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The leading company in developing knowledge of health and medicine acquires 51% of Madrid companies specializing in communication, consultancy, and training in the health sector. The third acquisition in Spain completes a center of scientific excellence already a leader in the veterinary and dental fields.

 

Madrid, 1 July 2021. EDRA has acquired 51% of Luzán5 Health Consulting, a Spanish communication, consulting, and training company in the health sector, consolidating the scientific activities in Spain and Latin America. The entry of EDRA allows Luzán 5 to access innovative solutions and technologies to develop its offer and enrich the skills of more than 60 professionals based in Madrid.
For Antonio Franco, CEO of Luzán5, "This union represents an opportunity for growth for a family company like ours; in the process of celebrating 40 years of history, we want to strengthen ourself in the Spanish market and, at the same time, bringing our skills to a new international dimension: we find a new impetus in Edra's values and vision ".

Giorgio Albonetti, President and CEO of EDRA, stated that "This acquisition represents a new fundamental step for our group in our expansion process and allows us to increase our position in the health sector, consolidating our scientific leadership in the market, especially in the Spanish language, a strategic market in which the group already operates thanks to the acquisition of excellent companies: Grupo Asís Biomedia in 2017, specialized in the veterinary sector, and Cyan Editores in 2019, focused on the dental sector. "

Ludovico Baldessin, Chief Business & Content Officer of EDRA, adds "The pandemic reaffirms the lack of borders in health, the complexity of the challenges we face requires new global responses: the multiculturalism and internationality of the skills of Luzan 5 professionals are growing further the ability of Edra to contribute to the evolution of health and medicine with new answers and new solutions ".

EDRA currently has more than 400 employees and dozens of direct collaborators, all highly qualified professionals specializing in developing knowledge in health and medicine. It develops innovative solutions with industry and major institutions,
publishes about 100 print and 50 digital magazines, publishes more than 400 books a year, has an editorial catalog with more than 4,500 titles, carries out hundreds of training actions. It has offices in several European countries and operates in more than 60 countries.
Albonetti concludes, "together, the prospects for the future are enormously positive thanks to the synergies that will benefit both parties and to a common company philosophy based on trust, transparency, innovation and which puts people at the center to contribute to the general improvement of health systems