Company Profile

Biotechnical Communications (AKA: JourneyToWellness.com)
Profile last edited on: 4/12/16      CAGE: 3C6W3      UEI:

Business Identifier: Online health magazine and radio programming for African-Americans and ethnic minorities
Year Founded
1987
First Award
1993
Latest Award
2012
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

227 Sandy Springs Place NE
Atlanta, GA 30328
   (404) 364-1878
   sales@journeytowellness.com
   www.biotechnical.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 06
County: Fulton

Public Profile

Doing business as JourneyToWellness.com, Bio Technical Coomunications is the Internet component of the Journey To Wellness Radio media brand providing healthcare and health literacy information through syndicated radio programming on public radio stations and on the CNN Radio network. The firm offers research-based production and broadcast of health information targeted to African-American and other minority audiences. Expertise in health behavioral research, medical writing, production and broadcast for television, radio, and internet. JourneyToWellness.com allows visitors to actually listen to archived audio of the Journey to Wellness nationally syndicated radio programs, as well as read program-related articles and link to credible related resources. JourneyToWellness.com is a subsidiary of BioTechnical Communications, Inc. (BTC), a communications company specializing in the production and dissemination of health care information targeted to ethnic minorities. BTC has translated its research into a viable business by creating innovative, award-winning media products, including an award-winning television special on breast cancer and African-American women (To My Sisters, A Gift For Life), which was viewed by an estimated 3.5 million minority women and has distributed over 8,000 copies in video; a nationally syndicated radio talk show—Journey To Wellness® —a call-in talk show heard in over 50 markets throughout the country; and production of a 60-second weekly health feature for CNN Radio Network (also called Journey To Wellness®) that is distributed to CNN's 2,500 radio affiliates. BTC's business mission combines the interests of consumers and corporate sponsors: * To provide health care information that engages minority consumers and influences health behaviors. * To provide companies with a direct link to minority consumers for the purpose of disseminating health information and marketing health-related products or servi

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
1-4
Revenue Range
Less than .5M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
N/A

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2012 2 NIH $1,908,875
Project Title: Health-Based Animated Webisode for Health Promotion
2008 2 NIH $1,218,271
Project Title: A health-based serial radio program for commercial radio
2006 1 NIH $100,000
Project Title: Research-Based Health Information Communications Network-261644001
2004 2 NIH $1,356,333
Project Title: Culturally Targeted Health Information Network
2004 1 NIH $100,000
Project Title: Interactive Community Healt Comm Ntwrk

Key People / Management

  Mary S Harris -- President