Ashfield to present at eyeforpharma Barcelona 2017 conference
On day one Lee Wales, Strategy Director, will be sharing his thoughts on “The age of personalisation: adopting a customer-focused mindset to create more engaging and effective medical affairs programmes” at 14:30 CET within the Medical Affairs track. Join us for this session and you will learn how to: Gain a deeper understanding of your audience Create strategic and personalised communication plans Develop personalised content that connects. On day two Nagore Fernandez, Head of Clinical Services – Europe, will be sharing her thoughts on “The five big pitfalls to avoid for successful patient support programmes...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - February 15, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Conference News examine Ashfield ’ s pharmaceutical credentials
What is your USP? Our specific focus on the highly-regulated healthcare sector differentiates us from our competitors. We have vast experience and knowledge of all healthcare meeting types and unparalleled insight into the venue, meeting management and compliance requirements. Why is booking or managing healthcare events different to booking non-healthcare events? The main differences apply when you are running external events that involve the attendance of healthcare professionals. You then have to adhere to a variety of compliance codes (that vary depending on where the event is being held and where the attendees are com...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - February 10, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ewan Jamieson Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

ISO 9001 certification for Watermeadow Medical
Certification under this international standard is a signal to clients that Watermeadow manages its business to ensure customer needs are ‘clearly understood, agreed and fulfilled’ and that Watermeadow places a high value on the delivery of consistently high standards of service. Managing Director, Nicola Duckworth, noted that “Quality has always been at the heart of our business and staff continue to strive to exceed, not just meet, the expectations of our clients and our own internal quality standards. The ISO 9001 certification shows that we have invested time and energy to defining robust processes that will ensu...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - February 9, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Ashfield celebrates 20 year anniversary
Chris Corbin had built up 18 years in the pharmaceutical industry as a medical sales representative, regional business manager and national sales manager before he and his wife, Sam, saw an opportunity to provide high quality, flexible and cost effective sales teams to pharmaceutical companies. Since then, the organisation has rapidly grown into a true success story. Ashfield were acquired in 2000 by UDG Healthcare (formerly, United Drug), which has given the organisation an opportunity to grow and acquire 19 companies complementing the existing services and continue to provide an exceptional partnership to the pharmaceuti...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - February 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

We ’re moving! Ashfield Commercial, Clinical, and Medical Information in the US relocate to Fort Washington
The new Ashfield Commercial, Clinical, and Medical Information address is: 1100 Virginia Drive, Ft. Washington, PA 19034. Due to the large number of employees stationed in Ivyland, PA, the move will occur in phases. Beginning in early February and completing in April, roughly 600 employees will set up shop in the airy new location. This building provides a modern workspace, designed to accommodate the many business activities within the scope of Ashfield Commercial, Clinical, and Medical Information. Secure call centers will be filled with natural light and color to create an uplifting and happy workspace. Amenities like ...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - February 2, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Ashfield Iberia announces important leadership changes
As Chairman Ashfield Ibero-America, José Luis will report directly to Julian Tompkins, President of Ashfield Commercial and Clinical. In this critical new role, José Luis will focus on strategy development, customer partnerships and expanding Ashfield’s interests in Latin America. He will continue to work closely with all the team in Ashfield Iberia. Talking about his new responsibility, José Luis commented: “I’m delighted and enthusiastic about this professional promotion. My 32 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and commercial services will allow me to continue adding value to Ashfiel...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - January 30, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Diurnal partners with Ashfield and Sharp for outsourced services
Ashfield provides sales teams, healthcare communications, strategic consulting, in-home and call centre nurse educators, medical information, pharmacovigilance (drug safety), and event management services to over 300 healthcare companies with offices in 22 countries including the United Kingdom, America, Germany, Spain and Japan. Sharp Packaging Services is a leader in contract packaging and clinical trial supply services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Operating from nine state-of-the-art facilities across the United States and Europe, Sharp offers services in the fields of commercial packaging, clinic...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - January 25, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Ashfield Meetings & Events to speak at Global Pharmaceutical & Medical Meetings Summit
The session – The Evolution Of HCP Engagement – will use feedback from HCPs to demonstrate actionable techniques to engage audiences at healthcare meetings. The data is derived from the Science Of Meetings survey commissioned by Ashfield Meetings & Events which sought to understand physician perspectives on scientific meetings, interpret how meetings are changing and identify future challenges for pharmaceutical companies. The fifth annual Global Pharmaceutical & Medical Meetings Summit takes place 31 January – 2 February at the Sheraton Downtown in Philadelphia. The summit draws together a unique mix...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - January 25, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ewan Jamieson Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

2016 – A year of achievements
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Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - January 24, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Ashfield Healthcare Communications ’ Manhattan office moves downtown
We’ve a number of office locations across the USA, including New Jersey, Connecticut, Chicago and San Bruno, and our Manhattan-based office provides an energetic and vibrant setting for those who want to enjoy agency life in a city-centre environment. Previously based in Midtown, the office has recently moved downtown to the Financial District, taking advantage of the ongoing investment and expansion efforts in the area. “The new office space, at 60 Broad Street, offers a contemporary environment to give the existing team an enjoyable community to work in and ensure we continue to attract high-calibre talent from with...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - January 18, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Watermeadow Medical shows its commitment to training and developing its staff
Nicola notes that “A medical communications agency is entirely dependent on its staff. We set ourselves high standards regarding their training and development, and we strive to provide clarity about how staff can help the organisation achieve its goals.” Paul Devoy, Head of Investors in People, said: “Achieving the Investors in People Silver standard is something that any organisation should be truly proud of. It is the sign of a company which is very committed to good people management practice and we’d like to congratulate Watermeadow Medical on their achievement.” Watermeadow Medical – an Ashfield company...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - January 16, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Ashfield Healthcare Communications is gold sponsor of the European meeting of ISMPP 2017, London
The theme of this year’s meeting “The evolving role of publication professionals in a multi-stakeholder environment” has a number of interesting presentation sessions planned focussing on a range of topics: Sharing Patient Level Data, Best Practice for Scientific Communication Platforms, Transfer of Value and much more! Delegates will also be able to choose from a number of roundtable sessions including: Emerging Markets, Interrogating HEOR into Your Publication Plan, Patient Lay Summaries and Rare Diseases amongst many others, for lots of interesting debate. Whilst we’re at ISMPP we will also be looking to have lo...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - January 3, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Ashfield Healthcare Communications is gold sponsors of the European meeting of ISMPP 2017, London
The theme of this year’s meeting “The evolving role of publication professionals in a multi-stakeholder environment” has a number of interesting presentation sessions planned focussing on a range of topics: Sharing Patient Level Data, Best Practice for Scientific Communication Platforms and Transfer of Value and much more! Delegates will also be able to choose from a number of roundtable sessions including: Emerging Markets, Interrogating HEOR into Your Publication Plan, Patient Lay Summaries and Rare Diseases amongst many others, for lots of interesting debate. Whilst we’re at ISMPP we will also be looking to have...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - January 3, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Employee of the year awards
Divisional Winners  A note from Chris Corbin, CEO of Ashfield “2016 has been a fantastic year for Ashfield – we’ve continued to grow as a business including 2 new acquisitions and employees across the business have excelled in living our values and continuing to deliver high quality services to our clients. I’m delighted to have recognised 2 Divisional employees as our Employee of the Year winners for all of their hard works and contributions to Ashfield. In second place, Lizzie Craig has had a phenomenal year and has developed so much as an individual in the last year – she has delivered some fantastic ...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - December 21, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news

Procter & Gamble and Ashfield Iberia launch a new pharmacy project
There is a long-standing collaboration between Procter & Gamble and Ashfield Iberia, having worked together on a number of different projects. They have joined forces again to achieve success with an exciting new challenge centering on the whole of Lindor’s absorbent range. Thanks to the collaboration between both companies, the national meeting to launch the new phase of the Lindor Ausonia Project (focused on pharmacies) was held in November. This meeting was a key example of the intense training and preparation of Lindor’s dedicated Sales and Training Force that will serve pharmacists and cooperatives/wholesa...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - December 16, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Josee Leach Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news