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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
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Our latest news
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Client projects highlights
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Meet our team
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Congratulations to our team who have recently been promoted:
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Jen Lewis
Senior Account Manager
Manchester
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Donia Al Saffar
Junior Account Manager
London
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Paul Thickett
Digital Producer
Manchester
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Here is an opportunity to find out more about our team members:
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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.
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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.
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Events you can meet us at
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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:
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7-8 October 2014
14th Annual Biotech in Europe Investor Forum
Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Robert Mayer
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Click here to read summaries of events we have recently attended.
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Websites we launched this year
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Click through to visit websites we have developped and launched in 2013:
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Mission Therapeutics
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Clinical Network Services
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Pi2 Solutions
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Karus Therapeutics
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Estibio
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Otifex Therapeutics
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Latest client press releases
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Click through to read news we have issued for these clients recently:
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Thought you'd be interested...
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The Addlife crowd funding project goes live
The Addlife Project, a member-funded online platform to support grassroots health campaigns went live in November with its bid to raise $175,000 in funding for its international launch through the crowd funding platform Indiegogo. Get involved, donate or spread the world by clicking here.
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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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