Healthcare
Freud Communications scoops £1m Department of Health PR account
Matthew Freud's PR agency has won a multi-faceted £1m per year PR account with the Department of Health.
Healthcare News
Government data initiative set to be a 'game-changer' for healthcare comms
A Government initiative to release masses of health service data to the...
Former Lexis CEO Margot Raggett snapped up by health consultancy Journalista
Ex-Lexis CEO Margot Raggett has taken a non-executive director role at health...
Healthcare: NHS reforms trigger multiple MHP hires
MHP's health division has made a raft of new appointments as the...
InterContinental Hotels' senior VP of corporate affairs Leslie McGibbon set for GSK
InterContinental Hotels Group's (IHG) senior vice-president of global corporate affairs, Leslie McGibbon,...
Healthcare: Novartis seeks help for meningitis drug
Pharma giant Novartis has a global brief out to pitch for its...
Chandler Chicco Companies lures Ogilvy's David Kane for MD role
Healthcare comms group Chandler Chicco Companies is continuing to restructure, with the...
Whitehall comms chief Liam English lands Eli Lilly job
Eli Lilly has recruited a senior Whitehall comms figure to oversee its...
Healthcare: Pegasus called in for Tiger Balm UK brief
Tiger Balm, one of the world's best-selling pain relief products, has appointed...
On the Healthcare Agenda - Children choose TV over exercise
In a nutshell A study has revealed a generation of children...
MHP's Mike Birtwistle slams NHS 'listening exercise'
A senior healthcare comms professional has said that David Cameron and Nick...
Open Health raids Huntsworth for more senior healthcare comms specialists
The new healthcare comms shop set up by the former global CEO...
Chandler Chicco Companies rocked by resignation of two senior level staff in same week.
Carsten Edwards, MD of Brandtectonics Access, the market access consultancy arm of...
Fishburn Hedges sets up health team
Agency establishes healthcare arm to unite professionals under one wing
Cancer Research launches major PR campaign on danger of sunbeds
A major PR campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of sunbeds...
Abchurch brings in Adam Michael to head life science and healthcare division
Abchurch Communications is stepping up its presence in the life sciences and...
Comms can underpin NHS reforms agenda
A senior NHS professional has identified comms between pharma firms and GP...
Luther Pendragon to run tumour campaign
Luther Pendragon has been briefed to run a major campaign to raise...
Pfizer hires Tonic Life Comms to promote Centrum Multivitamins
Pfizer has appointed Tonic Life Communications to promote Centrum Multivitamin, the world's...
Cherry Wood appointed chair of the Healthcare Communications Association
The Healthcare Communications Association has elected Cherry Wood as chair at a...
Ex-Huntsworth staff create Open Health in partnership with Chime Communications
The former global CEO of Huntsworth Health has revealed details of a...
Bio-Oil hires Pegasus for consumer healthcare PR brief
Pegasus PR has been appointed to handle the consumer and healthcare professional...
Roche begins agency search for cancer drug
Roche is set to launch an agency review for its oncology drug...
Pegasus picks up Sk:n retained account from Schwartz
Pegasus has won the retained contract to promote Sk:n, the nationwide provider...
Lloydspharmacy on verge of appointing consumer PR shop
Lloydspharmacy is close to making a decision on appointing a new agency...
- Lord Bell readies Bell Pottinger MBO from Chime Communications 31 January 2012
Features
Healthcare: Drug appraisal - A matter of life and death
'Patient power' has transformed the PR strategies around new drugs - but...
How the Department of Health fought critics of the NHS across the Atlantic
NHS Debate Insider tells how the Department of Health dealt with American...
Research & Data
Power Book top ten PR gurus revealed
Matthew Freud is the most influential PR professional in the UK according...
Expert Knowledge
Top Ten Strategies for Boosting ROI Despite Shrinking Budgets and Dwindling Resources
Higher prices and tighter budgets are putting the squeeze on PR and...
The future of internal communications
This new report by executive search firm Watson Helsby provides insight into...
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