Pegasus,
the UK’s largest independent health communications consultancy, is expanding
its Pharma & Life Sciences division with the appointment of two new members
of staff – Morgan Lewis and Rebecca Aris.
Morgan
joins the company as an Account Director from PAREXEL, where he worked in its
UK medical communications arm, and latterly in its clinical trials patient
recruitment group. At PAREXEL he
developed and implemented complex clinical trial patient recruitment programmes
across multiple countries and languages, including developing printed and
digital recruitment materials and running recruitment workshops. His extensive experience includes delivering
healthcare professional-, patient- and consumer-facing global communications
programmes in a wide range of therapeutic areas. Morgan's knowledge of the global clinical
trial and regulatory environment and his experience of working across different
countries and cultures mean that he brings a broad range of skills to Pegasus.
Also
joining the team as a Senior Account Executive is Rebecca Aris from John Wiley
and Sons, where she worked as a commissioning editor on four of their science
journals. Rebecca has more than nine
years' experience in healthcare communications including four years as managing
editor of pharmaphorum, an online pharmaceutical thought leadership podium. With excellent writing, editing and
communication skills and knowledge of a wide range of therapeutic areas,
Rebecca also brings an entrepreneurial flair. As one of pharmaphorum’s first employees,
Rebecca was instrumental in the development of the publication, including
writing and commissioning articles and ensuring that it was at the forefront of
communicating pharmaceutical industry news.
Pegasus’
Pharma & Life Sciences team continues to go from strength to strength and is
proudly planning to defend its title as Communiqué Communications Consultancy
of the Year, against the likes of Ketchum and Virgo Health, at this year’s Communiqué
awards on 2nd July. The
team’s client work has also been recognised by the Communiqué judges, which sees
Pegasus shortlisted for two awards: Excellence in Patient/ Consumer Health
Programmes for CSL Behring, and Excellence
in Product/ Brand Communications for Boehringer Ingelheim.
Jo
Spadaccino, Director and Head of Pharma & Life Sciences at Pegasus, commented:
“We had a fantastic year in 2014 and 2015 is continuing to be filled with
inspiration and opportunity, so we are delighted to be a finalist for the third
year in a row in the prestigious Consultancy of the Year category at the Communiqué awards.
We can attribute much of our success to the strength of our people, and by creating
a team with skills that span far beyond traditional communications and PR
capabilities we have been able to provide our clients with bespoke solutions and
fresh perspectives. Morgan and Rebecca are
the perfect additions to our existing variety of talent and are already making
their mark.”
ENDS
Press enquiries: Please contact Amy Simmons or Maria Boiling
at Pegasus 01273 712 000 asimmons@thisispegasus.co.uk / mboiling@thisispegasus.co.uk
Notes to editors
Located in Brighton
with an 80 strong team of communications experts, Pegasus specialises in
helping the public and private sector communicate healthy messages through
integrated communications programmes. Focusing on an overall mission to ‘Inspire
Healthy Decisions’ and driven by a health first, sector second approach,
Pegasus has a demonstrative track record of creating and implementing campaigns
that inspire change.
The Pegasus approach
to planning starts by investing time understanding the varied nature of
decisions in every area of people’s day to day lives, from the general public
through to the healthcare professionals that treat and the policy makers that
shape the environment in which they work. The consultancy’s fully
integrated approach blends unrivalled health contacts across the international,
national, consumer, regional and specialist press, with in-house corporate,
creative, social and digital services.
Pegasus’s clients
currently include GSK, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Thornton &
Ross, Holland & Barrett, Sanofi, Bio-Oil, Danone, Homedics, Novo Nordisk and
Pierre Fabre.
Pegasus
is always on the look-out for talented people who want to inspire healthy
decisions from our base on the south coast. To find out more, please contact: careers@thisispegasus.co.uk.
For
more information please visit www.thisispegasus.co.uk.