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The London PR industry thrives on a somewhat strange blend of professional elixirs: fierce competitiveness mixed with gentility. Perhaps there s no better illustration of that than Lord Chadlington, the founder of Pounds 22 plus-million… Continued

Campaign: "Commit to Quit" Company: Porter Novelli (New York, 212/872-8000) Campaign Budget: $650,000 (fully utilized) The Porter Novelli team seized the opportunity to educate the public about SmithKline Beecham’s smoking cessation aids, Nicorette and NicoDerm… Continued

Campaign: "Heartstream Forerunner Saves Lives" Company: Schwartz Communic. (Waltham, Mass, 617/684-0770) Campaign Budget: $200,000 (fully utilized) Armed with two strategic objectives, this campaign proved to be a great example of well-executed cause marketing. The primary… Continued

Campaign: "Now I Know Better: Kids Tell Kids About Safety" Company: Yale-New Haven Hospital (New Haven, 203/785-2488) Campaign Budget: $50,000 (represents 12% of yearly PR budget) To distinguish Yale-New Haven’s emergency pediatric center as the… Continued

‘Best Hospitals’ Ranking Lacks Adequate National Data Marketers should read beyond "America’s Best Hospitals" ranking by U.S. News & World Report, according to a recent issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).… Continued

Entries for our first annual "Healthcare PR & Marketing News Contest for the Best PR and Marketing Campaigns of 1996" were nothing short of phenomenal. Our panel of journalists and marketers developed a renewed appreciation… Continued

Partnerships Marketing Firm Offers Pro Bono Work To Educational Group To help reduce the incidence of brain and spinal cord injuries, Ad-Tech Communications has joined efforts with the Think First Foundation as its primary pro… Continued

To capture the mass target of doctors and pharmacists who routinely screen patients for cholesterol and glucose levels, Lehman Millet Incorporated (LMI), Boston, created a mouth-watering campaign for the launch of Boehringer Mannheim Corporation’s (BMC)… Continued

May 7-9: Second National Forum on Customer Based Marketing Strategies: Answering the Call to Action. Healthcare Strategy Institute. Washington, D.C. 847/869-8482 June 11-13: The Ninth National Conference of Physician Referral and Health Information Services. Physician… Continued

Global public relations programming poses special challenges for executives in the healthcare industry. Differing cultures, healthcare systems, regulatory authorities and reimbursement schemes can complicate the task of devising strategic programs that apply to all markets.… Continued