United Business Media

UBM was a leading global business-to-business event organizer and marketing services company with a significant footprint in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. Through its UBM Life Sciences and UBM Medica divisions, the company managed a portfolio of influential trade publications and professional journals, including Pharmaceutical Technology, BioPharm International, and Medical Economics. UBM was also the organizer of CPhI, the world's largest series of pharmaceutical ingredients exhibitions, which serves as a critical networking hub for the global drug manufacturing industry. In 2018, UBM was acquired by Informa plc for approximately £3.9 billion, creating one of the world's largest information services and events groups. Its legacy healthcare assets continue to operate under Informa's various divisions, providing data and connectivity to the pharmaceutical and medical communities.