1990
Root: Geriatrie-Praxis, Oct 1990. Grew out of Geriatrie-Praxis (1990); a title in its own right since January 2006.
- First issue
- 2006, issue 1 (Jan 2006)
- ISSN
- 1661-6197
- Numbering
- Vol. 21 (2026)
Publishing history · Prime Public Media
Prime Public Media AG (PPM) in Zürich publishes 16 medical journals for physicians in Switzerland. Eleven of them have a publishing history documented in the Swiss National Library catalogue, among them Hausarzt Praxis, Cardiovasc and InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie. The earliest documented root goes back to 1990: in October 1990 the first issue of Geriatrie-Praxis appeared, from which Hausarzt Praxis emerged in 2006; in the same year Hautnah Dermatologie started, the predecessor of Dermatologie Praxis. PPM owns and continues the titles of the former Swiss Springer medical list, which came to PPM on 1 October 2012 by way of MMV Basel, Springer Medizin Verlag Schweiz and Medien & Medizin Verlag Zürich. The Swiss National Library catalogues each of these titles as one continuing journal across all publishers, with unbroken volume numbering.
As of Oct. 2026 · Sources: Swiss National Library (Helveticat), Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB), trade press
Family tree, timeline, publishers
Each line is a journal, each dot an event recorded in the catalogue. The coloured bands show which publisher issued the Swiss titles in which period.
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The dark blue bar shows Springer, founded in Berlin in 1842, today Springer Medizin in Germany. The squares on the bar mark stages of the publishing heritage, the circles the points where a Swiss title is linked to Springer. Click either to open the details. Dotted lines connect Swiss titles to Springer where the catalogue documents a link: as a title of the Swiss Springer unit (2002 to 2009) or as the Swiss edition of a German Springer journal. The orange lines above the bar show the German parallel titles: dashed up to the start of the Swiss edition, then as a thin line for as long as Springer continues the title in parallel. The coloured bands show the company history. The dots on the title lines show the details in each title's catalogue record; the catalogues date some changes of publisher slightly differently from title to title.
Julius Springer opens a bookshop in Berlin, the origin of the Springer-Verlag publishing house. The Swiss titles were published within this group until 2009.
Source: NIU Libraries
Der Nervenarzt is published by Springer in Berlin; today it belongs to the Springer Medizin neurology list, as does the German InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie. Not a predecessor of any PPM title.
Source: DNB
Hautnah Schweiz Dermatologie appears with Vol. 1, published by DERM-A-MED.
Source: Helveticat
First issue of Geriatrie-Praxis, Schweizer Journal für Altersmedizin [Swiss Journal of Geriatric Medicine], from Tel-Express in Zürich. This is the earliest documented root of today's list.
Source: Helveticat
According to the commercial register, Derm-A-Med Verlag AG is registered at Thurgauerstrasse 23, 8050 Zürich. It publishes Hautnah Schweiz Dermatologie.
Source: Commercial register (Moneyhouse)
According to the commercial register, Derm-A-Med Verlag AG takes over Tel-Express AG, the publisher of Geriatrie-Praxis.
Source: Commercial register (Moneyhouse)
Germany (Springer Medizin)
In Germany, InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie is published by Urban & Vogel, today Springer Medizin.
Source: ZDB
Bertelsmann acquires a majority stake in Springer: BertelsmannSpringer.
Source: NIU Libraries
According to the commercial register, Derm-A-Med Verlag AG merges with Verlag Heinrich Vogel AG, Zürich.
Source: Commercial register (Moneyhouse)
Switzerland (Prime Public Media and predecessors)
Source: Helveticat: Cardiovasc
Germany (Springer Medizin)
Source: ZDB 2061994-7: publication history «1.2001 -» (MARC)Springer Nature Link: volumes and issues
Hautnah Schweiz Dermatologie moves to Medien & Medizin Verlag MMV in Basel.
Source: Helveticat
BertelsmannSpringer is sold to Cinven and Candover.
Source: NIU Libraries
Switzerland (Prime Public Media and predecessors)
Germany (Springer Medizin)
Source: ZDB 2008542-4: publication history «1.1999 -» (MARC)Springer Nature Link: volumes and issues
After the merger with Kluwer, the group is named Springer Science+Business Media.
Source: Wikipedia
Geriatrie-Praxis ends with Vol. 16, no. 11/12, Hautnah Schweiz Dermatologie with Vol. 16 (2005).
Source: HelveticatHelveticat
Hausarzt-Praxis appears with issue 1. According to the catalogue, Geriatrie-Praxis was split into Hausarzt-Praxis and Geriatrie-Praxis (special).
Source: Helveticat
Dermatologie-Praxis continues Hautnah, at first as a Hausarzt Praxis special.
Source: Helveticat
Gynäkologie-Praxis appears as a Hausarzt Praxis special from Medien & Medizin Verlag MMV AG, Basel.
Source: Helveticat
The Swiss titles are published by Springer Medizin Verlag Schweiz AG in Zürich.
Source: Helveticat
Last issue of the first phase of Gynäkologie-Praxis. According to the catalogue, nothing appears from 2008 to 2025.
Source: Helveticat
Name changed to Springer Business Media Schweiz AG, Springer Medizin Verlag.
Source: Helveticat
Management buyout: the Swiss company leaves the Springer group and is again named Medien & Medizin Verlag AG, Zürich.
Source: m&k
Medien & Medizin Verlag becomes part of the Südostschweiz Medien group.
Source: m&k
Prime Public Media takes over the medical titles and the editorial team from Medien & Medizin Verlag.
Source: m&k
Germany (Springer Medizin)
The earliest dated cover of the German InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie (issue 15/1) shows the wordmark of the Springer Medizin InFo series, which the Swiss edition still carries.
Source: Cover 15/1
InFo Onkologie & Hämatologie appears with Vol. 1, no. 0 from Prime Public Media.
Source: Helveticat
Prime Public Media launches Info Schmerz & Geriatrie and InFo Pneumologie & Allergologie.
Source: HelveticatHelveticat
Germany (Springer Medizin)
Springer switches the German edition to the wordmark «Neurologie + Psychiatrie»; the Swiss edition keeps the original wordmark.
Source: Cover 22/1
Last issue of Info Schmerz & Geriatrie (2022, issue 1/2).
Source: Helveticat
Continued as InFo Rheumatologie with Vol. 5, issue 1.
Source: Helveticat
Gastroenterologie Praxis appears with Vol. 1, issue 1.
Source: Helveticat
InFo Diabetologie & Endokrinologie appears with issue 1.
Source: Helveticat
Relaunch of Gynäkologie Praxis at Prime Public Media, twice a year.
Source: Helveticat
Switzerland (Prime Public Media and predecessors)
Numbering as of 2026: Cardiovasc Vol. 25, InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie Vol. 24, Hausarzt Praxis Vol. 21.
Source: HelveticatHelveticatHelveticat
Germany (Springer Medizin)
Springer Medizin continues both German parallel editions: InFo Neurologie + Psychiatrie with Vol. 28, issue 9, and Cardiovasc with Vol. 26, issue 4 (both September 2026).
Source: Springer Nature Link: InFo Neurologie + PsychiatrieSpringer Nature Link: Cardiovasc
Info Adipositas & Ernährung is announced, planned for 19 March 2027.
Source: Helveticat
Publishing heritage
Berlin
1842 to Dec 2009
Until 2009 the Swiss titles were published within the Springer group, founded in Berlin in 1842. In 1999 Bertelsmann acquired a majority stake (BertelsmannSpringer), in 2003 the group was sold to Cinven and Candover, and from 2004 it was named Springer Science+Business Media. In Germany the publisher continues today as Springer Medizin.
Prime Public Media was never part of the Springer group. PPM took over the titles and the editorial team in 2012 and continues the Swiss heritage of Springer Medizin.
Titles in this period
Sources: NIU Libraries: Springer, publisher historyWikipedia: Springer Science+Business MediaHelveticat: CardiovascHelveticat: Info Neurologie & PsychiatrieHelveticat: Hausarzt-PraxisHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis (1990 to 2005)Helveticat: Dermatologie-PraxisHelveticat: Hautnah Schweiz DermatologieHelveticat: Gynäkologie-Praxis
Predecessor publisher
Zürich
Oct 1990 to 1999
According to the commercial register, Derm-A-Med Verlag AG took over Tel-Express AG in 1998/99; the catalogue names Tel-Express as the publisher of Geriatrie-Praxis until 2005.
Titles in this period
Sources: Commercial register (Moneyhouse): Medien & Medizin Verlag MMV AGHelveticat: Hausarzt-PraxisHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis (1990 to 2005)Helveticat: Forschung und PraxisHelveticat: ORL PraxisHelveticat: ORL highlights
Predecessor publisher (per the commercial register)
Thurgauerstrasse 23, 8050 Zürich
Jan 1991 to Dec 1999
Registered on 17 January 1991; listed in the catalogue as DERM-A-MED, Kreuzlingen and Zürich. In 1998/99 the company took over Tel-Express AG; in December 1999 it merged with Verlag Heinrich Vogel AG, Zürich.
The same company was later named Medien & Medizin Verlag MMV AG and was struck off the commercial register on 29 April 2010. The register gives no date for the address.
Titles in this period
Sources: Commercial register (Moneyhouse): Medien & Medizin Verlag MMV AGHelveticat: Dermatologie-PraxisHelveticat: Hautnah Schweiz Dermatologie
Swiss unit of BertelsmannSpringer
Basel
Feb 2002 to 2006
The Swiss unit of BertelsmannSpringer, from 2003 Springer Science+Business Media, traded as Medien & Medizin Verlag. According to the catalogue, between 2003 and 2006 it also took over the titles of Tel-Express and DERM-A-MED.
Titles in this period
Sources: m&k, interview of 20 Jan 2010Helveticat: CardiovascHelveticat: Info Neurologie & PsychiatrieHelveticat: Dermatologie-PraxisHelveticat: Hautnah Schweiz DermatologieHelveticat: Hausarzt-PraxisHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis (1990 to 2005)Helveticat: ORL PraxisHelveticat: ORL highlightsHelveticat: Gynäkologie-PraxisHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis, specialHelveticat: Gériatrie pratiqueHelveticat: Geriatrie pratique PraxisHelveticat: CME - formation continueHelveticat: Revue CME / gériatrie pratiqueHelveticat: Kongress-SpecialHelveticat: Forschung & PraxisHelveticat: medArt BaselHelveticat: Forschung und Praxis
Springer group
Zürich
2007 to July 2009
From 2007 the catalogue records name Springer Medizin Verlag Schweiz AG in Zürich as the publisher of the titles.
Titles in this period
Sources: Helveticat: CardiovascHelveticat: Info Neurologie & PsychiatrieHelveticat: Hausarzt-PraxisHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis (1990 to 2005)Helveticat: Dermatologie-PraxisHelveticat: Hautnah Schweiz DermatologieHelveticat: Gynäkologie-PraxisHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis, specialHelveticat: Gériatrie pratiqueHelveticat: Geriatrie pratique PraxisHelveticat: CME - formation continueHelveticat: Revue CME / gériatrie pratiqueHelveticat: ORL PraxisHelveticat: ORL highlightsHelveticat: Forschung und PraxisHelveticat: Kongress-SpecialHelveticat: Forschung & PraxisHelveticat: medArt BaselHelveticat: Zahnarzt-PraxisHelveticat: Dental world
Springer group
Neugasse 10, 8005 Zürich
Aug 2009 to Dec 2009
Second change of company name within the Springer group. The Cardiovasc catalogue record reads «Sept. 2009-Dez. 2009: Zürich : Springer Business Media Schweiz AG, Springer Medizin Verlag» [Sep 2009 to Dec 2009: Zürich: Springer Business Media Schweiz AG, Springer Medizin Verlag].
Titles in this period
Sources: m&k, 11 Dec 2009Helveticat: CardiovascHelveticat: Info Neurologie & Psychiatrie
Management buyout
Neugasse 10, 8005 Zürich
Dec 2009 to Sep 2012
In December 2009 the owners sold the Springer group to EQT and GIC. The Swiss company left the group through a management buyout and from then on was again named Medien & Medizin Verlag AG (MMV). All staff stayed on; the list also included Werbewoche and Media Trend Journal.
From 2010 MMV belonged to the Südostschweiz Medien group.
Titles in this period
Sources: m&k, 16 Dec 2009m&k, 11 Dec 2009m&k, 19 Aug 2010Helveticat: Hausarzt-PraxisHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis (1990 to 2005)Helveticat: CardiovascHelveticat: Info Neurologie & PsychiatrieHelveticat: Dermatologie-PraxisHelveticat: Hautnah Schweiz DermatologieHelveticat: Kongress-SpecialHelveticat: Forschung & PraxisHelveticat: medArt BaselHelveticat: Zahnarzt-PraxisHelveticat: Dental worldHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis, specialHelveticat: Gériatrie pratiqueHelveticat: Geriatrie pratique PraxisHelveticat: CME - formation continueHelveticat: Revue CME / gériatrie pratique
Current publisher
Neugasse 10, 8005 Zürich
Oct 2012 to the present
On 1 October 2012 Prime Public Media took over the medical titles and the editorial team from Medien & Medizin Verlag; MMV kept Werbewoche and Media Trend Journal. Since then PPM has continued the titles of the former Swiss Springer medical list and added titles of its own.
Titles in this period
Sources: m&k, 12 Oct 2012Helveticat: Hausarzt-PraxisHelveticat: Geriatrie-Praxis (1990 to 2005)Helveticat: CardiovascHelveticat: Info Neurologie & PsychiatrieHelveticat: Dermatologie-PraxisHelveticat: Hautnah Schweiz DermatologieHelveticat: Kongress-SpecialHelveticat: Forschung & PraxisHelveticat: medArt BaselHelveticat: Info Onkologie & HämatologieHelveticat: Info RheumatologieHelveticat: Info Schmerz & GeriatrieHelveticat: Info Pneumologie & AllergologieHelveticat: Gastroenterologie PraxisHelveticat: Info Diabetologie & EndokrinologieHelveticat: Gynäkologie-PraxisHelveticat: Info Adipositas & Ernährung (Print)Helveticat: Info Adipositas & Ernährung (Online)
Titles
First documented year, ISSN and current numbering for each title. Click to open the publisher details as worded in the catalogue.
Root: Geriatrie-Praxis, Oct 1990. Grew out of Geriatrie-Praxis (1990); a title in its own right since January 2006.
Root: Hautnah Schweiz Dermatologie, 1990. Continues Hautnah Schweiz Dermatologie (1990 to 2005).
Root: German edition from 1999. Swiss edition of the German InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie (1999).
Root: German edition from 2001. Swiss edition of the German Cardiovasc, founded in 2001, from the Urban & Vogel and Springer Medizin list.
Hausarzt Praxis special since 2006, relaunched by PPM in 2026.
Founded by Prime Public Media, 2013.
Root: Info Schmerz & Geriatrie, Nov 2019. Continues Info Schmerz & Geriatrie (2019 to 2022).
Founded by Prime Public Media, 2019.
Founded by Prime Public Media, 2023.
Founded by Prime Public Media, 2024.
New journal from Prime Public Media, announced for 2027.
Current Prime Public Media title.
These journals and supplements were published by the predecessor publishers and have been discontinued. They are part of the list's history but no longer appear.
Cardiovasc has been published since February 2002, InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie since December 2003, and Hausarzt Praxis since January 2006, each with unbroken numbering to the present day. Hausarzt Praxis and Dermatologie Praxis belong to title lineages that began in 1990 with Geriatrie-Praxis and Hautnah Schweiz Dermatologie. Prime Public Media has published the titles since 1 October 2012.
Prime Public Media continues the titles of the former Swiss Springer medical list. The Swiss company left the Springer group in December 2009 through a management buyout and was then named Medien & Medizin Verlag AG. Prime Public Media took over its medical titles and editorial team on 1 October 2012. Prime Public Media has never been part of the Springer group.
According to the publisher, the list comprises 16 medical journals, supplemented by annual thematic special issues. Hausarzt Praxis, Cardiovasc, InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie, Dermatologie Praxis, Gynäkologie Praxis, InFo Onkologie & Hämatologie, InFo Rheumatologie, InFo Pneumologie & Allergologie, Gastroenterologie Praxis, InFo Diabetologie & Endokrinologie and Phytotherapie Praxis appear regularly; the publishing history describes these eleven titles. Info Adipositas & Ernährung is announced for 2027.
The portal medizinonline.com reaches 34’000+ physicians in Switzerland. In addition, there are 34’900 newsletter subscribers across 14 specialist newsletters, with a unique open rate of over 35% for the weekly newsletter, and a D/A/CH network of 420’000+ physicians. Digital reach is certified by a notary.
In the catalogue of the Swiss National Library (Helveticat), which keeps each journal in a single record across all changes of publisher, in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB), and in dated reports in the trade press from 2009 to 2012. Each entry on this page links to its source.
Both Swiss titles began as Swiss editions of German journals from Urban & Vogel, today Springer Medizin: Cardiovasc (Germany since 2001, Switzerland since 2002) and InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie (Germany since 1999, Switzerland since 2003). The German editions continue to be published by Springer Medizin, the Swiss editions by Prime Public Media.
Across all current titles, around 820 issues since 2002 (range 802 to 844), calculated from publication frequency and holdings according to the National Library catalogue (as of Oct 2026). Hausarzt Praxis alone accounts for around 280 issues since January 2006, and InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie for 137 since December 2003.
At Neugasse 10 in 8005 Zürich. In 2009, Springer Business Media Schweiz AG worked at the same address, followed by Medien & Medizin Verlag AG, from which Prime Public Media took over the titles.
Sources and method
All details on this page come from catalogue records of the Swiss National Library (Helveticat) and the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB, the German union catalogue of serials), and from dated articles in the trade press.
The homepage lists 16 specialist journals: all current periodicals of Prime Public Media. This page shows the eleven titles whose origin the National Library catalogue records as a continuing journal. The annual themed specials are not counted.
The basis is the catalogue records of the Swiss National Library. The library keeps each journal as one record across all publishers and names the publishers, with dates, in the «Publikation» field [publication], for example «2007-Juli 2009: Zürich : Springer Medizin Verlag Schweiz AG» [2007 to July 2009: Zürich: Springer Medizin Verlag Schweiz AG]. This page reproduces these entries word for word. Angle brackets such as «<2010->» mean that the catalogue infers the year from the issue in hand.
Predecessors, successors, splits and parallel editions come from the links in the catalogue («Fortsetzung von» [continues], «Gesplittet in» [split into], «In Beziehung stehend» [related]). The ZDB serials database is the second source for German parallel editions and predecessor titles. For the first year of publication the ZDB often gives today's publisher, so the dated entries of the Swiss National Library decide who published a title and when.
The company history from 2009 to 2012 (management buyout, takeover by Prime Public Media) is based on dated articles in the trade journal m&k markt & kommunikation. The catalogues date some changes of publisher differently for each title, for example the move to Prime Public Media between October 2012 and April 2013; the page always shows the catalogue's date. Research as of 20 October 2026.
The «Verlagserbe» line [publishing heritage] shows the history of the Springer group, within which the Swiss titles were published until 2009. The years before 1990 are compressed on the time axis. These years describe the publishing list, not the founding year of a Prime Public Media title; Der Nervenarzt (1928) appears there as a title of the Springer Medizin neurology list, to which the German partner edition of InFo Neurologie & Psychiatrie belongs.
The data on this page as a dataset: verlagsgeschichte.json (JSON, free to use with attribution)