GLOBALHealthPR provides you with the best of all worlds: the experience and knowledge of a multinational partnership and flexible, personal service from our principals and senior staff.

Our principals and staff have created and led global healthcare campaigns at agencies and in-house at pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Merck & Co. Inc., Ogilvy, Hill and Knowlton and Ketchum.

UNITED KINGDOM

UK GLOBALHealthPR is represented by Santé Communications, one of the top three independent healthcare specialty communications firms in the UK. Liz Shanahan, managing director, previously worked in public affairs at Merck Sharp and Dohme and was a senior director at the European Healthcare Unit of Ketchum PR. Santé has been responsible for some of the industry's most successful product introductions, most notably the global launch of blockbuster asthma drug Seretide/Advair for GlaxoSmithKline and TNK for Boehringer Ingelheim.

FRANCE

MHC Communication was founded in 1997 by Marie-Hélène Coste, who previously headed the healthcare department at Fleishman-Hillard and Burson-Marsteller in France. Marie--Hélène Coste is a PR professional specialized in medical and healthcare communications, business development in marketing, and corporate communications in areas which offer opportunities of synergies with healthcare issues. MHC Communication is supported by a network of consultants and specialized freelancers. The company offers expertise in strategic counselling, brand management, public and media relations, issue management, and international coordination. MHC Communication also has the capacity to develop and implement strategic communication programs and focus on client service and results based on proximity, flexibility, partnership and personal commitment. MHC Communication serves a number of learning societies, medical and research institutions, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies including: National Association of Gynecologists Obestetricians (CNGOF), French Foundation for the Research on Epilepsy, Boston Scientific, Novartis and Sanofi.

GERMANY

In Germany, we are represented by FischerAppelt Kommunikation, GmbH, the fifth largest public relations agency in Germany. Its 120 employees provide integrated communications to clients mainly in healthcare, technology and consumer products combining issue management, corporate profile and design in order to achieve the most successful results for their clients. The healthcare unit — the largest division — serves such clients as AstraZeneca GmbH, Bayer, BioAgency AG, Merck Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Novartis, Sanders of Germany, and Schering AG. FischerAppelt created the groundbreaking communications for Propecia (hair loss) and Vioxx (arthritis) and routinely creates large, multifaceted programmes for many healthcare clients.

ITALY

Noesis Comunicazione was founded in 1991 as an independent, full-service public relations agency providing strategic counsel and integrated communications services to a wide selection of companies and organizations. Noesis’ mission is to provide communications services that have a measurable value added for clients, including managing and protecting corporate and brand reputation, increasing awareness and visibility among internal and external stakeholders and supporting market outreach. The healthcare division plans and implements scientific and pharmaceutical communications programs targeted at the public and the medical community on behalf of pharmaceutical companies, local health authorities, hospitals, medical and scientific associations and patient groups. Activities include media relations for specialized and lay press, public health awareness and prevention campaigns around a specific pathology or treatment, and scientific communications on drug launched and new clinical studies. Some of Noesis’ clients include: European Society for Hypertension, Grigioni Foundation for Parkinson’s disease, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Glaxo Smith Kline, Pfizer and Roche.

JAPAN

LBS, Co., Ltd, was established in 1993 as an affiliate of IBM Japan. The company’s mission is “To Bring the World to Japan and Japan to the World.” Japan is perceived as the most difficult market for foreign companies to succeed and our corporate slogan represents our will to contribute to making Japan a more open and favorable market in the world. Our current activities are focused on assisting foreign-affiliated companies to succeed in the Japanese market by providing external affairs services; those including relationship building with press, key influencers, and stakeholders. LBS’ strengths consist of bilingual capabilities of staff, professional expertise in IT and healthcare/pharmaceutical industry and solid relationships with unique influencers in the government, business and media sectors.

SPAIN

Berbés Asociados Communication Consultants is an independent communications company specialising in health and medical communications. The firm was established in 1996 by a team of experienced healthcare professionals. Berbés Asociados offers integrated communications, covering public relations and events and corporate image.

Berbés Asociados ensure that their clients’ communication strategies are targeted appropriately to bring the maximum benefit to the client and their target audiences.

At Berbés Asociados, a client’s goals are the goals of the company’s multidisciplinary and experienced teams. In addition, the staff can access a group of professionals including medical advisers, experts in business and financial communication, scientists, professors, opinion leaders and marketing professionals to further enhance a client’s programme.

Berbés Asociados can provide clients with both national and global programmes. Pharmaceutical companies, health institutions and medical associations can benefit from services such as press conferences, protocol consultancy, training for spokespeople, crisis management and advice on corporate image.

Berbés Asociados plans and implements communications strategies for products in many therapeutic areas, including oncology, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disorders, anti-infectives and vaccination, to name but a few.

Successful communication for those products and successful communication for their clients is the mission of Berbés Asociados Communication Consultants.

USA

Spectrum Science Communications was founded in 1996 by John Seng. The company has since been committed to achieving the goals of clients who are involved with issues, products, provider services or research in life or human health sciences. Spectrum has received many awards for its high quality, strategically sound and technically sophisticated “breakthrough” programs, including the Tour of Hope, an educational campaign about cancer prevention and detection for Bristol-Myers Squibb in conjunction with Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and Tour De France champion. Spectrum also provides new media, Internet design and diversified creative services for healthcare companies.