27 Apr 2001
Adams Healthcare has appointed Jackie Cooper PR to handle the
September trade and consumer relaunch of acne gel Quinoderm. The brief
is led by associate director Anna Cowie, who reports to JCPR client
marketing director Roger Bloxham.
27 Apr 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
AstraZeneca UK head of PR and communications Fiona Tigar has
boosted the pharmaceutical giant's in-house team, creating four senior
posts.
Tigar joined AstraZeneca in February last year with a brief to manage PR
for the company, which was created from the merger between Zeneca and
Astra...
27 Apr 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
Karen Tait has quit as head of external communications at drugs
company Pharmacia.
Her decision follows the completion of the merger between Pharmacia &
Upjohn and Monsanto, which created Pharmacia in March last year.
Tait, previously communications manager at Monsanto's pharmaceutical...
27 Apr 2001
Organisation: International drugs giants
Issue: Court case against South African government
The pharmaceutical industry found few supporters after abandoning its
court case against the South African government for infringing drug
patent rights.
Widely reported as a 'public relations...
27 Apr 2001
Amazon is standing by its chief executive Jeff Bezos, who faces allegations of misconduct after selling 8m worth of his shares in the online book retailer earlier this year.
25 Apr 2001
| by Louise Banbury
Amazon.com beat analysts’ expectations with a narrowed first-quarter loss, and said it was on track to reach profitability by the end of the year.
25 Apr 2001
Walt Disney has reported a loss of 567m ( 395.4m) for its second quarter ending March 31, reflecting the 1bn ( 679.4m) hit incurred in closing its Go.com portal and the closure of 70 Disney stores.
24 Apr 2001
Interactive agency MarchFIRST is to sell its Portland, Denver and San Francisco offices to SBI, an internet business services company based in Salt Lake City.
18 Apr 2001
| by Anna Clarke
In a widely anticipated move, Microsoft has appointed Bartle Bogle Hegarty to lead a team of local agencies for the European launch of its Xbox video game console, which is expected to go on sale in early 2002.
18 Apr 2001
| by Louise Banbury
Online book retailer Barnes 109m ( 76.42m).