Tag Archive for: life sciences communications

Hot topic: Doubts over UK’s growth potential as AstraZeneca axes vaccine plant

Just a week after science minister Lord Vallance was appointed the “Oxford-Cambridge Innovation Champion”, the gloss has well and truly disappeared from the government’s attempts to bolster its life sciences credentials. Just as the Labour government was looking for a good news story to highlight the UK’s potential as a site for international investment, the […]

Hot topic: The blues are costing business millions – so how can firms keep their staff happy?

Christmas is but a distant memory and spring is definitely not around the next corner.  So, you probably don’t need reminding that it’s “Blue Monday” next week (January 20th) – supposedly the most depressing day of the year.  For most of us, Blue Monday at least gives us an excuse to feel rotten; we drag […]

Hot topic: Will you live longer than your parents… or not?

Not long ago, it was taken as a given that we’d live longer than our parents – just as most of them lived longer and healthier lives than their own.  But something strange has happened in the last 15 years or so.  Increases in life expectancy have stalled, and there are signs it might even […]

The must attend healthcare conferences in Winter/Spring 2025

Where has the time gone? We are now in 2025, and industry events are quickly approaching.   If you are still gathering your thoughts on how best to maximise your events calendar this year, allow us to flag some of the ‘must-attend’ Healthcare conferences of Winter/Spring 2025.     January is for JPM   The 43rd JPM Annual Healthcare […]

Weekly round-up: Renée Aguiar-Lucander, Calliditas Therapeutics’ former CEO, scoops Executive of the Year Scrip Award

Congratulations to Renée Aguiar-Lucander, who won the prestigious Executive of the Year Award – Commercial Stage Companies at the Scrip Awards 2024 As the awards celebrated their 20th anniversary, Renée came top from a list of finalists representing the very best in the biotech industry. Renée led the company through clinical development of Tarpeyo (budesonide), […]