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Newsbank |
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Issue
13, July 2006 |
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| Welcome
to the Northbank newsletter |
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 2006
is a year of two halves – and not just for the football! Q1 saw stock
markets booming, followed by a market down turn in Q2 that could either
be a short glitch or an impending bear! Summer will tell. For Northbank,
2006 has been busy with new clients and a significantly expanded team: 32
staff serving some 90 clients globally. Newsflow has been good for many
clients, with a notably increased interest in acquistions by the big players
including CAT, Delta Biotechnology and Biacore. We continue to welcome new
clients who have their sights set on being industry leaders – and
the opportunity to help you succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sue
Charles, CEO
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| Contents |
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| Features |
| Events we are supporting |
| Event Round-Up |
| Client Round-Up |
| In Brief |
| Meet us at |
| New Biz |
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| In brief |
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When SuppreMol, Oxagen and Coulter Partners, required identity revamps, our design team produced individual new looks for each of them. More... |
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| Northbank Communications has been cited as ?one of the fastest growing PR companies in the UK? in the PR week league table. More... |
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Articles are a key element in any PR campaign: in recent months, Northbank has raised the profile of nine clients by placing / copywriting 29 articles in 16 publications. |
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Northbank attended PepTalk Protein Information Week in San Diego, California to provide marketing communications and PR support for Biacore SA, a Corporate Sponsor of the event. More? |
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| Northbank Communications has strengthened its Manchester-based creative team with the appointment of a new web developer, Annabel Siddorn. More? |
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Northbank Communications' German team has been expanded with the appointment of a new Senior Account Executive, Janina Schaper. More? |
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Northbank
has announced further expansions with five new appointments:
account managers, Gemma Bradley, Annabel Entress, and
three account executives, Justine Lamond, Susan Yu and
Eva Levin,
all
joining the
London team. More?
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| Event
round-up |
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Genesis, Industrial Biotech and Finance Forum, Scrip Awards
Dinner, BIA Gala Dinner, BioSquare, Drug Discovery Technology
Europe, Genomes to Systems, Scottish Science Communications Conference,
Analytica, Biotech and Finance Forum, and BioEquity Europe.
Click here for full reviews.
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Gobal Campaign for Sigma Aldrich
During 2006, Northbank has initiated the roll-out of a high impact ‘Red
Cube’ campaign for Sigma-Aldrich’s research biotechnology
business unit, designed to create high impact and communicate Sigma’s
investment in innovative, best in class products. View case study
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| New
website for CeNeS Pharmaceuticals
 CeNeS Pharmaceuticals wanted a website which clearly reflected its position as a “product” company with a dedicated focus. The existing website used imagery which was very technical and did not utilise a clear design style across all media. Starting with an established logo and corporate colour scheme, Northbank created a new theme to communicate key messages and establish CeNeS as a late stage CNS focused product company. View
case study |
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PR for Ablynx
 Ablynx, the pioneer in the discovery and development of Nanobodies™,
a novel class of antibody-derived therapeutic proteins, is fast developing
as a ‘one to watch’ biopharmaceutical company based on the
unique potential offered by its nanobody™ technology. Northbank
has worked with Ablynx to create significant media interest including
a half page feature in the Financial Times.
View case study
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Conference Support for Hugo
 Over 700 of the world’s top geneticists, representing around 30
countries, attended HGM2006, the 11th annual conference of The Human
Genome Organisation (HUGO), this year held in Helsinki. Northbank was
appointed to handle media relations and the press room, and issued two
conference newsletters. More…
View HGM 2006 June 2nd Newsletter.
View HGM 2006 June 3rd Newsletter.
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Financial
Communications Programme for Phosphagenics
 In January of this year Northbank initiated a financial communications programme for an Australia based drug delivery and nutraceutical company, Phosphagenics. More...
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Events
we are supporting
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Northbank
works closely with many conferences, providing a
variety
of PR, marketing support and sponsorship. For some
events we have been able to negotiate discounted
rates for
our clients and contacts - see below.
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3rd Joint BSPR/EBI Proteomics meeting - Integrative Proteomics:
Structure, Function, Interaction
12 - 14 July 2006
Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
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Biotech in Europe Investor Forum
4 ? 5 October 2006
Zurich, Switzerland
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Bio-Europe 2006
6 ? 8 November 2006,
Dusseldorf, Germany
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Genesis VI
12th December 2006,
London, UK
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| New
business wins |
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2006, Northbank … signed PR contracts
with Nautilus Biotech, Ergomed, Nanosight and Oxford Gene Technology … provided
website consultancy for Horiba Jobin Yvon … was
appointed to handle the management of EPIC and Genesis conferences … has
been retained for ad hoc PR by Ibidi, Novosom and Oxford
Optronic … undertook media relations
and managed the press room at HGM 2006 … secured
website design and copywriting projects for MNLpharma and Syntaxin … won
the contract for corporate rebranding for Piramed … secured
branding and design work for Sigma-Aldrich life science business… secured
PR and business plan consultancy for mtm laboratories … prepared
award announcements for Cerenis Therapeutics SA and GP Bullhound … a
series of projects for Guildhay … won an e-newsletter
design and copywriting project for Imperial College, London Business
Development … re-designed the website
of Oxford Gene Technology …secured
PR projects for Biotec and provided media support around its
press briefing … was appointed to
handle messaging and brand identity for MNT Network … has
been appointed for the event management and marketing of the
BSR Conference 2007 … secured
website, factsheet and corporate presentation design for SuppreMol … has
been asked to handle press release projects for ProImmune, De
Novo Pharmaceuticals, Cresset BioMolecular Discovery, Xention
and
Isogenica … edited
the prospectus for White Light Therapy … has
been appointed for PR by Affimed and edited its business plan … secured
financial communications for Diatos, Daniolabs, Phosphagenics
and Lectus
Therapeutics … edited Amaxa’s
newsletter … provided
conference support for DeltaDOT at DDT Europe and for Solexa
and DeltaDOT at HGM 2006 as well as Biacore at
Peptalk … won PR for Delta Biotechnology
and creation of brochures based on new identity …
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| Client
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In 2006, Northbank has ? managed Biacore?s
advertising spend ? managed significant PR projects
for PowderMed around its flu programme ? provided
media support at BioSquare 2006 and BIO 2006 for Ablynx,
BioInvent, Cobra Biomanufacturing, Delta Biotechnology, IntegraGen,
Lectus Therapeutics, MNLpharma, Nautilus Biotech, Oxford
BioMedica, Powdermed and Scil Technology, and provided PR
support for CellCentric and Cerenis Therapeutics ? designed
an email alert for a new brand launch for Coulter Partners ? placed
articles in the press for Biacore, Borean Pharma, Scil Technology
and Sigma-Aldrich ? designed
signage for Cambridge Antibody Technology ? produced
factsheets for Peakdale Molecular, IntegraGen, ProImmune,
Emergent BioSolutions ? created
advertisments for Peakdale, Inpharmatica and Sigma-Aldrich ? provided
media support for Oxfordshire BioScience Network?s BioInformatics
Forum ? designed
and copyedited Oxford BioMedical Annual Report ? and
run the press office at BioSquare, Geneva?
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Meet
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| In the
months ahead members of the Northbank team are planning to attend
the following events. Just click on the attendee if you would
like to fix up a meeting with us. Please visit
our website for updated information on events we will be
attending throughout the year. |
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| Event |
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Location |
Attendees |
| SBS 12th Annual Conference and Exhibition |
17 ? 21 Sep 06 |
Seattle, USA |
Lorna
Watson |
| Biotech in Europe Investor Forum |
4 ? 5 Oct 06 |
Zurich, Switzerland |
Sue
Charles, Katja
Stout |
| 14th Annual BioPartnering Europe |
8 ? 10 Oct 06 |
London, UK |
Katja
Stout, Sue
Charles |
| Bio-Europe 2006 |
6 ? 8 Nov 06 |
Dusseldorf, Germany |
Adam Michael,
Douglas Pretsell,
Janina Schaper |
| Genesis
VI |
12 Dec 06 |
London, UK |
Sue Charles, Susan Yu |
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