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2021Swordfish Advertising
AGENCY STATEMENT
We are an award-winning, specialist, multi-disciplinary healthcare agency, specialising in strategic and creative brand solutions for pharmaceutical clients in the UK, Europe & Internationally.

- Agency description
We are Swordfish Advertising: an independent, award-winning creative communications agency, specialising in health.
United by our shared desire to improve the landscape of healthcare for patients and professionals alike, we create insight-driven campaigns that change the way people think and act; campaigns that change people’s lives for the better.
We combine expertise in strategy, planning, data, tech and creative, alongside specialisms in science and medicine to deliver innovative solutions that overcome complex healthcare problems. Our teams go above and beyond to set the pace and lead the way, so that our client’s brands thrive and the people they serve do too.
- Contact details
- 2nd Floor, Royal London Buildings, Baldwin Street, Bristol, BS1 1PN
- 0117 946 8420
- info@swordfishadvertising.co.uk
- www.swordfishadvertising.co.uk
- Key contact
- John Bohin
- Director
- johnb@swordfishadvertising.co.uk
- 7766331246
- 2021 Agency Data
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2020 awardsTotal staff25-49 staffBillings from UK creative healthcare workHealthcare staff40-49 staffTotal agency billingsAgency ageBetween 15 and 20 yearsSocial media footprintStatusINDEPENDENTApproximate percentage of advertising, branding, creative or design work in the UK healthcare market90-100%
- This information was supplied or confirmed by Swordfish Advertising. Bar charts are indicative only, with 100% being the maximum score allocated across all agencies. Billings from UK creative healthcare work are not a subset of total annual billings, and so may show a higher rating.
- Ranking factors contributing to agency score
- This chart shows the relative factors that contributed to the agency's overall ranking.
- Awards
- PMSociety Awards 2021 - BRAND CAMPAIGN - Mulpleo Brand Campaign - Finalist
PMSociety Awards 2021 - BRAND CAMPAIGN (£50k and under) - Mulpleo Brand Campaign - Finalist
PMSociety Digital Awards 2020 - CRAFT: FILM - SWARM Real Patient Stories - Bronze
PMSociety Digital Awards 2020 - EFFECTIVENESS - GLOBAL TO LOCAL - Methofill SelfDose E-Detail - Optimising global assets to keep the ’little things’ local - Finalist - This may contain additional awards supplied by Swordfish Advertising that were not included when generating this year’s T40 - please see methodology to find out which awards schemes were included.
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Technical Sales Representative
- Highly competitive salary
- Early Access Program - Regulatory Affairs (EAP-RA)
- Highly competitive salary
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Senior Medical Writer
- Highly competitive salary
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Pharmacovigilance Manager
- Highly competitive salary
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Pharmacovigilance Project Lead
- Highly competitive salary
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Omnichannel Account Director
- £55,000 - £65,000 yearly
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