The Thieme Group, with 950 staff, is a $180 million provider of medical and chemistry information, software, and services in a range of German and other international business units. International products include databases for medical student and resident education and board preparation, diagnostic imaging, nursing diagnosis as well as organic chemical synthesis for the pharmaceutical industry. Other products include informed consent and emergency management software. Services include programs for the management of chronic diseases. The Thieme Group also provides custom course software, publishes 200 journals and 400 books annually in electronic and print form and has a growing open access program. In addition to its headquarters in Stuttgart, the company maintains offices in other locations in Germany as well as New York, Delhi, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. Companies: Thieme Publishers, Thieme Compliance, DokuFORM, CRM, LifeTime, Georg Thieme Verlag, Trias