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Newsletter 33 December 2013

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Our latest news

Client projects highlights

Websites launched

Latest client press releases

Meet our team

Events you can meet us at

Thought you'd be interested


We are pleased to provide this round-up of news snippets about ourselves, our clients and our sector, as well as updates on our recent activities and future events. You can find out more about us by visiting our website or do drop us an email or give us a call. We wish you a peaceful and joyous festive period.

Season's greetings
Sue Charles, Managing Partner

 

Our latest news

College Hill Life Sciences

Welcome to our new clients

We have continued to expand our portfolio with five additional client wins during the last three months. New client mandates span the Consultancy’s offering from fully retained services to branding and ad hoc projects. Read more

 

College Hill Life Sciences Targets Asian Markets

As we increase our focus on Asia, following College Group’s expansion in the region (see below) we participated in the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) Mission to China from 11-15 November and presented at BioChina. Read more

 

College Hill Life Sciences celebrates Gold win with GE Healthcare Life Sciences

Our client won Gold for the Best Healthcare Campaign at the CIPR PRide Awards for Thames and Chiltern, which recognises the global success of GE's 2012 Cell Imaging Competition. 
Read more

 

College Group extends Asia presence

College Group enhances its capabilities in supporting global clients in the Greater China region with the acquisition of The PR people Consultancy, with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. Read more

 

College Hill rises in Mergermarket M&A deals league tables

We have improved our ranking in this year’s Mergermarket league tables of the top M&A deals, based on our work undertaken in the first three quarters of 2013. Read more

 

 

Client projects highlights

OBN award winners

OBN awards winners
Three of our clients, Autifony Therapeutics, Karus Therapeutics, and Oxford Gene Technology were among the winners at the UK’s OBN Annual Awards Dinner 2013. Read more

 

Clients win ROAR and SCRIP awards
November was a good month for award wins for College Hill Life Sciences’s clients, with both Prosensa and Mesoblast winning a ROAR and SCRIP Award respectively. Read more

 

Announcing Auven Therapeutics' major ADC deal
Read how we suported Auven in a major announcement covering the sale of portfolio company Spirogen to AstraZeneca’s MedImmune, alongside an equity investment into and strategic collaboration with portfolio company ADC Therapeutics. Read more

 

Supporting a $700m transaction
In May, Novo A/S acquired a majority stake Xellia Pharmaceuticals for around $700 million from its main shareholder 3i. Read how we supported Xellia through the transaction with a complete internal and external communications strategy built and executed in the course of two weeks. Read more

 

Source BioScience acquisition of Vindon Healthcare
See how we supported Source BioScience communicate the various stages of the acquisition of AIM listed, Vindon Healthcare plc to both internal and external audiences, highlighting the rationale and benefits of the £12.2 million deal. Read more

 

Meet our team

Congratulations to our team who have recently been promoted:

 

Jen Lewis
Senior Account Manager
Manchester


Donia Al Saffar
Junior Account Manager
London

 

Paul Thickett
Digital Producer
Manchester


 

Here is an opportunity to find out more about our team members:

 

Katherine Lynch - Account Director - 1 year at College Hill

“ I really enjoy working with a whole range of life science clients who are making technology breakthroughs  in healthcare. Helping raise their profile and gaining coverage for them is really rewarding”

Katherine has 12 years’ experience in the life science industry. Prior to College Hill, she worked in-house in global marketing and communications. Katherine has extensive experience in product communications and brand management.

Beyond the science:

Katherine loves to travel whether it is to the west coast of Ireland for long walks and roaring log fires or to warmer destinations for some sunshine.

 

Dr Christelle Kerouedan - Projects Director - 2 years at College Hill

“Communicating cutting edge science can be challenging  and I enjoy using appropriate communications channels to get messages across in the most innovative and engaging way, either to a French- or English-speaking audience”

Christelle’s 15-year experience has seen her develop strong communications skills in the Life Sciences and Sustainability sectors, with hands-on entrepreneurial management experience and a deeply rooted science understanding. She manages significant PR and design projects. MSc in Immunology, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and PhD in Immunology from Imperial College. Bilingual French/English.

Beyond the science:

Christelle enjoys life on the bright side, teaching her kids the art of homemade cooking, DIY and eco-living. She is a passionate Latin dancer, a regular museum visitor, and a keen photographer.

 

Events you can meet us at

College Hill representatives are on the ground supporting clients at many industry-leading events. For details of events we are attending click here.

We are pleased to support and sponsor the following events:

 

4-5 March 2014
7th Annual European Life Science
CEO Forum
Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Robert Mayer


19 March 2014
2nd Annual Sachs Cancer Bio Partnering & Investment Forum
New York, USA
Sue Charles

 

7-8 October 2014
14th Annual Biotech in Europe Investor Forum
Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Robert Mayer


 

Click here to read summaries of events we have recently attended.

 

Websites we launched this year

Click through to visit websites we have developped and launched in 2013:

 

Mission Therapeutics

Clinical Network Services

Pi2 Solutions

 

Karus Therapeutics

Estibio

Otifex Therapeutics

 

Latest client press releases

Click through to read news we have issued for these clients recently:

 
Evaluate
Nanobiotix
Imperial Innovations
Accentus Medical
Clinigen
 
GE Healthcare
Leukocare
tranScrip Partners
Prosensa
Oxford Gene Technology
 
BioInvent
Auven Therapeutics
Ampliphi
e-Therapeutics
Imugene
 
Protego
Hookipa Biotech
Polyphor
ADC Therapeutics
 Scil proteins
 
Toumaz
Novogen
Mission Therapeutics
Source BioScience
Atopix
 
SYNthesis Med Chem
Telormedix
Auspherix
Molecular Partners
Noxxon Pharma
 

Thought you'd be interested...

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Twitter handy guide for businesses
This link takes you to a very useful guide on how to use Twitter for your business crafting the perfect Tweet, to target the right people to drive sales and recruit more followers.

 

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