OPEN Health

Our efforts to help improve our society

We are committed to using our talents, skills and resources in ways that can do the most good for our people, our communities, and the environment around us.Everyone at OPEN Health is able to submit an idea for a CSR initiative or activity, so all staff can garner support for causes close to their hearts and participate in the busy calendar of events – whether it’s raising money, raising awareness, or supporting a great cause.

Who we've helped

CRISIS  *  Action Against Hunger  *  Cardiac Risk in the Young  *  NHS Blood Donation  *  Breast Cancer Research UK  *  Breast Cancer Research Foundation  *  Sickle Cell Society  *  Marie Curie  *  Bowel Cancer UK  *  M4RD  *  Young Enterprise Scheme  *  Alexander Devine  *  PID UK  *  Duchenne's UK  *  IFOPA  *  Vasculitis UK  *  Great Ormond Street Hospital  *  Community Emergency Foodbank  *  York Foodbank  *  Refugee Accompanying Program of the Berlin City Mission  *  Foodbank Rotterdam  *  Leadership Montgomery  *  The Loveland Foundation  *  Pajama Program  *  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital  *  Feeding America  *

Each year we collate and publish all the great work have been involved in through our CSR activities.

Read the 2020 CSR Report

OPEN Health acquires UK medical communications agency Spirit

OPEN Health has today announced the acquisition of North West UK-based medical communications agency Spirit.

OPEN Health Starring in the Top 100 North American Healthcare Agencies of 2021

We are delighted to announce our selection in the top 50 of 100 North American healthcare agencies as ranked by Medical, Marketing & Media (MM&M).

Pharmerit rebrands to OPEN Health

OPEN Health is moving to one brand to create a world-class integrated services model

OPEN Health Group Appoints New Leadership

OPEN Health’s Digital team have won a Bronze Award at the PM Society Digital Awards 2020

OPEN Health’s Learning & Development team have won a Bronze Award at the PM Society Digital Awards 2020

OPEN VIE is awarded a Bronze Award at the PM Society Digital Awards 2020

Meet OPEN Health and Pharmerit Experts at the World Pharma Pricing Market Access and Evidence Congress 2020

OPEN Health Medical Communications is awarded Medical Affairs Agency of The Year at the Communiqué Awards 2020

We are delighted to announce that OPEN Health Medical Communications was named Medical Affairs Agency of the Year at the virtual 2020 Communiqué Awards ceremony on 02 July 2020.

Candice Subero to Lead Global Marketing for OPEN Health

The RARE Youth Revolution has begun

OPEN Health are proud to support RARE Revolution Magazine who have launched a dedicated RARE youth online platform powering up the voices of the youth rare disease community.

Jeff Anderson joins OPEN Health as European Lead for OPEN VIE and Pharmerit

COVID-19 message to clients from OPEN Health CEO, David Rowley

Meet two of OPEN Health’s practices - Peloton Advantage and Pharmerit at MAPS 2020

Turning scientific knowledge and data into evidence

OPEN Health announces the integration of Pharmerit International into the group

OPEN Health has today announced the integration of Pharmerit International, a global leader in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), into its group of companies.

OPEN Health PBC recognised as No. 1 independent creative agency

We’re No.1! PMLive have named OPEN Health Patient & Brand Communications as the no.1 independent creative healthcare agency. The aim of the PMLive Top 10 lists is to highlight those creative agencies who had the most impact in the UK healthcare sector in 2018.

Rob Pilbrow joins OPEN Health as Global Managing Director, Medical Writing

OPEN Health Group have appointed Rob Pilbrow into the newly formed role of Global Managing Director, Medical Writing.

OPEN Health Medical Communications announces Group MD promotions and welcomes new Creative Director

OPEN Health Medical Communications has announced the promotion of two members of its senior leadership team. Jen van Zwieten and Margot Hannah become Group Managing Directors, with responsibility to oversee and drive the strategic goals for the medical communications teams in Europe.

Rare thoughts & outcomes - navigating pathways to better outcomes in rare

How to pick the perfect training program for your healthcare professionals

You know your team needs training. But not all training providers and programs are created equal. Last week, we shared the benefits of working with specialist learning and development (L&D) teams to maximize your training investment. Once you’ve identified some potential collaborators, it’s time to take a closer look at what should be in the packages your training provider offers. Here are six vital features you should prioritize to select the training that will help your team fulfil their potential as partners in delivering high-quality and effective healthcare to patients.

Maximize your training investments with learning and development specialists

Medical affairs teams must train regularly to stay up to date with existing and emerging therapy areas, products, and devices. But finding time to train is tough, so what can you do to ensure your training programs are as cost-effective, time-efficient, and high quality as possible?

A day in the life of a PR Account Director

We asked Laura Glover to give us an insight into her role as a PR Account Director at OPEN Health

Rare Disease Day 2021

To mark Rare Disease Day 2021 on Sunday 28 February, OPEN Health will be intentionally quiet on all LinkedIn channels from 26 February to 1 March in order not to distract from awareness generated by patient groups.

What’s in it for me? How to engage, motivate and support staff with internal training at OPEN Health

What NORD’s RareInsights® 30-year comparative analysis means to us and our clients at OPEN Health

OPEN VIE and Pharmerit Bring the Best of Both Worlds to Virtual ISPOR Europe 2020

Join OPEN VIE and Pharmerit – an OPEN Health Company at the ISPOR European Virtual Conference from 16-19 November 2020 to see how we are shaping the healthcare industry with innovative research methods and world-class communications.

OPEN Health brings the Best of Both Worlds to MAPS EMEA 2020

OPEN Health delivers over 250 virtual activities during COVID-19 – A clear path forward

How Far Do You Want To Go?

Join OPEN Health's virtual careers event on Tuesday 10th November, 15:00–17:00 GMT and discover where a career in medical communications could take you…

NORD Rare Diseases Breakthrough Summit

Gavin Jones, Director of Rare Disease, provides his thoughts on last week’s NORD Breakthrough Summit and a collective need to reduce inequalities in rare disease

The Patient as Priority: How can effective internal training contribute to improving patient outcomes?

Hear from OPEN Health's Briony Frost

A day in the life of Becca McConnell a Senior Account Executive

We asked Becca McConnell to give us an insight into her role as Senior Account Executive at OPEN Health.

Responding to dynamic shifts in value communications

OPEN Health’s Beth Lesher and Annemarie Clegg examine what the convergence of medical communications and market access means for pharmaceutical companies.

Reflections of a Fireside Chat from the World Orphan Drug Congress 2020

Hear from Trish Shepherd COO, Patient & Brand Communications, OPEN Health

OPEN Health has been awarded a Bronze Medal by EcoVadis

Digital Therapeutics Landscape in Europe

OPEN Health introduce an overview of regulatory and HTA developments for digital therapeutics in Europe focusing on Germany and the UK

OPEN Health’s virtual reflections on the World Orphan Drug Congress US

A day in the life of the Global Head of Publications

We asked Mina Patel to give us an insight into her role as Global Head of Publications at OPEN Health

Striving to become more patient-centric?

Explore more with OPEN Health

Meet OPEN Health and Pharmerit Experts at the World Orphan Drug Virtual USA Congress

OPEN Health at the World Orphan Drug Conference USA

Our Director of Rare Disease, Gavin Jones looks forward to his conversation with Emily Crossle & Betsy Bogard at #WODCUSA2020 !

Margot Hannah, OPEN Health - A personal perspective of LGBT+ and diversity.

Ditch the Label – it’s just me.

OPEN Health Webinar - Succeeding with Star Wars Medicine

Summary of their recently published white paper on gene therapy followed by a Q&A session on 12th June 2020. Book now!

Yurie Oates, Account Director, OPEN Health gives us some Top tips from 5 years of account management on #MedCommsDay

A day in the life of an Associate Publications Director

Eleanor Raynsford, Associate Publications Director, OPEN Health gives us an insight into a day in the life of her role.

Vicky Bramham, Managing Director at OPEN Health PR shares tips on media relations during COVID-19

Vicky speaks with freelance health journalist Jacqui Thornton who gives her expert view on how best to approach media relations during this unprecedented time.

OPEN Health attend EB World Congress—building on momentum and strength in numbers for epidermolysis bullosa

Ben Speller shares his thoughts on the value of disease specific congresses

OPEN Health use PR to support clinical trial recruitment

International Clinical Trials Day finds clinical research in the spotlight like never before, with any news coming from the many studies into potential vaccines and treatments for SARS-CoV-2

OPEN Health | European Congress on Rare Diseases (ECRD) 2020 in 60 seconds

Gavin Jones, Director or Rare Disease, attends the congress to better understand the viewpoints of patient groups, health systems and payers

OPEN Health attend day 2 of the ECRD2020 congress

Gavin Jones is looking forward to sessions on innovation in advanced therapies and working towards equitable access.

OPEN Health continued support for My Name'5 Doddie

Charity fundraising for Motor Neuron Disease

OPEN Health's latest partnership with Rare Revolution Magazine

Richard Jones introduces our Head of Health Psychology (Dr Sumira Riaz)

OPEN Health CSR Report 2019

Margot Hannah, Partner and Group Managing Director, and CSR lead at OPEN Health shares her thoughts on our latest report.

OPEN Health at ECRD 2020

Gavin Jones shares his thoughts on why congress is so important at this time and the key sessions he is looking forward to.

OPEN Health discuss Global Community in Rare Disease

Annie Rankin how we can work smarter with healthcare professionals

OPEN Health Patient & Brand Communications highly commended finalist

Shortlisted for Best Patient-Centric Approach for 2020 BOBI Awards.

Succeeding with Star Wars Medicine

Three steps I take for stress-free, successful virtual meetings and events

Stacey Osafo, Senior Account Manager, talks about some practical steps she uses for successful virtual meetings and events based on OPEN Health’s vast experience

OPEN Conversations - a webinar series with OPEN Health

The field team are off the road! What should they do next?

Written by Briony Frost , OPEN Health

"New models" for agency pitching. My "Top takeaways" from the PM Society event

Paul Morrissey, Global Business Director, OPEN Health

Mapping the clinical and emotional journey to better understand lived experience

Written by OPEN Health's Chris Hodgson, Neil Rees, Sumira Riaz and Karen Petticrew

Delivering Medical Communications when travel is restricted: solving the 6 most common problems

Louise Carrington and Gemma Allen, OPEN Health

13th Edition - Spring MEDAFFAIRS Leaders Forum

OPEN VIE (Amanda Pulfer, Strategic Director and Sergio Diaz, Patient Centred Outcomes Consultant) were delighted to speak at the Medical Affairs Leaders Forum yesterday.

Keeping calm and carrying on: COVID-19 and approaches to CME/CPD during a viral outbreak

Celeste Kolanko, Managing Director, Liberum OPEN Health

My Dad was 'one in a million'​, as the saying goes. But actually he was one in 300 million (of patients worldwide with rare disease)

Emily Wigginton, Client Services Director, OPEN Health Patient & Brand Communications

Delivering change through better rare disease communications

OPEN Health’s Richard Jones, Gemma Allen and Charlotte Richards discuss how pharma can utilise tools, channels and stakeholders to deliver change and enable better outcomes.

Equipping your medical affairs teams with solutions to navigate the healthcare landscape

Dr Tyler Ray, OPEN Health Medical Communications

CSR 'Christmas Spirit' 2019

OPEN Health champions CSR over Christmas by giving back to the community and increasing our  activities and efforts

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on Independent Medical Education

Celeste Kolanko, Managing Director of Liberum, OPEN Health takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on independent medical education.

OPEN Health supports Genetic Alliance UK’s Rare Film Festival!

OPEN Health joined a number of rare disease patients, patient groups and industry representatives at the Regent Street cinema in London to see the winners announced at the Rare Film Festival – an awards ceremony that celebrates and showcases films that raise awareness of rare disease.

What is adult learning theory and how can it be used to help maximise your team’s potential?

Written by Briony Frost, OPEN Health

Empowering and equipping medical affairs teams to embrace an ever-expanding remit

Written by Jess Ingram and Francisca Costa, OPEN Health

The role of medical affairs in positive and appropriate engagement with patient advocacy groups

Written by Gavin Jones, Dr Alexandra Safronova & Professor Peter Rutherford, OPEN Health

OPEN Health’s response to the FDA’s guidance on long term follow up post gene therapy

Written by Gavin Jones, OPEN Health

OPEN Health expands offering with the launch of a new Learning & Development specialist team

Enhanced expertise to deliver impactful internal training programmes for healthcare clients

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on healthcare communications in gene therapy

Gavin Jones, Director of Rare Disease, OPEN Health takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on healthcare communications in gene therapy

OPEN Health becomes sponsor of MedComms Networking

New for 2020, OPEN Health is pleased to announce its sponsorship of MedComms Networking

OPEN Health Graduate Programme: from OPEN VIE to OPEN Health Medical Communications

Isobel Owens shares her experience of the OPEN Health Graduate Programme from OPEN VIE to OPEN Health Medical Communications

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on digital in medical communications

Gemma Allen, Head of Digital Communications, OPEN Health takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on digital in medical communications

Generating data on long-term outcomes with gene and other advanced therapies

Gene therapy and advanced cell-based therapies offer patients hope and the potential to make them ‘chronically well’.

Are you using Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) in your oncology trials? If not, why not?

A recent blog, published by Sarah Tressel Gary and Rinah Yamamoto called “Patient-Reported Outcome Data in Oncology Trials - Part 2: Clinical Benefit and Patient Preference”, has sparked our interest. This blog has been written to provide commentary on a topical issue relating to the use of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) in oncology trials.

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on insights and market research in pharma

Neil Rees, Head of Research, OPEN Health Patient & Brand Communication takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on insights and market research in pharma

OPEN Health reflections on the World Orphan Drug Congress in Barcelona

Having just returned from a very busy but hugely enjoyable few days at congress, I wanted to share our views on the event and key themes that our healthcare communications practices took away from the discussions and presentations.

Patient journey mapping: exploring the clinical and the emotional journey

By Chris Hodgson, Neil Rees, Sumira Riaz and Karen Petticrew While we can all agree that the value of developing a patient journey map cannot be underestimated when exploring the care pathway for a patient, there appear to be inconsistencies within the same pharmaceutical organisations as to how patient journey mapping is defined.

OPEN Health mobilised to support outcomes with gene and other advanced therapies

Harnessing the power of collaborations to bring real insights and improve outcomes

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on PR in pharma

Vicky Bramham, Managing Director, OPEN Health takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on PR discipline.

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on medical and scientific writing

Rob Pilbrow, Global Managing Director, Medical Writing, OPEN Health takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on scientific writing

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on healthcare advertising

Marie Little, Managing Director, OPEN Health Patient & Brand Communications takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on healthcare advertising

Alexander Devine Website has gone live!

As part of the OPEN Health CSR programme one of the charities we support is Alexander Devine. They are a local Children's Hospice based in Maidenhead who provide a truly heart-warming service to children and their families at very tough times in their lives.

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on patient-centricity in pharma

Sumira Riaz, Health Psychologist at OPEN Health Patient & Brand Communications, takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on patient-centricity in pharma.

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on patient engagement in pharma

Richard Jones, Managing Director Patient Engagement, OPEN Health Patient and Brand Communications, takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on patient engagement in pharma

Spotlight interview: 15 minutes on the procurement function in pharma

Carwyn Jones, Senior Partner at OPEN Health, takes 15 minutes to answer some key questions on the procurement function in pharma.

Precision medicine with precision management and precision pricing; ensuring affordability in the cell and gene therapy era

The third plenary session at ISPOR in New Orleans focused on affordability in the face of new and expensive therapies and asked the question “is affordability driving a need to revolutionise drug pricing?”

OPEN Health Graduates and the XP Support Group

During our graduate induction period in September 2018, we were asked to find a charity that could benefit from the expertise of the OPEN Health practices. We made the decision to work with the XP Support Group (XPSG), which is a charity based in High Wycombe that works with individuals affected by Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP).