08 Dec 1995
s leading pharmaceutical company Pliva....UK financial agencies are battling it out this month for a public
relations account from Croatia s leading pharmaceutical company Pliva.
The firm, which is 83 per cent owned by Croatia s state privatisation
agency and two government-controlled pension funds, is hoping to
increase private ownership ...
21 Aug 1998
| by SOPHIE BARKER
Oxford Molecular, the company that supplies IT systems to
pharmaceutical and biotech companies...Oxford Molecular, the company that supplies IT systems to
pharmaceutical and biotech companies, has switched its financial PR
account from Citigate Communications to Square Mile Communications.
Square Mile handled financial PR for Oxford Molecular s flotation in
1994 but the account was switched ...
09 Feb 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
Gehe, the German pharmaceutical wholesaler, has turned to Citigate
Communications for PR advice...Gehe, the German pharmaceutical wholesaler, has turned to Citigate
Communications for PR advice as it launches a pounds 584 million counter
bid for Lloyds Chemists.
Gehe - Europe s largest drug distributor - confirmed this week it that
would make a rival bid for Lloyds Chemists, which is already ...
31 May 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
Glaxo Wellcome, the world s biggest pharmaceutical company, is hunting
for a UK-based investor...Glaxo Wellcome, the world s biggest pharmaceutical company, is hunting
for a UK-based investor relations director following last year s pounds
9 billion merger.
The company has briefed management headhunters to produce a shortlist of
appropriate candidates for the job from either agency ...
26 Jul 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
Glaxo Wellcome, the biggest pharmaceutical company in the world, has
named Jennie Younger as its...Glaxo Wellcome, the biggest pharmaceutical company in the world, has
named Jennie Younger as its new director of investor relations as part
of a rejig of its financial communications.
Younger, who has been head of investor relations at British Gas for the
last three-and-a-half years ...
15 Mar 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
of corporate finance - the pounds 42 billion merger
of Swiss pharmaceutical firms Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy....Ruder Finn, has emerged as the PR adviser behind one of the best-kept
secrets in the world of corporate finance - the pounds 42 billion merger
of Swiss pharmaceutical firms Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy.
On 7 March the Basle-based companies revealed their intention to create
the world s fourth ...
13 Aug 1998
| by HARRIOT LANE FOX
/fluoride formula; as Ibuprofen goes
over-the-counter, pharmaceutical companies jump to cash in; Berni Inns
spends...15 years ago: MacLeans relaunches with a massive pounds 7m package
to promote its new calcium/fluoride formula; as Ibuprofen goes
over-the-counter, pharmaceutical companies jump to cash in; Berni Inns
spends pounds 3m on a big facelift for its 260 outlets.
10 years ago: The High Court forces ...
08 Dec 1995
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
SmithKline Beecham, the Anglo-American pharmaceuticals giant, is hunting
for a financial PR...SmithKline Beecham, the Anglo-American pharmaceuticals giant, is hunting
for a financial PR ...
are looking at the opportunities available.
We have a good relationship with pharmaceutical editors ...
relations with the pharmaceutical and consumer press, but
has no team dedicated solely to financial public ...
24 May 1996
Ciba-Geigy, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, has carved up the dollars 60
million pan...Ciba-Geigy, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, has carved up the dollars 60
million pan-European advertising business of its self-medication
division between two networks, TBWA and Grey. This consolidates the
advertising for its over-the-counter brands from more than 20 agencies
to two, following a review (Campaign ...
15 Jun 2006
| by David Quainton
Dutch chemicals company Akzo Nobel, which is to demerge and float its pharmaceuticals division, has