Friday 27 July 2012

Public relations for life sciences, pharmaceutical, medical devices, diagnostic and healthcare companies


SpindleCommunications partners with clients on strategic communications programs – including strategy and brand positioning, corporate communications, as well as public and investor relations to life science, pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics and clean and renewable technologies clients.

At Spindle Communications, our objective is to make our clients better known, better regarded and more successful through effective public relations, marketing communications and investor relations.
We translate the science into stories that resonate with broad audiences by working with all the parties concerned, being the researchers, patients and with the media.  

From discovery to development to commercialization, Spindle is uniquely able to provide its services to a broad range of life sciences firms. Biotechnology start-ups are measured and evaluated by more than financial parameters. The right communications strategy and tactical execution can greatly impact how well a young company makes its initial impressions on potential investors, partners, customers, as well as regulatory authorities.

We are dedicated to giving clients in the healthcare and life science industries a clear advantage in a competitive marketplace. Whether placing news stories covering the launch of new research initiatives, investor events, current testing and trials, newsworthy approvals, exciting mergers and acquisitions, new funding/investment rounds, confidence-building staff announcements,  profit reports, and also crisis management, generating consistent and positive exposure is essential for ensuring that media effort for the company is well thought and executed.

The benefits:

Gaining investor confidence and appeal as an investment destination for venture capitalists and private equity funders. The duration and the resources required to bring about a product, technology, or service into the market are significant and thus investor fatigue usually sets in long before the company arrives at the finish line. Sustainable PR/IR can and will reduce the volatility in the perceived risk associated with company and its product/technology
Importantly it may very well allow existing investors to trade in their shareholding of the company in a more liquid market and hence reduce a drop in company.

Last but not least a well structured and executed PR/IR program will allow the company to embark on fund raising at its discretion and make the offering at a higher premium than otherwise would have been the case.

Ultimately, life science public relations is the lifeblood for attaining funding for scientific breakthroughs and profitability.

Spindle Communications focuses on building a company's reputation with the press and industry opinion leaders, establishing credibility and building lasting relationships. Whether introducing a new genetic test, creating awareness of an illness that a healthcare or pharmaceutical company is seeking a new and formidable medicinal arsenal to fight with, proving to consumers and regulatory bodies that a new technology is safe and ethical, or building media mindshare and market acceptance, successful marketing communications practitioners and programs must be able to look near and beyond the horizon.

Much of the company’s present and future may be dependent on clearly defined set of marketing and PR objectives, so is the deployment of these objectives being done proficiently and competitively. 

Just as superior science provides the competitive advantage for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, choosing the right life sciences PR agency can be the critical difference between marketing failure and success.
Spindle has perfected the science and art of media relations and orchestrates national and cross-border PR/IR campaigns that achieve objectives such as product and technology visibility, partnership and funding cultivation, clinical trial recruitment, pre-launch market conditioning, new product introductions, reimbursement advocacy, alliance-building and paving the way for successful liquidity event. 

Spindle has a track record of working with some of the most innovative companies in the life sciences sector to publicize their science, products and people.

Our focus falls on biotech, pharma, medtech, diagnostics and healthcare public relations, marketing and investor relations services.

Test-it Leptospira IgM Lateral Flow Assay


A US based health organisation is working closely with Lifeassay Diagnostics to screen patients in Haiti and Puerto Rico for the potential deadly disease Leptospirosis. The rapid diagnostic test (RDT) manufactured by Lifeassay is used in the initial diagnosis of leptospirosis both in the field and in a laboratory setting.

The test has already been evaluated extensively in various parts of the world and a number of scientific publications bear witness to its excellent performance compared to conventional laboratory testing methods.

Lifeassay’s leptospira RDT has the ability to exclude leptospirosis as one of the acute febrile illnesses and is therefore a vital tool in making a differential diagnosis of this important zoonotic disease.

Since Leptospirosis is endemic throughout the Caribbean Basin and Central America, a negative test does not necessarily exclude the disease, and therefore Lifeassay advocates repeat testing of highly suspect cases.

Because leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, infection occurs through contact of mucous membranes and skin with urine or tissues from infected animals, contaminated fresh water (usually contamination is with urine from infected animals) and extremely rarely person-to-person transmission. Outbreaks occur during rainy seasons and often after flooding. In the Caribbean, outbreaks have been reported after hurricanes.

It is because of the many non-specific symptoms of leptospirosis and the fact that it can be fatal, that it is vital to include leptospirosis as part of the differential diagnosis of acute febrile illnesses. Differential diagnoses are broad and include malaria, typhus, typhoid fever, dengue fever, meningococcal disease, viral hepatitis, leptospirosis and influenza.

For more information, visit http://www.lifeassay.com/