RxWiki Selected as Finalist for the 2014 Red Herring Top 100
One Giant Leap Towards Great Success
Austin – May 8, 2014 - RxWiki, Inc., a digital publisher and pharmacy services provider, announced today it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 North America award. This prestigious list recognizes the most promising and successful private companies in North America.
Since 1996 Red Herring has been using its rigorous selection process to identify the nation’s privately held businesses best positioned for explosive growth. Hundreds of finalists are evaluated each year in order to produce a list of the most exciting and disruptive companies in North America. Over twenty different selection criteria enable Red Herring to publish their renowned Top 100 list. These criteria range from social contribution and specialty, to growth rate and customer base.
Red Herring’s selective criteria offers a unique perspective of each finalist and has served as a powerful tool for potential inventors to discover and support up and coming businesses.
“Making the Red Herring Top 100 list is a significant accomplishment for RxWiki. We’re honored and excited to participate in Red Herring 2014,” said Donald Hackett, Chairman and CEO. “Here at RxWiki we’re re-inventing community pharmacy by creating, expanding and sharing the world’s medication knowledge for patients and consumers alike. We’re proud that Red Herring recognizes the strategic impact of RxWiki’s Digital Pharmacist network and our Life sciences Library,” Hackett continued.
Attending the Red Herring 2014 will be an event to remember. "The finalists list confirms the excellent choices made by entrepreneurs, VCs and the start-ups' solid roots in embracing their innovations. By all metrics, it emphasizes the United States’ entrepreneurial excellence," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring.
During the several months leading up to Red Herring’s Top 100 announcement, hundreds of companies in the fields of security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, life sciences, cloud, mobile and others completed their submissions to qualify for the award. More details about Red Herring 2014 in Monteray, California can be found by visiting their website.
About RxWiki, Inc.
RxWiki, Inc. is a digital media company empowering “Pre-Refill-Patients” to better communicate with pharmacists, gain insights from trusted information, and improve medication adherence. RxWiki publishes the only pharmacist-edited Life Sciences Library of digital encyclopedias with video integration and social media sharing. The Digital Pharmacist™ solution enables community pharmacies to synchronize patient education across mobile apps, social media and web applications. RxWiki’s RxExchange platform enables patients to complete pharmacy transactions from mobile apps.