New associate director at Packer Forbes

Healthcare communications firm Packer Forbes Communications has appointed Samantha Bremner as associate director.

Packer Forbers said the appointment was a response to new business growth for the agency.

Bremner has experience on both the agency and client side of medical communications, including most recently as programme director at Wave Healthcare Communications.

Prior to this role she was a brand lead at pharma company Actelion where she spent several years on the marketing of hypertension treatment Tracleer (bosentan), during which time she worked with Packer Forbes. She also had a spell at Merck Serono.

Joella Webber, managing director, Packer Forbes said: “We have known Sam since she was our client at Actelion and we are delighted to welcome her back to our team in a different guise. We know Sam will bring inspiration and fantastic expertise to us as an agency and to her new clients; we are already enjoying working with her.”