College Hill Life Sciences

Newsletter 31 \| June 2013
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Our news		Client news highlights
		Websites	Press Releases
Meet our team	Events	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. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter.

Sue Charles, Managing Partner

Our news

Welcome to our new clients

We have continued to expand our portfolio, winning 12 new clients across both the private and public sectors in Europe, the USA and Australasia. New clients’ mandates span our offering from fully retained services to branding and IR/PR projects. Read more

Damian Reece joins College Group

College Group appoints the ex Head of Business of the Telegraph Group, Damian Reece, as Managing Partner and Deputy CEO of its Capital Markets division. Read more

College Hill shortlisted for communications award

We have been shortlisted as a finalist by the Communicate Magazine Corporate & Financial Awards 2013, in the category of 'Best M&A /Other Transaction Communications' for our work around the listing on AIM of our client Clinigen Group plc. Read more

College Group acquires Shared Value

College Group strengthens Russian offering with
acquisition of Shared Value’s investor relations team and business in Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Low Countries and Eastern Europe. Read more

Our clients among top five capital raisings in Life Sciences in Q1 2013

Based on BioWorld’s Insight report issued early March, ASX-listed Mesoblast was the largest Life Sciences private financing of a public company globally of Q1 2013, whilst AIM-listed
e-Therapeutics, was placed as the fifth largest financing. Read more

Insights from the 2013 BIO International Convention in Chicago

In its twentieth year, BIO is the biggest event in the life sciences sector. Stefanie Bacher and Dr Anastasios Koutsos, the team on the ground for College Hill Life Sciences, present their top highlights from Chicago. Read more

College Hill enters media partnership with Connect Digital Health

We have been selected as communications partner by Connect Digital Health, the organisers of the Digital Health Forum for Investors & Industry 2013 to be held in London on 11 June 2013. Read more

Congratulations to nominees for the European Mediscience Awards 2013

Of College Hill Life Sciences' own clients, congratulations go to Clinigen Group (Transaction of the Year, Emerging Company), Imperial Innovations (Most Significant Contribution), and Oxford Gene Technology (Emerging Star). Read more

Client news highlights

	Karus Therapeutics - New logo and website Karus Therapeutics was keen to update its logo and website to reflect the right image for a near clinical stage well financed company. Read how we supported this client in its image update. Read more

	Estibio - New name, identity and website When BioGasol spun out its proprietary high-yield co-fermentation technology, we supported the client by creating a new name, tagline and identity, as well as a brand new website for the new company, Estibio. Read more

	Mesoblast - PR campaign Read how we worked closely with Mesoblast to promote its involvement during the Second International Vatican Adult Stem Cell Conference, and to increase recognition of the company worldwide. Read more

	Auven Therapeutics - New name, identity and materials See how we supported Celtic Therapeutics Management in its name change to Auven Therapeutics by providing strategic business counsel, messaging and copywriting and by developing a new logo, stationery set, PowerPoint template and a brand new website. Read more

	GE Healthcare - PR and social media campaign Read how we took the role of global coordinator for the PR activities of GE Healthcare’s annual Cell Imaging Competition, now running in its sixth year. Read more

	Karus Therapeutics - Media relations Watch our client Karus Therapeutics, featured on BBC TV during BioTrinity in May. Read more

Meet our team

Congratulations to our team members who have recently been promoted:

	Tim Watson Account Director London		Dr Rebecca Caygill Account Manager London

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

Mark Mousley - Studio Manager - 5 years with College Hill

'I love working with creative and talented people and managing the workflow of their ideas to meet our clients deliverables.'

Mark has over 25 years’ experience in advertising, artwork, design and joined us from global agency Ogilvy advertising. He utilises his experience to provide quality control, resource scheduling, project and print management, together with estimating and administration.

Beyond the science:
Mark enjoys travelling, following Fulham FC and mountain walks in North Wales.

Stefanie Bacher - Senior Account Director - 9 months with College Hill

'I have always had a passion for life sciences and language and a genuine excitement for advances in healthcare. At College Hill I can put both to work for our clients who embrace innovative technologies and explore new ways to care for patients.'

Stefanie has 15 years’ experience in the life sciences industry, spanning multiple geographies (US, UK, Germany) and various communications roles, including corporate and marketing communications, investor, media, and patient advocacy relations, product launch, branding, and event management.

Beyond the science:
Stefanie loves to dance, run and travel – the latter to learn about different cultures and perspectives and, as a German living abroad, explore British culture.

Events

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:

	11 June 2013 Digital Health Forum 2013 (DHF13), Royal Society of Medicine London, UK Katherine Granger, Sue Charles		20 June 2013 European MediScience Awards 2013 London, UK Sue Charles, Melanie Toyne-Sewell, Veronica Cefis Sellar, Stefanie Bacher

	30 September – 1 October 2013 13th Annual Biotech in Europe Investor Forum Zurich, Switzerland Veronica Cefis Sellar, Dr Robert Mayer		14–15 October 2013 Nordic Life Science Days Stockholm, Sweden Stefanie Bacher, Gemma Howe

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

Websites

Click through to visit websites we have recently developed and launched:

Pi2 Solutions	Karus Therapeutics	Estibio

Press releases

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

Thought you'd be interested...

SEC Embraces Social Media This article published in Wall Street Journal confirms that the Securities and Exchange Commission now authorises the use of social-media sites to broadcast market-moving corporate news.

FFF and 31 Crowdfunding Platforms To Raise Money for Your Startup The author reviews crowdfunding tools in this article published on Venture Capital Cafe.

The Biotech IPO scorecard Read about the revival of the IPO market in the US in this Xconomy article.

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