"Wall Street Journal" starts online Edition for Health Industry

Business Publisher, July 23, 2002

The Wall Street Journal Online (New York; wsj.com), a division of Dow Jones (South Brunswick, NJ), has begun the publication of Health Industry Edition, an online subscription site that covers the business of health for health industry professionals.

It is being targeted to benefits managers, pharmaceutical and health industry executives, and physicians. An annual subscription costs the same as a regular WSJ Online subscription, $79, or $39 for WSJ print or Barron's subscribers. Corporate subscriptions for organizations purchasing for more than 100 users are available.

The new online resource carries information from the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and commentary. Coverage areas include pharmaceutical/biotech companies, health providers/insurers, research/science, policy/legislation and medical products. Regular columns will include "Waldholtz on Health," a weekly discussion of health industry issues and developments, and "The Daily Scan," a feature that will carry summaries of "the most provocative and important health industry writing."

The site's Quote & Research section carries information on health industry companies, with news, executive biographies, financials and charting on more than 30,000 companies.