Has this ever happened to you or is it just me? When you finally decide you want to buy something – a new pair of trainers or a handbag or even a car – you suddenly notice that most of the people around you are sporting or driving the object of your desire. Why is [...]
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In preparation for a recent visit to my new local GP in the London Borough of Camden, I decided to check opening hours and contact details online. I was surprised and interested to see that, alongside the usual information, user comments and ratings were displayed for my convenience.
In fact, through the NHS Choices website, [...]
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Children with rare ageing disease ‘found’ through global media campaign
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Handbaglady.
Further to my post last October about the launch of GLOBALHealthPR’s awareness campaign ‘Find the other 150′ I am now pleased to announce the fantastic results…
Thirteen new children from seven countries with the rapid ageing disease Progeria have been found as a direct result of the campaign, bringing the total known cases in the world [...]
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Ed Purkis wrote a blog post a few weeks ago that has had my mind whirling. The post read:
The author of a report which features the personal details of 100 million Facebook users says he released the information to highlight the privacy issues associated with social networking. This has received widespread media pick-up because it [...]
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Birthday wishes from the members of the #hcsmeu twitter group, as it reaches one year of age:
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This month’s issue of Pharmaceutical Marketing (PM) contains a fascinating look at the road ahead for the pharmaceutical industry in the age of austerity. Aurora MD and co-founder Claire Eldridge’s cover story insights are realistic yet optimistic. Click here to read the article.
With massive health service funding cuts pledged by the Lib-Cons, the pharmaceutical industry [...]
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Aurora MD Claire Eldridge wrote the cover story for the latest issue of Pharmaceutical Marketing magazine. In the article Claire writes about the state of the public finances, the impact on the NHS, and how pharma should, in our view, respond.
Read the article online here:
http://www.pmlive.com/find_an_article/allarticles/categories/General/2010/august/features/sink_or_swim
Posted via email from auroracomms’s posterous [...]
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Hi all
To celebrate the 1st birthday of the #hcsmeu community and inspired by this excellent video (spotted by @pharmaguy and shared on the #hcsmeu Facebook page)…
…here is an idea…
Compile a video of the #hcsmeu community members saying “hcsmeu” from the birthday gatherings on Friday 6th August (if you cannot attend a birthday party then please [...]
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In the making of our ‘We Hate Social Media’ videos the Aurora team had to put themselves in front of a camera…
We put ourselves through this ‘ordeal’ because we believe that it is time for pharma companies to embrace social media with rigour and make a valuable contribution to the global health discussion that is [...]
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Back in August last year I wrote a post about how we were at the ‘toddler’ stage for the use of social media by pharma companies and that a few elite athletes were starting to flex their muscles and show us what they are made of.
So a year has passed and has much changed? Are [...]
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Where there is smoke there is desire
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Aurora is turning green...
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World Cup fever begins in Camden
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Cut people some slack *please*
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Bacon on test
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Dr Trisha Macnair: Biggest problem, as you point out, is that those m...
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Natalie Uhlarz: Hi Neil I saw this on the tube too and was so cap...
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Phaedrus: It was a pleasure Andrew. Thanks for your contribu...
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Ed Purkis: Thanks for following up your comment with this pos...
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Andrew Spong: It's 'hick some you', people! HICK. SOME. YOU! ...
