OVID Health (OVID), the independent specialist healthcare communications agency, today announced it is working with Brighton-based health-tech company HexTransforma Healthcare (HexTransforma), to help develop and deliver the organisation’s PR strategy, including the launch of two products before the end of the year. With......
Having been parachuted into one of the most important jobs in the country at one of its most challenging times, Sajid Javid has expressed his shock at learning that the peak of the backlog is expected to reach 13 million people, up from an already......
Boris Johnson had only been Mayor of London for a few months when a global crisis took hold that shaped the life of the capital and its citizens for years to come. In response to the financial crash of 2008, Boris the Mayor knew......
In the Blair era civil servants and special advisers used to call hospital chief executives on a daily basis as part of Labour’s bid to drive down waiting times. Yesterday we heard the phrase ‘bust the backlog’, and we’ll be hearing it a lot more......
Developing, approving and manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines – at scale – in a matter of months is a remarkable achievement for the industry – and for society. While COVID-19 was an unprecedented situation, it revealed what may be accomplished under......
We are delighted to reveal that OVID Health has been shortlisted for three prestigious Communique Awards in 2021. We’ve been nominated in the following categories: Excellence in Healthcare Partnerships for our work with client MedCity in setting up the London Testing Alliance; Small Agency of......
New cross-industry alliance between Astellas, bluebird bio, Bristol Myers Squibb, Kite (a Gilead company) and Novartis aims to increase awareness and understanding of cell and gene therapies in the UK. More than 150 clinical trials testing new cell and gene therapies......
With the runners and riders for Sir Simon Stevens’ replacement already widely debated, read on to discover what NHS commissioners and providers are hoping for in the imminent recruitment process. With the COVID recovery and waiting lists backlog firmly a priority for NHS top brass,......
It is just over a year to the day since Matt Hancock set out his five-point plan to ramp coronavirus tests up to 100,000 per day. Part of this involved building ‘in a short space of time, the large diagnostics industry that this country currently......
Boris Johnson last week launched his Global Britain blueprint. But there are only two successes which will truly count for him when it comes to the UK on a world stage this year: delivery of a world-leading COVID-19 vaccination programme and a successful COP26 conference.......
Many budding startups will be looking forward to the 15th annual BIO-Europe Spring conference next week. It’s expected to bring together over 2,500 top executives from global biotech, pharma and finance – a perfect opportunity to gain exposure to an international audience of potential partners......
Following our event ‘Change for good or just for now: will COVID transform UK health?’ earlier this year, we’ve continued to reflect on how the past 12 months may have shaped a new normal for our life science and biotech industry. An important component of......
On World Obesity Day, OVID Health has partnered with Sarah Le Brocq, Director of the UK Obesity Organisation, to explain why 2021 is another important year in obesity policy. The pandemic has caused significant challenges for people living with many different chronic conditions. But of......
The NHS England commercial framework for new medicines published this week has gone as far as it can. Now the politicians need to step in to bring 21st Century funding models for 21st Century medicine. Bringing new medicines into the NHS can be a complex......
The same week Facebook outlined their plans for a global vaccines misinformation campaign I was walking along my London street and something caught my eye. Drawing closer to it I noticed it was none other than a yellow anti-vax poster cable-tied to a lamppost. I......
At our recent event, ‘Change for good or just for now: will COVID transform UK health?’, OVID Senior Counsel, Professor David Salisbury, said the most fundamental changes in vaccine policy resulting from the pandemic would have to be the macroeconomic impact of the pandemic and the value that is placed on......
Last Friday, a leaked copy of the Government’s Health and Care White Paper was made available online, and promptly led to a flurry of reports about what it contained, what it didn’t and – perhaps most importantly – what it all means. For our clients,......
This week we’re thrilled to announce the appointment of Tom Doughty as Account Director. Over the past three years, Tom has managed several corporate pharmaceutical and med-tech client accounts, as well as successful coalitions with patient groups and industry partners on All Party......
This World Cancer Day, we’re pleased to announce we will be partnering with the South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA) to reduce the late presentation of lung cancer amongst hard-to-reach groups. Lung cancer disproportionately affects those from more deprived backgrounds and there is growing......
By Niall Dickson CBE, Senior Counsel at health communications agency OVID Health and former CEO of the NHS Confederation WB Yates’ aphorism ‘all changed, all changed utterly’ has been applied to the NHS before, but never has it been so apt. The service is in......
We’re delighted to have been shortlisted for best agency in the PRWeek UK Healthcare and Pharma Comms Awards! Running for the first time ever this year, OVID feels privileged to be one of only a handful of agencies to make the shortlist. Sharing......
Yesterday, the Government published the UK Vaccines Delivery Plan, their roadmap to vaccinate around 11 million people in Britain by mid-February and, as the Government hopes, also a roadmap out of lockdown cycles and out of the political heat on its handling of the......
A mere five weeks ago we celebrated the approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bringing frenzied hope about how soon life might get back to “normal” and a brighter, better 2021. Fast forward to lockdown 3.0 and it’s hard to bring back the feeling of......
Effective public health communication is essential in order to protect the public during this second wave of COVID-19, particularly as many uncertainties lie ahead about the roll-out of vaccines. But have the government been successful in striking the right balance when it comes to......
“Impressive work…” “Have clearly made significant impact in their short time since inception. Recognised a great gap in the market.” “Have demonstrated a creative and personal approach to healthcare comms…” “Excellent results in a short space for a team that values diversity, measurable campaigns and......
We won! (in case the title wasn’t a dead giveaway). In a year which has seen the importance of health communications demonstrated like never before, OVID Health was awarded New Agency of the Year at the PRmoment Awards 2020. It’s an incredible achievement for our......
Leading pharmaceutical news publication PharmaTimes Magazine has released their September issue, focused on issues of patient-centricity in pharma. To celebrate the success and valuable insights from the Patient Partnership Index 2020, this month’s PharmaTimes includes a feature piece from OVID Health’s founder and MD Jenny......
Rachel Gonzaga, a former global communications director for GSK, has been appointed Associate Director at healthcare communications agency OVID. Rachel joins OVID Health from GSK, where she led global communications for the inhaled respiratory medicines team. An experienced and well-respected pharma PR leader, she is......
Patient communities are key partners in communications and advocacy for pharmaceutical companies. But what does an impactful partnership look like? The Patient Partnership Index 2020 is the UK’s leading initiative in the field – sharing best practice and recognising the pharmaceutical industry’s work in this......
We’re delighted to announce that OVID Health has been shortlisted by PR Week Award’s 2020 as New Consultancy of the Year. This is a fantastic achievement and underlines how our mission to reinvent healthcare communications is really making waves and producing tangible, impactful results. OVID......
The results of The Patient Partnership Index 2020 are in, showcasing the UK’s pharmaceutical sector’s work in communications and advocacy with patient organisations. The Index – an initiative created and co-owned by PharmaTimes and OVID Health – showcases the very best examples of partnerships between......
The UK #LifeSciences sector has responded rapidly to #COVID19, leading the way in research, innovation and collaboration. Our new #UnleashingInnovation brochure explores the extraordinary research that has taken place in London – read the report here: https://t.co/PxHVTKctvC pic.twitter.com/uRBd1Qdijd — MedCity (@MedCityHQ) June 30, 2020 ......
It’s always fantastic to be recognised the effort we and the amazing people we work with put in. We were absolutely delighted to have been shortlisted for three awards – including Best Public Affairs Campaign and Best Use of Media Relations – at the prestigious......
It’s not every day a Minister resigns because a special advisor has kept their job. Then again, Dominic Cummings is no ordinary special advisor, at least in the eyes of the Prime Minister. Our founder and MD Jenny Ousbey contributed her views to PR Week......
Today we are delighted to announce that the Patient Partnership Index 2020, in partnership with leading industry publication PharmaTimes, is open for entries. The Index is a first-of-its-kind opportunity for pharma companies to showcase, benchmark and measure the quality of their advocacy with patient groups.......
Woooop! We’ve been shortlisted in the prestigious @CIPR_Awards for: Best Public Affairs Campaign; Best Use of Media Relations and most amazingly Best New PR Consultancy of the Year. Well done also to our amazing clients working hard right now. #pr #health #awards #publicaffairs pic.twitter.com/CVkx5mdTOD —......
There are two essential ingredients to a successful public health campaign: good advice, and good communication. The Government has been going hard on trying to keep the core pillar of its health advice to families short and simple – wash your hands thoroughly, for the......
On a cold October morning last year, a Facebook post went viral around the office; it was a simple hand-held selfie video of an ecstatic and emotionally overwhelmed mum, Gemma, celebrating the deal that brought Orkambi to the NHS and to her daughter Ivy. Gemma......
Following a clutch of client wins at the start of 2020, we’re absolutely thrilled to announce we have been shortlisted for New Agency of the Year 2020 at the PRmoment Awards. We’ll have to wait until Thursday 26th March until we find out who the......
Asked if he had a message for Boris Johnson this morning, Sajid Javid said “Happy Valentine’s Day”, smiled and got into his car… The big news of the reshuffle was of course the appointment of a new Chancellor after Sajid Javid refused to agree to......
OVID Health started the year by preparing a feature article for the Pharma Times January/February edition on the new MPs in health that we all should be watching. If you want to see the full list, you can read the article here on the Pharma......
Roudie Shafie, former Head of Government Affairs at the ABPI and ex-corporate public affairs lead for Pfizer UK, has been appointed Director at healthcare communications agency OVID. Roudie was a former policy advisor to Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London on health, life......
Most people have to wait until Christmas to get their presents, but at OVID we’ve built a reputation on doing things a bit differently. Now the dust has settled (a little) on the seismic General Election result last week, we’re pleased to share with you......
Thursday 12th December will well be remembered as quite a night in politics. Depending on your politics it was either Christmas come early or very much the day before Friday 13th. The ramifications of Johnson’s Conservative majority will have big implications for a number of......
The team at OVID don’t usually need an excuse to open up a bottle of wine, but we had a very good excuse on the 5th December! In a crowded field up against well-known campaigns from global agencies, OVID came out on top and won......
As one of the UK’s only independent healthcare consultancies specialising in public affairs we’re delighted to share with you our latest insights on the General Election. Don’t worry. It’s not more number crunching (you’ve got polling companies to do that), and we haven’t sat behind......
“Our most valuable resources – creativity, communication, invention, and reinvention – are, in fact, unlimited.” David Grinspon, senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute Madonna constantly reinvents herself to remain relevant. She’s a mediocre singer (don’t all hate-mail us all at once) but she’s......
Far more illuminating, when we look to the famous first words of Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, are the words that follow immediately after the famous first clause: ‘it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness’. ...
This week OVID attended Confed19, the largest NHS conference in the country. The event brought together over 2,000 senior NHS leaders, patients, healthcare professionals, academics, policy-makers, politicians...
Sajid Javid was announced as Chancellor in Boris Johnson’s Cabinet last night. Matt Hancock remains as Health Secretary. Over the course of yesterday, the new Prime Minister also began to reveal ...