News & Views: Tag: Medical communications

  Humans have told stories for millennia. Storytelling is an ancient but essential art form allowing us to harness the power of words, actions and imagery to convey information and evoke a meaningful reaction. Why do we use storytelling in medical communications? Whether directed towards healthcare professionals, medical affairs professionals, patients and caregivers, or the …

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  Porterhouse Medical’s Jon Hallows is proud to be joining the panel of judges once again at the Communique Awards, a programme established to elevate excellence in the medical affairs and healthcare communications industries. The Communique Awards were founded in 1998 by a small group of imaginative agency leaders with the aim of achieving greater recognition of the …

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  Porterhouse is delighted to welcome two additional new starters to our global medical communications agency this month. Firstly, we are thrilled to introduce Jade Keegan, who has joined our global client services team as an Associate Account Manager in a hybrid position split between our London office and remote working. Jade holds a BA …

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  Porterhouse Medical is proud to share the news that our Creative Lead, Tom Pullen, has been invited back to judge at the PM Society Awards again this year. The PM Society Awards is a prestigious annual awards programme that recognises creativity and innovation in healthcare marketing within the pharmaceutical industry. The programme covers a …

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  Since starting university, I had planned to take on a summer internship between my second and third year. After attending a careers fair at uni, I crossed paths with the Porterhouse team, and that’s when I decided that an internship in medical communications was something I was interested in. I hadn’t known about the …

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  We had a busy summer at Porterhouse Medical and we are very proud of our hard-working teams, who made a huge success of all our client projects whether digital, hybrid or on-site. We are therefore delighted to recognise individual career progression within our agency. With this in mind, we are thrilled to announce no …

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  Earlier this month, members of the Porterhouse Medical US team were delighted to attend this year’s International Society of Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) Annual Meeting in Washington DC. The meeting covered the latest exciting trends in medical communications and medical publications. To take a look at the juiciest highlights from the event, download the …

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  With travel restrictions continuing to ease after the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s great to see face-­to-­face opportunities to meet industry peers, colleagues and clients on the rise again. However, while this change is welcomed, the past two years have seen huge innovation in virtual technology that has extended the global reach, accessibility and measurability of …

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  Porterhouse Medical Group is delighted to welcome Sahrish Bashir to our global client services team. Sahrish is highly qualified for her new role as an Account Executive, having recently graduated from the University of Reading with an MSc in pharmacy. During her academic studies, Sahrish gained valuable experience in both hospital and community pharmacy and worked across …

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  Plain language summaries (PLS) are an important publication enhancement to help non-specialist readers connect with healthcare and science. At the 2021 European Meeting of ISMPP, Porterhouse Medical Group’s Tony Ferrar and Emma Conran presented a poster entitled ‘How readable are plain language summaries?’ which examined the readability of PLS of medical articles. With the …

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We are delighted to welcome Tom and Tim to our growing healthcare communications team

A big welcome to Jennifer Shepherd who has joined our scientific services team