News & Views

At the Porterhouse Medical Group, we are delighted to announce the launch of our newly branded internship programme, Porterhouse Pathfinders.

The Porterhouse Medical Group comprises medical communications, market research and insights professionals, with offices in the UK and the USA. We work with clients across the globe to generate insight and to develop creative scientific and medical communications with maximum impact.

We are delighted to announce that Erica  has been promoted to principal medical writer.

In late 1846, a dentist from New England, William TG Morton, is attributed to have performed a dental extraction using diethyl ether as a general anaesthetic. While there was much subsequent debate around who pioneered the birth of modern anaesthesia, what is undeniable is the speed with which the practice spread among the medical profession and the impact it had on medicine.1

On Thursday 24 May, the Porterhouse Medical STEM Ambassadors took part in their first STEM activity. Porterhouse was one of nearly 30 companies to exhibit at the Evendons Primary School STEM Fair in Wokingham, a fair that was attended by numerous primary schools from the Wokingham area.

The team at Porterhouse Medical is thrilled that Rob Pilbrow (group director, scientific services), has been selected as a finalist for Healthcare Communications Leader in the Communique Awards 2018. 

World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day is an initiative of the MS International Federation that is marked on 30 May every year. The 2018 campaign called #bringinguscloser focuses on research and connecting those affected by MS to those involved in researching it

It is with great pleasure that Porterhouse Medical announces that Amanda Lyons has been promoted to senior account director, working across European and UK teams in scientific and medical communications.  

There’s no substitute for face-to-face meetings. But meetings require a significant investment, with often substantial venue and travel costs, as well as the opportunity costs of the audience and organiser’s time. Therefore, it’s vital for meeting owners to maximise the value of their investment, and for attendees to feel like it was a worthwhile use of their time.

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.

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.

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.

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.