DXY.cn (Chinese: 丁香园; pinyin: Dīngxiāng Yuán; lit. 'Lilac Garden') is an online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities, established on July 23, 2000 by Tiantian Li.[1]

DXY.cn
丁香园
Type of site
Medical, Social network service, Health
Available inChinese
URLwww.dxy.cn
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedJuly 23, 2000
Current statusActive

DXY is more of a vertical community (a type of virtual community) than a traditional social network service, where physicians can gain insight from colleagues, discuss new clinical findings, report usual events and more. The company's Chinese name is 丁香园 (meaning "lilac garden"). The site is one of the largest physicians online community worldwide, with more than 3.2 million members.[2]

It also publishes news on clinical progress and industry news, reports conference and prepares professional material for physicians' continue education. The commercial business covers Biomart (platform for biomedical e-commerce), JobMD (platform for healthcare job searching and matching and headhunt service), DXY survey (market research related service).

DXY.com

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DXY.com (Chinese: 丁香医生; pinyin: Dīngxiāng Yīshēng; lit. 'Dr. Lilac') is a telemedicine platform affiliated with DXY.cn. It also offers a medical news service for a lay audience, as well as an online database for approved medication (official monographs and additional info).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Chinese online health platform DXY closes $500M raise". MobiHealthNews. 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  2. ^ "Homepage - 丁香园论坛 - 非专业医生社区,医学、药学、生命科学、科研学术交流". www.dxy.cn.
  3. ^ "丁香园创始人李天天:对莎普爱思的回应很失望". 每日经济新闻. 2017-12-25. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
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