This World AIDS Day, Emma Sutcliffe, SVP Patient Insights and Solutions, takes a look at how far we’ve come and how far we’ve yet to go. Patient activism is a key factor in this progression; Emma discusses her experiences over a near-three-decade career in medical communications and working with patient organisations and how central the
In recognition of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Olivia Kersey, Patient Engagement Strategist, illustrates current opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry to better meet lung cancer patients’ needs across clinical trials and beyond.
Patient involvement in clinical trial design has evolved to provide opportunity for patients to be involved in medical publications. This evolution has allowed medical publications to gain invaluable patient perspectives on clinical research, by involving patients as authors in the development of plain language summaries and other, more traditional types of research publications1.
Kirsty Anderson, Digital Project Lead, took the time to discuss all things digital with us! In this interview, she shares insight into her role, the challenges and opportunities of a digital project, and her views on the future of digital.
We were glad to attend the ISMPP West 2021 Meeting on October 21–22, the first in-person meeting in almost two years! The meeting focused on opportunities for connectivity, transparency, and inclusivity, and Jenny Blackham, VP Client Partnerships, gave us first-hand insight! Read below to learn more about the key themes at the conference.
Because so many people see Facebook ads, you can expect at least a few negative or other problematic comments. Even though you do not author such comments, viewers will associate them with your study. Ross Jackson, VP Patient Recruitment Services, discusses how to handle such comments.
What is health literacy and why is it important? Olivia Kersey, Patient Strategist, writes in Pharmaphorum’s October Deep Dive
To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we picked the brains of two of our experts! Farai Muldoon, Client Services Director, and Kiran Nandra, Scientific Team Lead, draw on their experience to give insight into how medical communications plays a role in breast cancer.
Is Facebook the most effective means of reaching a wide audience when it comes to patient recruitment strategy? Ross Jackson, VP Patient Recruitment Services, shares his thoughts with The Huxley Morton podcast in a new video. He is, literally, the man who wrote the book on patient recruitment for clinical trials using Facebook ads! Listen
Emma Sutcliffe, SVP, Patient Insight and Solutions gives an overview of patient engagement, benefits of investing in patient engagement programmes and why elevating patient engagement should be an essential business spend for patient safety, support and societal gain.
Our experts, Sue O’Leary, Senior Vice President Prime Access, Jenny Blackham, Vice President Client Partnerships and Head of Digital Solutions Michelle Collins recently led a webinar with the team at NetworkPharma and MedComms Networking. Discussing ‘the digital payer – fact or fiction?’ the webinar was a brilliant platform to discuss perspectives and share ideas about
The World Health Organisation defines health literacy as ‘the personal characteristics and social resources needed for individuals and communities to access, understand, appraise and use information and services to make decisions about health.’1 Where levels of health literacy are high, people are able to play an active role in improving and maintaining their own health,
We’re looking back at the insightful ISMPP Annual 2021 conference, ‘Medical Communications 2.0: Creating and Embracing Opportunities in a Time of Transformation’. Our experts collected summaries from their favourite sessions! Click below to read.
On Wednesday 1st September 2021, we launched the first-ever annual Patient Engagement Day – and what a day it was! Olivia Kersey, Patient Strategist, takes a look at some of the highlights. Starting as a spontaneous brainwave from Emma Sutcliffe, our SVP, Patient Insights and Solutions, Patient Engagement Day 2021 involved a webinar with top industry
Plain language summaries, or PLS, are a concept that has indelibly changed our world of medical publications, likely forever. And yet, we still seem a world away from having PLS integrated fully and consistently into publications practices. In fact, it has taken several years of head-scratching to even align on a definition for PLS for
View the on-demand recording of our Patient Engagement Day webinar on ‘Amplifying the Patient Voice in Healthcare’. Emma Sutcliffe and panellists, Shona Davies and Laura McKeaveney discuss what it really takes to amplify the patient voice in healthcare.
The WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030 is a key document that outlines the changes and aspirations that the WHO has for the next decade around protection and wellbeing of patients. The plan, produced on 3 August 2021, aims to educate various stakeholders (NHS, HCPs, pharma and patient groups) about current issues surrounding patient
Once considered science fiction, a number of different gene therapy approaches are now being adopted in clinical practice to target a range of diseases. Our Prime Omics team discuss ‘overcoming the challenges of gene therapy’ in their whitepaper. Read the full piece below.
We’re delighted with the success of our first annual Patient Engagement Day, held on 1 September 2021. The day was a real opportunity for partners in the patient engagement space to join conversations, support best practices and drive new ideas and innovation that help to bridge that gap between pharma and patients.
Delivery of confirmatory studies following any accelerated approval has been an area of growth and contention. Sue O’Leary, Senior Vice President of Prime Access, and Jenny Blackham, Vice President of Client Partnerships, take a closer look at what is happening.
Pre 2019, physical medical conferences and exhibitions were an established, entrenched habit of our industry. This single point of focus was the axis of our traditional annual engagement model until COVID-19 hit our shores in early 2020. Michelle Collins, Head of Digital Solutions, discusses.
Ross Jackson, VP Patient Recruitment Services, discuses the benefits of including patients at every stage of the drug development process.
Patient engagement strategist, Olivia Kersey, takes the patient engagement conversation to the next level.
Find out all about the Studio at Prime Global in this interview with Tris Miles, our Global Studio Director! Tris reveals his career experiences and gives us insight into the central hub of delivery and creativity of our communications.
Prime Global, the international medical communications and market access group, opened a new office location in San Diego, California.
With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the adoption of new technology, it’s a good time to consider the changes we’ve seen in MedComms over the last few years, ponder those that may be to come, and take stock of where we are right now. As communications trends and practicalities continue to ebb and flow, are the
Our recruitment team, Lisa and Alvi, reveal everything you need to know about applying for a role at Prime Global, what they look for in a candidate, and all the opportunities for growth. Check out the full interview below.
Once a buzz phrase, precision medicine is now an integral part of healthcare systems for cancer treatment and beyond. Our Prime Omics team discuss The Future of Precision Medicine Beyond Oncology in their whitepaper. Read the full piece below.
Patient engagement strategist, Olivia Kersey, highlights how patient insights can improve R&D in pharmaphorum‘s Deep Dive: Oncology 2021.
Our Prime Access team discuss how to optimise payer engagement planning through use of digital media in their recent white paper. If you want to find out more, click the link below!