society of Mechanical Engineers acquires Techstreet from Clarivate

Clarivate and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers announced that the International Society of Interdisciplinary Engineers LLC, a new for-profit subsidiary of ASME, has acquired Techstreet.

Company: [Clarivate]

Nov 2020

Kopernio relaunched as EndNote Click

Company: [Clarivate]

Oct 30, 2020

Clarivate acquires Hanlim IPS

Clarivate announced that it has acquired South Korean Hanlim IPS. By combining strengths, Clarivate and Hanlim IPS will be able to provide a more comprehensive suite of intellectual property solutions to customers in South Korea and worldwide, covering the entire innovation and IP lifecycle – from scientific and academic research to IP portfolio management and protection.

Company: [Clarivate]

Oct 26, 2020

Clarivate acquires IncoPat

Beijing Incopat Co., Ltd has joined Clarivate. By combining strengths, Clarivate and IncoPat will be able to provide a more comprehensive suite of intellectual property solutions to customers in China and worldwide, covering the entire innovation and IP lifecycle – from scientific and academic research to IP portfolio management and protection.

Company: [Clarivate]

Oct 1, 2020

Clarivate completes acquisition of CPA Global

Clarivate announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of CPA Global, creating an intellectual property powerhouse.

Company: [Clarivate]

Mar 2, 2020

Clarivate Analytics closes acquisition of Decision Resources Group

Clarivate Analytics announced it has completed its acquisition of Decision Resources Group from Piramal Enterprises Limited. DRG is a premier provider of high-value data, analytics and insights products and services to the healthcare industry. DRG specializes in enabling the world's leading pharma, biotech and medical technology companies to achieve commercial success in complex health markets with the creation of effective patient-centric commercial strategies.

Company: [Clarivate]

Dec 2, 2019

Clarivate Analytics acquires Darts-ip

Clarivate Analytics announced it has acquired Darts-ip, a leading provider of case law data and analytics for intellectual property professionals. Recently awarded best legal tech company by Trends Legal Awards in Belgium, Darts-ip's case law data and supporting analytics solutions will be offered alongside Clarivate's trusted patent, trademark and domain data and solutions, across Derwent, CompuMark and MarkMonitor.

Company: [Clarivate]

Sep 9, 2019

Clarivate Analytics acquires SequenceBase

Clarivate Analytics announced that it has acquired the business of SequenceBase, a leader in providing patent sequence information and search technology to the biotech, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The acquisition will deliver an expanded solution to the fast-growing biologics market. It complements Derwent’s GENESEQ database and leading patent research platform Derwent Innovation, providing users with an intuitive solution to easily search, analyze and find context in sequence data within patents. GENESEQ is a proprietary database trusted by the largest players in biologics today. It is the only database to provide annotated analysis to help simplify the complexity of searching and identifying biological sequences (DNA, RNA and protein sequences) covered in patents from over 50 patent issuing authorities.

Company: [Clarivate]

May 13, 2019

Clarivate Analytics becomes a public company through merger with Churchill Capital Corp

Clarivate Analytics, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, and Churchill Capital Corp, a publicly traded investment vehicle, announced the closing of their merger following the receipt of stockholder approval at Churchill's special meeting of stockholders. In connection with the consummation of the merger, the combined company was renamed Clarivate Analytics Plc, and anticipates that starting on May 14, 2019, its ordinary shares and warrants will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange and NYSE American under the symbols CCC and CCC WS, respectively.

Company: [Clarivate]

Oct 30, 2018

Clarivate Analytics acquires TrademarkVision

Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, today announced the acquisition of Australian AI-technology company TrademarkVision. It joins Boston-based company CompuMark, the trademark clearance and protection partner for 9 out of 10 of the world's most valuable brands.

Company: [Clarivate]

Apr 10, 2018

Clarivate Analytics acquires Kopernio

Clarivate Analytics announced the strategic acquisition of AI-technology startup Kopernio, to create the definitive publisher-neutral platform for research workflow and analysis for scientific researchers, publishers and institutions worldwide. Kopernio's vision is to legally provide one-click access to millions of journal articles and academic research papers across the globe, dramatically improving and facilitating access to scientific knowledge.

Company: [Clarivate]

Jul 2017

Kopernio was founded by Jan Reichelt and Benjamin Kaube

Company: [Clarivate]

Jun 1, 2017

Clarivate Analytics acquires Publons

Clarivate Analytics today announced the acquisition of Publons and its leading global platform for researchers to share, discuss and receive recognition for peer review and editing of academic research. The acquisition brings together the world's preeminent citation database and the world's largest researcher-facing peer-review data and recognition platform.

Company: [Clarivate]

Oct 4, 2016

Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science becomes Clarivate Analytics

The previously announced sale of the Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia was completed . The company's many well‐known brands include Web of Science, Cortellis, Thomson Innovation, Derwent World Patents Index, Thomson CompuMark, MarkMonitor, Thomson IP Managerand Techstreet, among others. The newly independent company will be known as Clarivate Analytics, a name that speaks to accelerating the pace of innovation with the trusted insights and analytics it provides to customers. Clarivate Analytics enables users around the world to discover, protect and commercialize their ideas, faster.

Company: [Clarivate]

Oct 2013

Thomson Reuters acquires Entagen, builds Cortellis data fusion technology

Opportunities created by Cortellis Data Fusion are a result of the recent acquisition by Thomson Reuters of Entagen, an industry-leader in providing semantic search/navigation software and custom development services to large pharma, biotech and laboratory automation companies.

Company: [Clarivate] [Thomson Reuters]

2012

Publons founded by Andrew Preston and Daniel Johnston

Company: [Clarivate]

2012

MarkMonitor purchased by Thomson Reuters

Company: [Clarivate]

2011

Thomson Reuters launches Cortellis

Company: [Clarivate]

Jul 1, 2008

ProQuest acquires Dialog from Thomson Reuters

ProQuest acquired Dialog from ThomsonReuters and named industry veteran Suzanne BeDell as Dialog General Manager. Ms. BeDell will report to ProQuest CEO Marty Kahn.

Company: [ProQuest] [Clarivate] [Thomson Reuters]

2008

Patient Connect founded by Dr.Grace Lomax and Zoe Barker

Company: [Clarivate]

Mar 5, 2007

Thomson agrees to buy Reuters for $17.2 bln

Thomson Corp has agreed to buy Reuters Group for about 8.7 billion pounds ($17.20 billion) to create the world's biggest financial news and data company, the two firms said on Tuesday.

Company: [Thomson Reuters] [Clarivate]

2006

Darts-IP founded by Jean-Jo Evrard

Company: [Clarivate]

Jun 2005

SequenceBase founded by Martin Goffman

Company: [Clarivate]

Apr 15, 1999

Institute for Scientific Information acquires Niles Software and EndNote

The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) today announced the acquisition of Niles Software, Inc. and the formation of a new company, ISI ResearchSoft. Berkeley,California-based Niles Software, creators of the EndNote bibliographic management program, will combine forces with another ISI subsidiary, Research Information Systems

Company: [Clarivate] [Institute for Scientific Information]

1999

MarkMonitor Inc. founded by Faisal Shah, Ed Priddy and James Hepworth

Company: [Clarivate]

1997

ISI launches Web of Science

Company: [Clarivate]

1996

Hanlim IPS was founded by Lim, Dong-Choon

Company: [Clarivate]

1992

Institute for Scientific Information acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare and named Thomson ISI

Company: [Clarivate]

1990

Decision Resources Group founded by Samuel C. Fleming and Sarah Fuller

Decision Resources was founded in 1990 by Samuel C. Fleming, CEO, and Sarah W. Fuller, President.

Company: [Clarivate]

1988

JPT holdings and Ted Cross acquire majority ownership of ISI

In 1988 Ted Cross and JPT holdings acquired over 50% of ISI’s shares.

Company: [Clarivate]

1985

Niles Software Inc. founded by Richard Niles

In 1985, Dr. Richard Niles, then a Mathematician, noticed that his wife (a scientist herself) was spending long hours compiling bibliographies for different journal formats. He decided to create a tool that would help his wife and other researchers to manage references and compile bibliographies automatically. Niles Software Inc. was founded in 1985 with a mission to create innovative software that simplifies the research and writing needs of the academic, biomedical, and scientific communities.

Company: [Clarivate]

1969

CPA Global Founded

Patent lawyers from different law firms in United Kingdom established CPA Global sharing the same objective, which is to provide intellectual property renewal services specializing in patents

Company: [Clarivate]

1965

Science Citation Index, later known as Web of Science, launched by Eugene Garfield

Company: [Clarivate]

1960

Eugene Garfield Associates Inc renamed to Institute for Scientific Information

Company: [Clarivate]

1958

Institute for Scientific Information founded by Eugene Garfield

The company was originally known as Documation. Eugene Garfield starts ISI by borrowing $500 from Household Finance. Current Contents of Chemical, Pharmaco-Medical & Life Sciences is the sole product. It covers 200 journals in about 32 pages per issue.

Company: [Clarivate]