New National License Agreement Provides India with Unlimited Access to the Cochrane Library

John Wiley and Sons Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) is pleased to announce that students, practitioners, researchers and patients in India will now have access to more than 7,000 published systematic reviews in healthcare interventions through one-click access to the Cochrane Library. Cochrane is a leading resource in evidence-based research across areas including pregnancy, mental health, surgical procedures, and public health. Cochrane reviews provide independent high-quality evidence to aid healthcare decision making.  The collaboration between Wiley, Cochrane and the National Medical Library in India offers free access, through IP recognition, to the Cochrane Library across India. This opportunity has been made possible thanks to the National Medical Library and will allow over 1.3 billion residents of India availability to the gold-standard in evidence-based health care research. The license will run from 2017 to 2020.  Dr. K.P Singh, Director – National Medical Library welcomed the move: “This national license will have a great impact on the quality of evidence and research used in healthcare interventions across India. We are very committed to future-proofing our healthcare system and by enabling one-click free access to the Cochrane Library we are looking after our population.”  Over 1,300 Indian researchers contributed to Cochrane research. This demonstrates the importance of the new national license. Access to the best research in the world is key to developing...
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