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Pitch perfect

Posted on 24. Oct, 2011 by neilcrump.

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Oh the dreaded ‘P’ word, ‘Perfect’ such a hard thing to attain and then you add in ‘Pitch’ and you have a recipe for heartache in which four (or more) plucky teams respond to a brief, work for hours on end to see if they can be the ideal suitor.  So well done to the [...]

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Bucking the trends in healthcare communications

Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by Claire.

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I recently read the excellent and enlightening HCA report ‘Five Years of Change in Healthcare Communications’. On first glance it appeared to paint a bleak picture of the way the healthcare communications industry is changing: Stricter regulations are making our business more challenging in terms of creativity and meeting business objectives; agencies are having to [...]

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What’s in a name?

Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by neilcrump.

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‘The Changing Shape of Healthcare Communications’ report published by the Healthcare Communications Association (HCA) identified four drivers that are leading to diversification in practice; namely, economic pressures, political climate, a changing regulatory environment and pharmaceutical industry reputation.  The report identifies that we are moving towards a much broader definition of communications that goes beyond classical [...]

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