PMEA Support Agency of the Year

Summary of work

Uptake Strategies is a healthcare marketing consultancy specialising and supporting our clients in launch and marketing excellence. In 2015, we celebrated our 10th anniversary as well as our fastest year of growth. Our purpose is ‘inspiring excellence in healthcare marketing’and by embracing this internally we support our clients and help them to challenge and innovate as healthcare marketing leaders. With a small but high-performing team, we enjoyed working with a range of large multinational and medium-sized healthcare companies delivering the highest levels of client satisfaction with measurable business impact in 2015.

In 2015 the Uptake Strategies Team:

• Won 5 pitches and worked on 53 consulting projects across 10 healthcare clients
• Managed growth successfully with 4 new team members and 300% increase in investment in internal team training, communications and events
• Delivered 100% client retention rate and highest levels of client satisfaction in our consulting work and training workshops
• Celebrated our 10-year anniversary and refreshed our positioning, brand purpose, imagery and industry communications in line with our purpose
• Reached a milestone of working on 100 launches (across countries, molecules and line extensions) and published industry research on the ‘Future of Launch Excellence’.

Judges' comments

Uptake Strategies have a clear strategic direction, impressive knowledge leadership, a strong client footprint and evidence of impact. 2015 was a pivotal year for the company, during which they successfully moved into the US for the first time.