The results of the Communiqué Awards 2007 were announced on the evening of 12 July at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London
EDUCATION AWARDS
1) Best Professional Education Project
Sponsored by Hill & Knowlton
WINNER:
In-house: Novo Nordisk
Campaign: MERIT programme
Agency: Watermeadow Medical
Client: Novo Nordisk
Highly Commended:
Agency: Say Communications/ EuroPR Group
Client: Nutricia
Campaign: The Infant & Toddler Forum
Finalists:
Agency: Athena Medical PR
Client: NICE
Campaign: Awareness Campaign for NICE Implementation Tools
Agency: Right Angle Communications
Client: BUG/ AstraZeneca
Campaign: The BUG (British Uro-oncology Group) 2006 Programme
Agency: Virgo Health PR
Client: Boehringer Ingelheim Consumer Healthcare
Campaign: A Pharmacy Guide to Bowel Health
2) Best Use of Surveys or Data
Sponsored by Right Angle Communications
WINNER:
Agency: 90TEN Healthcare
Client: GlaxoSmithKline
Campaign: UKC long-term treatment survey
Finalists:
Agency: AS Biss & Co in association with Weber Shandwick
Client: Roche and The Hepatitis C Trust
Campaign: Hepatitis C PCT Audit
Agency: Edelman
Client: Pfizer
Campaign: Pfizer ‘STOP’ Campaign
Agency: International Osteoporosis Foundation in association with Virgo Health PR
Client: Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Roche and GlaxoSmithKline
Campaign: Staying Power: Closing the Adherence Gap in Osteoporosis
Agency: Ketchum
Client: Roche Products
Campaign: Tarceva Scottish Medicine’s Consortium (SMC) Follow-Up Initiative
3) Best Opinion Leader/ Advocacy Development
Sponsored by Ashley Communications
WINNER:
Agency: Medicom Group
Client: ProStrakan
Campaign: An evidence-based treatment algorithm for anal fissure
Finalists:
Agency: iS
Client: Pfizer
Campaign: Welcome to CALM
Agency: Say Communications/ EuroPR Group
Client: Nutricia
Campaign: The Infant & Toddler Forum
4) Best Use of UK Meetings
Sponsored by hsdcommunications
WINNER:
Agency: Porter Novelli
Client: Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer
Campaign: Move On Up
Highly Commended:
Agency: Santé Communications
Client: Bristol-Myers Squibb/ sanofi-aventis
Campaign: Everything that has a beginning has an end
Finalists:
Agency: Axon Communications
Client: Napp Pharmaceuticals
Campaign: Specialist Registrars Weekend Programme
Agency: Huntsworth Health
Client: sanofi-aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb
Campaign: Moving Forward with Stroke Management
Agency: Red Door Communications
Client: Roche Diagnostics
Campaign: CoaguNation Roadshow 2006
5) Writing Excellence – Professional
Sponsored by Friary Press
WINNER:
Agency: Virgo Health PR
Client: Boehringer Ingelheim Consumer Healthcare
Campaign: A Pharmacy Guide to Bowel Health
Finalist:
Agency: Oyster Healthcare Communications
Client: Bio Products Laboratory
Campaign: Immunotherapeutics Quarterly (IQ) magazine
6) Writing Excellence – Public/ Patient
Sponsored by The Friary Press
WINNER:
Agency: Huntsworth Health
Client: Pfizer Endocrine Care
Campaign: Rise and Shine Magazines
Highly Commended:
Agency: Halesway
Client: SSL International
Campaign: He Says You Say
Finalists:
Agency: Cohn & Wolfe
Client: Unilever and HïEïAïRïT UK
Campaign: The Complete Guide to Heart Health (Part of the Flora pro.activ ‘Testing the Nation’s Hearts’ Campaign)
Agency: Just:: Health PR
Client: Pfizer
Campaign: Champix Press Kit
Agency: Litmus MME (part of the Chandler Chicco Companies)
Client: Schering Health Care
Campaign: Living with MS
Agency: Medicom Group
Client: Trinity-Chiesi Pharmaceuticals
Campaign: Ourasthma.com
Agency: Santé Communications
Client: Actelion Pharmaceuticals
Campaign: Understanding Gaucher Disease
Agency: Treatment Support Partnership
Client: Alcon Laboratories
Campaign: Eye Care for You
CAMPAIGN AWARDS
1) Best Professional Campaign
Sponsored by LeapFrog Medical Communications
WINNER:
Agency: Santé Communications
Client: The ABPI
Campaign: It Takes Two to Tango
Finalists:
Agency: Just:: Health PR
Client: Pfizer
Campaign: Champix Professional Launch
Agency: Porter Novelli
Client: Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer
Campaign: Move On Up
Agency: Red Door Communications
Client: British Coffee Association
Campaign: Coffee BREAK (Bringing Research Education Advice and Knowledge to healthcare professionals)
Agency: Virgo Health PR
Client: Galen
Campaign: The Launch of Erdotin
2) Best Patient or Public Campaign
Sponsored by AstraZeneca
WINNER:
Agency: Halesway
Client: SSL International
Campaign: He Says You Say
Highly Commended:
Agency: 90TEN Healthcare
Client: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Campaign: The Vaccinators
Finalists:
Agency: Imagen
Client: Baxter Healthcare
Campaign: Tick Alert
Agency: Virgo Health PR in association with The Policy Partnership
Client: NBC Winner Foundation
Campaign: Fair Play for Children’s Hospices
3) Launch of the Year
Sponsored by Athena Medical PR
WINNER:
Agency: Discovery London and Manning Selvage & Lee
Client: sanofi-aventis
Campaign: Cardiometabolic Risk Unravelled
Highly Commended:
Agency: Red Door Communications
Client: Sanofi Pasteur MSD
Campaign: The Launch of Gardasil
Finalist:
Agency: Reynolds-MacKenzie
Client: Pfizer
Campaign: 2 Rare 2 Care: SUTENT for Rarer Cancers
4) Best Product Campaign
Sponsored by Edelman
WINNER:
Agency: Cohn & Wolfe
Client: Roche Products
Campaign: Finding a clear and consistent voice on pandemic influenza
Highly Commended:
Agency: Santé Communications
Client: Bristol-Myers Squibb/ sanofi-aventis
Campaign: C.A.T.S. (Communicating Aprovel to Specialists)
Finalist:
Agency: Ketchum
Client: Roche
Campaign: A New View of Lung Cancer
5) Best OTC Product Campaign
Sponsored by Resolute Communications
WINNER:
Agency: Pegasus PR
Client: Thornton & Ross
Campaign: Hedrin – Licensed to Kill
Highly Commended:
Agency: Myriad Public Relations
Client: SSL International
Campaign: BareAll 06
Finalists:
Agency: Munro & Forster Communications
Client: Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Campaign: Search for the New Face of Calpol
Agency: Spink
Client: McNeil
Campaign: Ovex – First Time, Every Time
6) Best Healthcare Policy Campaign
Sponsored by RCN Publishing
WINNER:
Agency: AS Biss & Co
Client: Save the Royal Surrey Campaign
Campaign: Save the Royal Surrey County Hospital Campaign
Highly Commended:
Agency: AS Biss & Co
Client: Roche and Bowel Cancer UK
Campaign: Implementing Bowel Cancer Screening
Finalists:
Agency: AS Biss & Co in association with Reynolds-MacKenzie
Client: Roche and The National Kidney Federation
Campaign: More Transplants, Saving More Lives
Agency: AS Biss & Co
Client: Roche Diagnostics and Menís Health Forum
Campaign: Putting Men to the Test
7) Best UK Media Relations Campaign
Sponsored by Cohn & Wolfe
WINNER:
Agency: Just:: Health PR
Client: ADDISS
Campaign: ADHD is Real
Finalists:
Agency: Just:: Health PR
Client: Pfizer
Campaign: Champix Media Launch
Agency: Ketchum
Client: Roche
Campaign: Tarceva Gains Scottish Medicine’s Consortium (SMC) Approval
Agency: Red Door Communications
Client: Sanofi Pasteur MSD
Campaign: Gardasil – Steering Clear of Controversy
Agency: Weber Shandwick Healthcare
Client: Roche Products and The Hepatitis C Trust
Campaign: Why are we leaving hepatitis C to chance?
8) Best International Media Relations Campaign
Sponsored by Reynolds-Mackenzie
WINNER:
Client: Pfizer Global R&D
Campaign: Quest for a Cure
Highly Commended:
In House: Bone Appétit
Campaign: International Osteoporosis Foundation
Finalists:
Agency: Cohn & Wolfe
Client: European Society of Cardiology
Campaign: EuroAction – raising the bar in preventative cardiology
Agency: Virgo Health PR
Client: Roche & GlaxoSmithKline
Campaign: Osteoporosis Media Roadshow: Facing the Future
9) Best International PR Campaign
Sponsored by Hanson Search
WINNER:
Agency: Ketchum
Client: Roche Global
Campaign: Breast Friends
Finalists:
Agency: Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster
Client: Bayer Schering Pharma
Campaign: Levitra
Agency: Fleishman-Hillard
Client: Eli Lilly & Company
Campaign: Lilly oncology on canvas
Agency: Virgo Health PR
Client: Roche & GlaxoSmithKline
Campaign: Bonviva: Taking the Message to the Media
Agency: Weber Shandwick Healthcare
Client: Pfizer
Campaign: Unveiling the Secrets of Better Sex
10) Healthcare Partnership Award
Sponsored by Porter Novelli
WINNER:
In house: Pfizer Health Solutions, Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust and NHS Direct
Campaign: Birmingham OwnHealthÆ
Finalists:
In house: Abbott
Campaign: Clinician Engagement Programme
Agency: Harvey Walsh Healthcare
Client: Novartis UK
Campaign: CV Success Zone – A Medical Education Programme to assist NHS Trusts with the development of a local hypertension strategy with Novartis Healthcare Managers
11) Community Relations Award
Sponsored by Weber Shandwick Worldwide
WINNER:
In House: Pfizer
Campaign: Pfizer UK Foundation and Health Relief
Finalists:
In House: Baxter Healthcare
Campaign: Advancing Patient Safety
In House: Servier Laboratories
Campaign: Servier Corporate Social Responsibility Programme
PREMIER AWARDS
1) Campaign of the Year
Sponsored by Shire Health PR
WINNER:
Agency: Halesway
Client: SSL International
Campaign: He Says You Say
2) Patient Association of the Year
Sponsored by Red Door Communications
WINNER:
Meningitis Research Foundation
Highly Commended:
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
3) Young Achiever of the Year
Sponsored by TVF Communications
WINNER:
Paul Tanner, 90TEN Healthcare
Highly Commended:
Tracy Evans, Red Door Communications
Finalist:
Rachel Vrettos, Red Door Communications
4) In-house Team of the Year
Sponsored by Chandler Chicco Agency
WINNER:
Pfizer Communications Team
Highly Commended:
Maintaining Momentum – Roche Communications
Finalist:
Parkinson’s Disease Society In-house Team
5) Judges’ Special Recognition Award
Sponsored by the ABPI
WINNER:
Pfizer
6) Communiquétor of the Year
Sponsored by Huntsworth Health
WINNER:
Cherry Wood, Managing Director, Athena Medical PR
7) Judges’ Award for Outstanding Healthcare Communications
Sponsored by Virgo Health PR
WINNERS:
Sarah Matthew and Angie Wiles, Joint Managing Directors, Virgo Health PR
8) Best Small Consultancy
Sponsored by Lowe Fusion Healthcare
WINNER:
Packer Forbes Communications
Finalists:
Ashley Communications
Harvey Walsh Healthcare
iS
9) Communiqué Medical Education Consultancy of the Year
Sponsored by Pfizer
WINNER:
The Medicom Group
Finalists:
iS
Leapfrog Medical Communications
Ogilvy 4D
ScopeMedical
10) Communiqué PR Consultancy of the Year
Sponsored by sanofi-aventis
WINNER:
Red Door Communications
Finalists:
Athena Medical PR
Edelman Health
Virgo Health PR
