03 Dec 1999
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
Johnson and Johnson MSD has appointed Manning Selvage and Lee
(MS&L) to work on UK and international PR for anti-diarrhoea drug
Imodium.
03 Dec 1999
| by MARY COWLETT
Last month, Hill and Knowlton merged its ethical and consumer
healthcare divisions to create a single offering, reflecting the
increasingly consumer-driven focus of the drugs market.
26 Nov 1999
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
New Scientist has named Jeremy Webb as its new editor. He replaces
Alun Anderson, who has been promoted to editor-in-chief and charged with
overseeing the title s expansion into the US and on-line. The launch of
a US edition and a US web site is due in March next year.
19 Nov 1999
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Health communications group Lowe Healthcare Worldwide has bought
International Pharmaceutical Research, a contract research organisation
that manages clinical trial and research programmes for the medical and
biotech industries.
19 Nov 1999
| by DAVID MCCORMACK
Procter and Gamble is understood to have selected Jackie Cooper PR
from its agency roster for the UK launch of Charmin, the jumbo-sized
toilet roll brand which dominates the US market.
19 Nov 1999
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
Cohn and Wolfe has won the competitive pitch for launch PR for
Zyban, Glaxo Wellcome s new smoking cessation product. The account was
originally put out to tender this summer (PR Week, 16 July).
19 Nov 1999
| by REBECCA FLASS
NEW YORK: Ogilvy PR Worldwide has continued its acquisition spree,
buying Massachusetts-based Feinstein Kean Partners - a healthcare and
biotech agency with annual fees in excess of pounds 5 million.
12 Nov 1999
| by ASHLEY DAVIES And JOHN FRANK In Chicago
CHIGACO: Pharmaceuticals giant Monsanto has poached Ameritech s
senior vice-president of communications, following the telecom company s
takeover by rival CBS Communications.
05 Nov 1999
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
Eli Lilly has appointed British Heart Foundation communications
director Maxine Smith as its UK corporate affairs director, following
the promotion of Stephen Whitehead earlier this year.
05 Nov 1999
| by ASHLEY DAVIES
Kim Fellows has been appointed as the first Scottish public affairs
director for the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
(ABPI), the trade body that lobbies on behalf of companies involved in
the research, development and manufacture of medicines and
treatments.