Andrew Moore discusses transfer of value technology for meetings and events
The audience consisted of pharmaceutical meeting planners that were faced with changes to compliance legislation in 2016. This has subsequently meant that all pharmaceutical companies across Europe have to publically disclose all Transfer of Value associated with HCP interactions – including at meetings and events.
In this video, filmed prior to delivering their session, Andrew and Pierre were questioned by show organisers about the changing compliance landscape, what this has meant to pharmaceutical companies and their event activity and what potential solutions are available.
Following the interview, Andrew and Pier...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - June 23, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephanie Gross Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield Meetings & Events expand team by nine
Ashfield Meetings & Events, a full-service global event management agency, has expanded its UK team with nine new recruits amid new client wins.
The nine new recruits all joined the business in June and will be based in Ashfield’s European hub office in Ashby-De-La-Zouch. Recent new business and client wins in the healthcare sector have prompted the new appointments with more expected to start within the coming months.
The new starters will be spread across the business with fresh talent joining the finance, venue sourcing and creative teams. The rest of the group will sit within the agency’s operational teams as P...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - June 22, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephanie Gross Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield to host global webinar on Patient Service Team on 10 July
We’re hosting a one-hour webinar, “Challenging the conventional commercial model” to share this patient-centric approach that delivers value to patients, prescribers and office teams. Presented by John Gerow, Service Team Strategy Partner, Ashfield, this presentation will explain the reason so many of our clients are adopting this approach with their existing field sales strategies.
Learn about how the patient service team benefits patients and customers:
Provides greater productivity and visits over traditional field representative
At a lower cost per contact
With proven value to HCP and patients
Answer t...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - June 15, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jane Neale Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield Healthcare Communications is delighted to be exhibiting at the first MAPS annual meeting, 20 – 22 June, National Harbor, Maryland, USA
Patients, experts and healthcare professionals are demanding more from Medical Affairs: from engaging in clinical trials, setting pre and post commercialisation communications strategy and everything in-between.
The Medical Affairs Professional Society annual meeting (MAPS) 2017 will address these challenges and provide solutions to help medical affairs professionals navigate successfully during these times of change.
If you’re attending MAPS why not visit our booth? We’d be more than happy to discuss how you can meet the ever increasing demands of your audiences today and in the future, including:
Early stage to pre-...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - June 14, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield announces leadership changes in the U.S. and Japan
Greg Flynn will oversee U.S. operations of Commercial, Clinical, Medical Information, Pharmacovigilance and Market Access. Greg is transitioning to this role from his prior position as Regional President in Japan and Representative Director of CMIC Ashfield, a joint initiative between CMIC Holdings Co., Ltd and UDG Healthcare plc. Under Greg’s leadership, Ashfield became an industry leading partner with over 650 staff across 44 clients in five years.
Mick O’Leary will take over the role as Regional President in Japan, leading the CMIC Ashfield joint venture. Mick was previously the Managing Director for Ashfield...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - June 13, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jane Neale Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield Meetings & Events and SpotMe to deliver joint session at The Meetings Show
The session, which starts at 13:50 on Thursday 15 June and takes place in the London Room, will cover a best-in-class mobile app case study, developed specifically to meet the needs of healthcare clients.
From 2016, pharmaceutical companies across Europe have had to publicly disclose all transfer of value associated with healthcare professional (HCP) interactions. As a result, pharmaceutical meeting planners and event agencies have faced increasing pressure to deliver reliable data on schedule. Technology and customer relationship management solutions have adapted to allow more accurate reporting, but at the same time this...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - June 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ewan Jamieson Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield celebrates its annual UK Senior and Executive Awards at our Head Office
Senior and Executive Awards
Our Senior and Executive Awards scheme has been running for the last 15 years. Over this time we have recognised employees who have proven high achievement, shown consistent excellence to our customers and are seen as ambassadors for Ashfield.
The senior and executive roles are an important step forward for employees looking to develop their career. Every year, a maximum of the top performing 10% of our sales representatives and nurses are recognised. Each winner is chosen after a panel review and an accompanied field visit – every year, our winners reapply to keep their status.
Emma Carlin, o...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 25, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Cocking Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Pegasus unveils new brand identity as it celebrates a year as part of Ashfield
Managing Director, Simon Hackett comments: “Its strength is in its simplicity, and our compelling mission of ‘inspiring healthy decisions’ remains at its heart. It uses strong graphic devices alongside striking campaign imagery to bring to life our personality and creativity, all backed by the strength and experience of Ashfield.”
The new brand is just one part of the agency’s continuous evolution. Fixed on its course to inspire healthy decisions through creative integrated communications, Pegasus has built a team of 110 people working with a ‘health first, sector second’ approach. The agency’s capability ...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 24, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield acquires Sellxpert as part of DACH growth strategy
Sellxpert provides innovative sales and marketing services to national and international healthcare and pharmaceutical companies across Germany and Switzerland, complimenting Ashfield’s existing services in the DACH region.
The acquisition significantly strengthens Ashfield’s presence and capabilities in Germany the largest healthcare market in Europe, and will accelerate growth into the DACH region. The acquisition is subject to approval by the competition authorities.
Commenting on the announcement, Benjamin Rapp, Managing Director of Ashfield DACH said: “The acquisition of Sellxpert will strengthen Ashfield Commer...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 23, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield wins Analyst Team of the Year at the UK Best of Business Intelligence (BOBI) Awards 2017
The BOBI Awards
The Analyst Team of the Year Award (sponsored by 14 Four Analytics) recognises experts in data reporting and celebrates teams that can turn data into attractive and engaging stories. The competition was an opportunity to showcase how effectively data can be transformed into insights and conclusions, using an analytical software tool and a team with the right expertise. In this category we were up against competition from Blue Latitude Health, CE Consultancy, Cogora, MSD, QuintilesIMS, Sanofi and Teva.
The BOBI Awards were launched a decade ago by the BHBIA (British Healthcare Business Intelligence Ass...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 11, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mark Cocking Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield Meetings & Events announces financial results for 2016
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) for the period was £5.482m compared to £4.91m in the previous 12-month period, an increase of 11.6%. This is the second year running the agency have demonstrated double-digit EBIT growth. The numbers have been consolidated from accounts covering the company’s operations across Europe, the US and Asia.
Commenting on the performance, Nicola Burns (Global Managing Director) said: “We have had a number of new business wins, both in Europe and the US, that has helped achieve a strong set of results. This has included numerous consultancy projects, dedicated client teams and strategi...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 9, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ewan Jamieson Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield Healthcare Communications expands across the UK and Europe
Ashfield Healthcare Communications, today announces significant growth across the UK and Europe. Ashfield Healthcare Communications has a new presence in Dublin, Ireland, joining the office of Ashfield Ireland and parent company UDG Healthcare while the company has also doubled the size of its current operations in Glasgow, Scotland, with a move to significantly larger offices in the city centre. Ashfield Healthcare Communications currently has approximately 1,000 staff across 23 healthcare communications agencies.
The expansion has been fuelled by strong growth for the company and a desire to attract new talent into a thr...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield presented at eyeforpharma Philadelphia
On April 20th and 21st, Ashfield in the US attended eyeforpharma Philadelphia. As gold sponsors and with featured speaker John Gerow, we had a successful event networking and sharing information about the Customer Service Model.
Both days had full schedules inclusive of presentations, networking events, and exhibits. Our team at the event included representatives from our business development team – Julie Kelly and Anthony Caggiano – as well as Greg Kloiber of Ashfield Healthcare Communications. Eyeforpharma is broken down into six tracks of presentations, but one major theme was patient focus.
On day two, John ...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 4, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Elizabeth Van Osten Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Heather Sharp given industry recognition for leadership skills
The list recognises 35 people under the age of 35 that are set to be future leaders in the UK events industry. Nominees are selected by senior management within the biggest event agencies, based on outstanding performance, leadership qualities and their impact and contributions to their respective companies.
Heather joined Ashfield Meetings & Events in 2010 as a Project Executive. She instantly showed passion and promise and has progressed through the agency to her current role. Heather is now responsible for a team of over 20 people that work with 15 clients. She has paid special attention to developing her team’...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 4, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ewan Jamieson Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Ashfield offers advice on improving the event experiences of healthcare professionals
Katie Koziol (Director Of Client Services, The Americas) spoke with Meetings & Conventions Magazine to interpret themes from Ashfield’s Science Of Meetings study on ways to create better experiences for attendees at pharmaceutical meetings. Her fundamental experience stems from an extensive background in meeting planning and her current role allows her to shape Ashfield’s approach, given her first-hand knowledge of the industry and data derived from the study.
Koziol understands that medical planners are severely distracted and even restricted from focusing on the attendee’s experience at events: “There...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - May 2, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ewan Jamieson Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
