31 Aug 2001
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca has hired Jango
mmunications for strategic PR and communications advice surrounding
the launch of a number of global brands.
AstraZeneca declined to comment on which brands are included in the
brief or the nature of the remit, but it is understood the...
31 Aug 2001
FTSE 100-listed firm Shire Pharmaceuticals Group has appointed
Jessica Mann as its first global head of corporate communications, with
a mandate to create a dedicated corporate comms team.
Her arrival follows a three-year stint at ONdigital, which she left
following the merger of the brand...
31 Aug 2001
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca has hired Jango
mmunications for strategic PR and communications advice surrounding
the launch of a number of global brands.
AstraZeneca declined to comment on which brands are included in the
brief or the nature of the remit, but it is understood the...
31 Aug 2001
FTSE 100-listed firm Shire Pharmaceuticals Group has appointed
Jessica Mann as its first global head of corporate communications, with
a mandate to create a dedicated corporate comms team.
Her arrival follows a three-year stint at ONdigital, which she left
following the merger of the brand...
17 Aug 2001
| by ANDY ALLEN
APCO UK has won the public affairs brief for Novartis
Pharmaceuticals UK - as the Swiss drug giant prepares to roll out
several highly-anticipated new products.
The agency was awarded the brief after Novartis decided to beef up its
PA work.
Previously PA was handled by a small in-house...
17 Aug 2001
The Red Consultancy's healthcare team has been appointed to handle
the UK launch of Eli Lilly manufactured Cialis, an erectile disfunction
treatment to rival Viagra.
The ability to launch the product follows a High Court ruling last
November declaring the patent of Pfizer's Viagra - which...
13 Aug 2001
| by Staff,
LONDON - WH Smith is set to challenge electrical retailers as it looks at expanding its brand to sell a range of electrical goods in its stores.
10 Aug 2001
| by BEN BOLD
Public affairs shop Morgan Allen Moore has won a slice of
pharmaceutical company Abbot Laboratories' PA and media relations
business.
With fees thought to be in six figures, the agency will work on
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) - a condition that affects 95 to 100
per cent of babies...
10 Aug 2001
BRUSSELS: Porter Novelli Brussels (PNB) has won a PR brief with
global eye-care technology firm Bausch & Lomb. The agency will act as
lead PR firm co-ordinating a network covering France, the UK, Italy,
Spain and Germany. PNB has also been appointed by Flemish NGO
Broederlijk Delen for an internal...
10 Aug 2001
The EC last week announcedplans for a limited series of trials on
drugs for Aids, diabetes and asthma, under which information on
prescription drugs would be more readily available than ever before. The
proposals have already attracted vehement opposition. There is suspicion
in the sector that...