Welcome to this edition
2005 has been a good year for our clients and a great year for Northbank. As the year draws to a close there are still signs of some positive sentiment in our sector, share prices are up, mergers are happening and, we are delighted to say, Northbank has had its busiest period ever. Our “family” expanded on two fronts: we added to the skills and capacity of our team and we expanded our client base with over twenty new clients. On the international front we expanded our client base in the US and re-invigorated our central European base through our Munich office. And we were very pleased when our achievements were recognised with Northbank judged as one of six finalists in the PR Week Awards Specialist Consultancy of the Year. Our regular subscribers will have noticed the new newsletter design, I hope you enjoy the new layout. Finally, I’d like to thank our staff, loyal clients and those that have joined the fold more recently, and I look forward to working with more of you in 2006. My warmest seasons greetings and we look forward to achieving even greater success together next year.

In brief

Congratulations goes to Northbank clients who were winners in their categories at the Medical Futures Innovations Awards. More …

 

Northbank is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Routley to the position of Senior Account Executive. More …

 

Northbank Communications managed the media relations for the Second Annual Investment Showcase, hosted by the SETsquared Partnership on 20th October at The Institute of Civil Engineers. More …

 

Following the design of an award-winning Herceptin poster for Roche, earlier this year, Northbank was asked to produce posters introducing the Herceptin Global Business team. More …

 

Once again showing her inability to tear herself away from exams, Northbank is pleased to announce that Emma Palmer has passed The Investor Relations Society’s Certificate in Investor Relations. This entitles her to full membership of the IRS. Well done Emma!

 

BioPartnering Europe (BPE) is one of Europe’s longest running partnering events and Northbank worked to schedule as many media interviews for its attending clients as possible. More …

Events we are supporting

Northbank works closely with many conferences, providing a variety of PR, marketing support and sponsorship. Click here for further details on the events below. To visit the conference's website, click on the logos below.

 

BIO Square 2006
8 – 10 March 2006
Geneva

Genomes to Systems
22 – 24 March 2006
Manchester

Human Genome Meeting 06
31 May – 3 June 2006
Helsinki

Drug Discovery Europe® 2006
13 -16 March 2006
London

InfoTechPharma® 2006
13 -16 March 2006
London

Maximising the Potential of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks
14 - 15 March 2006
London

Features

Flu fever

Following the successful launch of PowderMed in May 2004, Northbank’s work for the company was stepped up a notch to promote its DNA vaccine against annual and avian flu and to promote the fact that this programme might offer an effective vaccine solution against pandemic flu. More …

 

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A fresh new look for Coulter Partners

When Coulter Partners, an executive search firm with a life science and financial focus, decided to refresh its corporate identity, Northbank was brought in to build a fresh and memorable look. More …

 

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"Sparkling" client list following Diamond Light Source win

Northbank has been appointed PR advisor to Diamond Light Source, the new Synchrotron being built in Oxford with funding from both the UK Government and the Wellcome Trust.The account was won in a five-way pitch. More …

New product brand & marketing materials for Solexa Inc

Having worked with Solexa for many years, Northbank was commissioned to design and develop a set of high quality marketing materials for the new Solexa Genome Analysis System. More …

News

BIO-Europe 2005, media relations support

Through a carefully prepared communications plan, Northbank drew in a pan-European and international group of media to the BIO-Europe conference. More …

Adam Michael Appointed as Account Director

Northbank has announced the appointment of Adam Michael as Account Director. Previously director of his own biotech-focused consultancy, Placenta Publicity, Adam brings with him several clients, most notably two leading biopartnering conferences in Europe. More …

Meet us at

24 - 26 Jan 06
BioBusiness 2006, Geneva
Katja Stout
26 Jan 06
BIA Annual Dinner, London
Sue Charles
8 - 10 Mar 06
BioSquare 2006, Geneva
Sue Charles, Adam Michael, Christelle Kerouedan
13 - 16 Mar 06
InfotechPharma, London
Lorna Watson
13 - 16 Mar 06
Drug Discovery Technology Europe, London
Lorna Watson
22 - 24 Mar 06
Genomes to Systems, Manchester
Peter Colley, James Parkinson, Marc Egelhofer
9 - 12 Apr 06

BIO 2006, Chicago
Sue Charles

8 - 11 May 06
MipTec 2006, Basel
Peter Colley
22 - 23 May 06
BioEquity Europe 2006, Frankfurt
Sue Charles, Adam Michael
31 May - 3 Jun 06
Human Genome Meeting 2006, Helsinki
Peter Colley

 

 

Guest editor

 

Why does some company news get published, and other news doesn’t?

 

A leading editor - now founder of an innovative news service at www.sciencebusiness.net - lifts the veil. More …

In the press

New biz

Since September 2005, Northbank has … been retained for PR by Diamond Light Source and NextGen Sciences … been appointed PR consultants for the Human Genome Meeting 2006 … secured website design and copywriting projects for MAT Biopharma, SEHTA (South East Health Technologies Alliance), Oxitec and Oxford Immunotec … won PR projects for CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Cresset BioMolecular Discovery, De Novo, iQur (formerly HepCgen), Macrozyme, MTM Laboratories and Novosom … won positioning and identity projects for Delta Biotechnology … won the copywriting for Basilea Pharmaceuticals’ annual report … secured design projects for Cambridge Antibody Technology, Cobra Biomanufacturing, ProImmune and Roche Pharmaceuticals … won brainstorming consultancy projects for Promega … been retained for PR and IR by BioProgress, Minster Pharmaceuticals and Phosphagenics … won copywriting projects for Immogenics … secured marketing projects for two exhibitions for Solexa.

Client round-up

Since September 2005, Northbank has … continued to support the advertising campaign for Biacore … managed significant PR projects for PowderMed in its flu programme … provided media support at BioPartnering Europe 2005 for Ablynx, BioInvent, Borean Pharma, IntegraGen, MNLpharma, Oxford BioMedica, Plethora Solutions, Santaris, Scil Technology and Symphogen … provided PR support for CellCentric … designed an email alert for a new brand launch for Coulter Partners … placed articles in the press for Biacore, Borean Pharma, Plethora Solutions, Scil Technology, Sigma-Aldrich and Symphogen … designed signage for Cambridge Antibody Technology … produced factsheets for Peakdale Molecular, Ablynx, ProImmune, Emergent BioSolutions … created advertising for Peakdale Molecular and Inpharmatica … provided media support for Oxfordshire BioScience Network’s BioInformatics Forum.

Event round-up

HUPO, SBS, EPIC, PABORD, Biotech in Europe Investor Forum, BioPartnering Europe, CORDIA, BIO-Europe, Australasian Life Science Forum. Click here for full reviews

 

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