News - Porterhouse Medical

16 May 2018

The Porterhouse Medical team ‘get real in teal’ for World Ovarian Cancer Day

At Porterhouse Medical, we are passionate about the work we do with our partners to help improve people’s lives, which includes using our communications expertise to help raise awareness of disease symptoms as well as making regular donations to charity.

16 May 2018

Ovarian cancer: The importance of early diagnosis

World Ovarian Cancer Day is the initiative of the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition (WOCC) and occurs every year on 8 May. The objective of the day is to raise awareness, funding and support for all of the women around the world living with ovarian cancer, along with their families and patient support organisations.

27 April 2018

Living with haemophilia – the power of knowledge

In honour of World Hemophilia Day, we are considering the importance of sharing knowledge. Before delving into this topic, it is important to understand what haemophilia is and the impact it has on those suffering from it.

27 March 2018

Rapid career progression at Porterhouse

The Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce another promotion within our scientific services team. In recognition of an excellent start to her career with our scientific and medical communications agency, Rosemary has been promoted to the position of medical writer after just 6 months.

15 February 2018

Why is it important to raise awareness of rare diseases?

On the last day of February each year, countries worldwide take part in Rare Disease Day to raise awareness of a diverse group of disorders that affect fewer than 1 in 2,000 people in Europe or fewer than 200,000 people in the USA.

10 February 2018

To help raise awareness for Rare Disease Day, here we describe five interesting facts about rare diseases.

The Rare Disease Day campaign aims to combat these issues by raising awareness among the public, healthcare professionals, researchers, industry, and policy decision-makers.

9 February 2018

Announcing the charity partner of the Porterhouse Medical Group for 2018…

Each year, Porterhouse Medical chooses a local charity to support as a key part of our mission to improve people’s lives. In 2017, we partnered up with SportsAble, an organisation that supports people with disabilities through sports and social activities (www.sportsable.co.uk). We raised a total of £2,544 through numerous events, such as a team-building day at the centre run by SportsAble in Maidenhead, and the SportsAble Static Wheelchair Push Challenge at our offices in Reading. This year, we are proud to announce that we will be raising funds for another admirable local charity: The Willows Support Group.

4 February 2018

World Cancer Day and the role of people-centred care

Every year on 4 February the global population unites for World Cancer Day, with the aim of highlighting that millions of potentially avoidable deaths occur each year as a result of cancer. More than a third of cases could be prevented by adopting healthier behaviours; therefore, World Cancer Day is the ideal opportunity to spread this message and raise the profile of cancer within the global media.

1 February 2018

Porterhouse speakers to focus on skills, data sharing and transparency at 17th TIPPA Meeting

The Porterhouse Medical Group is a proud sponsor of the 17th Annual International Publication Planning Meeting (San Diego, February 5-6), Strategies to Improve Operations and Compliance in Medical Communications

8 January 2018

Porterhouse Charity round-up for 2017

As part of the Porterhouse Medical Group’s mission to help improve people’s lives, we use our communications expertise to raise awareness of diseases, and participate in many fund-raising activities for charity. We also adopt a local charity to fundraise for each year. Last year, we had an enjoyable and often energetic time supporting SportsAble.

5 January 2018

Announcing the Porterhouse Entrepreneur of the Year 2017

We are delighted to announce that Nina Bull has been named the Porterhouse Entrepreneur of the Year 2017, with the overall best entry in the Porterhouse Entrepreneur Award competition last year.

20 November 2017

Porterhouse Medical launches Porterhouse Insights: a global strategic Insight and Research consultancy for pharmaceutical clients

Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to announce the launch of Porterhouse Insights, a global strategic research, insight and evidence consultancy, offering offer nimble and agile solutions to global biopharmaceutical companies. It will be led by Fabrice Allum, an experienced insight professional.