12 Dec 1997
after a press release detailing client Allied Colloids response to
a hostile bid from US chemicals ...
, disaster was averted by the Schroders press office which rang
around City journalists asking them not to reveal the secret battle
plans.
Just why Schroders was sending out press releases when Allied ...
05 Dec 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
Following the withdrawal of Glaxo Wellcome s newest diabetes drug
Romozin (troglitazone), the PR campaign being run by Manning Selvage and
Lee has been suspended. Glaxo withdrew the drug after an increase in
liver problems was identified among users. Around 5,000 people in the UK
have been prescribed...
07 Nov 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Consolidated Communications is to create its first OTC healthcare
team in January 1998. The team will be headed by director Helen Triggs,
who joins from Cameron Choat and Partners where she was board director.
07 Nov 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
UK-based bioscience communications consultancies Hayhurst Conington
Cripps (HCC) and De Facto Consultants, which handled PR for Dolly the
cloned sheep, have merged. The new company, HCC.De Facto Group, has a
combined turnover in excess of pounds 6 million and employs 50 staff.
31 Oct 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has appointed John
Gardner as head of its political office. Gardner left public affairs
agency GPC Market Access, where he was director of corporate affairs,
last July (PR Week, 25 July). Gardner will report to CIA s head of
public affairs Jenny Jones.
31 Oct 1997
for the raft of press releases it is
sending out to promote client Wellsprings Trading s Serenity for Women...PR for the raft of press releases it is
sending out to promote client Wellsprings Trading ...
of pre-menstrual tension.
They ve whacked off the usual set to the trade press and the women ...
, according to its makers, that it raises the
libido of the user. Hence the press release headline: Get ...
19 Sep 1997
| by IAN DARBY
WPP subsidiary Banner McBride is working with ICI Technology to
develop an internal communications strategy in support of cultural
change within ICI.
19 Sep 1997
Christine
is jetting in from the States and a large press conference is
planned.
Gun fights ...
25 Jul 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
, the specialist agency that launched the product to
the medical press last year. Harvard picked up the account...Merck has handed the PR for its HRT patch Femseven to Harvard PR,
firing Interscience, the specialist agency that launched the product to
the medical press last year. Harvard picked up the account, thought to
be worth pounds 50,000, in a competitive five-way pitch earlier this
month.
...
25 Jul 1997
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
. The agency will produce new product
literature, and will deal with the specialist trade press....trade press.
...