Pharmaceutical Market Europe • July/August 2022 • 24-29
COMMUNIQUÉ AWARDS 2022
Celebrating the 2022 Communiqué Awards
The Awards, held at the London Grosvenor House Hotel, recognise excellence in medical affairs and healthcare communications
The achievements of medical comms consultancies, charities and healthcare communicators were celebrated at this year’s Communiqué Awards, held on 7 July at the London Grosvenor House Hotel.
Following the uncertainty of the past 24 months, the award show’s attendees were excited to be back at the in-person event, with guests arriving in smart evening wear to show their support for their respective companies. The event was hosted by actor and comedian, Stephen Mangan, and the glamorous and entertaining evening was enjoyed by all.
This year, the awards included 29 categories, covering healthcare communications and medical affairs, alongside individual, team and company honours, acknowledging the outstanding contributions made by entrants from all corners of the industry.
Notable winners included the team from Langland, taking home not one but two awards for its entry, Being Bella: An Innovative Approach to Clinical Trial Investigator Engagement, which won the categories for both Excellence in Medical Affairs-Led Scientific Exchange and Innovation in Scientific Communications.
Healthcare Communiquétor for 2022 was posthumously awarded to Rob Dawson for his outstanding contributions to the healthcare communications industry, and the announcement was greeted with resounding applause.
The award for Healthcare Communications Advocate 2022 was awarded posthumously to Dame Deborah James for her charitable campaigning, challenging of taboos around cancer and her constant #RebelliousHope. A standing ovation was given in recognition of Dame Deborah’s achievements in positively changing the conversation around bowel health and cancer.
The Lucid Group Award for Excellence in Public Health Communications 2022 was given to We are Twelve for its entry titled FAST Heroes by We are Twelve for Boehringer Ingelheim and the World Stroke Organization.
The judges commented that, as an entry, it ‘stood out as a coherent, brave and insight-driven programme, navigating a difficult topic. Objectives were clear and were matched with a robust strategy’. The judges were also impressed by ‘the exploration of the unique relationship between children and their grandparents’.
The final award of the night was The 90Ten Award for Communications Consultancy of the Year, and this was given to Evoke Incisive Health, presented by 90Ten’s managing director, Niamh Mangan.
Commenting on the success of the night, Debbie Tuesley, Communiqué Awards Director, said: “It was fantastic to see such a big turn-out at this year’s Communiqué Awards, reflecting the industry’s eagerness to recognise outstanding work and have the opportunity to come together again.
THIS YEAR’S HOST, STEPHEN MANGAN
CO-CHAIRS FIONA MCMILLAN AND JEREMY CLARK
“We are very grateful to all our sponsors, especially Langland, for their support and to the judges for their hard work in continuing the fair and rigorous judging process.”
“Congratulations to all the winners, high commendations and finalists and thanks to them all for writing these amazing entries.”
01 EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATING AND USING DATA – BCW
02 THE SAY COMMUNICATIONS AWARD FOR BEST USE OF DATA VISUALISATION – NEXGEN HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS
04 EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL OR LOCAL EDUCATION MEETINGS STAND-ALONE
EVENTS – SCITERION
07 THE LUCID GROUP AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS – WE ARE TWELVE
09 EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL AFFAIRS-LED SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE – LANGLAND
12 EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA RELATIONS – MEARNS & PIKE
15b EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS – EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS – ARC BIO COMMUNICATIONS
17 EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL AFFAIRS – TRANSFORMATION – IQVIA AND PATIENT COMMUNICATIONS
19 CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – M&F HEALTH
21 EARLY CAREER ACHIEVER IN HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS – CYNTHIA UMUKORO, SYNEOS HEALTH
23 HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS ADVOCATE – DAME DEBORAH JAMES (POSTHUMOUS)
27 COMMUNIQUÉ PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR – INCISIVE HEALTH, AN ASHFIELD HEALTH COMPANY, PART OF UDG HEALTHCARE
06 EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT PROGRAMMES – LANGLAND
08 EXCELLENCE IN MULTICHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS – AKT HEALTH
11 THE LANGLAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIPS – MHP MISCHIEF
13 EXCELLENCE IN ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIADIGITAL CHANNELS – UNDER £50,000 – STIRRED
16 EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATION THROUGH CREATIVE EXECUTION – REAL CHEMISTRY
18b INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS – BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM UK
20 AGILITY AND FLEXIBILITY AWARD – BEDROCK HEALTHCARE
22 HEALTHCARE COMMUNIQUÉTOR – ROB DAWSON (POSTHUMOUS)
24 IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR – NOVO NORDISK UK CORPORATE AFFAIRS TEAM
25 LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR ACTION ON WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION – KETCHUM
28 COMMUNIQUÉ MEDICAL AFFAIRS AGENCY OF THE YEAR – NUCLEUS GLOBAL
Full list of winners - Communiqué Awards 2022
1. EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATING AND USING DATA
Sponsored by OPEN Health
WINNER: Time To Act: Informing Policy Action to Tackle The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Care Across Europe
by BCW for European Cancer Organisation (ECO)
2. THE SAY COMMUNICATIONS AWARD FOR BEST USE OF DATA VISUALISATION
Sponsored by SAY Communications
WINNER: CARTography
by NexGen Healthcare Communications for Kite, a Gilead company
3. EXCELLENCE IN GLOBAL EDUCATION MEETINGS/STAND-ALONE EVENTS
Sponsored by Bedrock Healthcare Communications
WINNER: XLH Matters 2021 – A New Interactive Meeting Platform Raising Awareness of XLH
by Sciterion for Kyowa Kirin
4. EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL OR LOCAL EDUCATION MEETINGS/STAND-ALONE EVENTS
Sponsored by Makara Health
WINNER: LINX: Cross-Specialty Approaches for Improved Patient Outcomes
by Sciterion for AbbVie
5. EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
Sponsored by Nucleus Global
WINNER: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP): Recognition, Treatment and Hope
by Springer Healthcare IME for Ipsen (independent educational grant provider)
6. EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT PROGRAMMES
Sponsored by Couch
WINNER: Changing Lives Impacted by Depression One Conversation at a Time
by Langland for Janssen Neuroscience
7. THE LUCID GROUP AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
Sponsored by Lucid Group
WINNER: FAST Heroes
by We are Twelve for Boehringer Ingelheim and the World Stroke Organization
8. EXCELLENCE IN MULTICHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS
Sponsored by Hanover
WINNER: We R.A. Priority: Challenging What is Possible in Rheumatoid Arthritis
by akt health for Galapagos
9. EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL AFFAIRS-LED SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE
Sponsored by Sciterion
WINNER: Being Bella: A Patient-Centric Approach to Clinical Trial Investigator Engagement
by Langland for Roche
10. EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS – PAYERS/POLICYMAKERS
Sponsored by M&F Health
WINNER: Delivering Better Oral Health for the Nation
by Lexington for Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme
11. THE LANGLAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIPS
Sponsored by Langland
WINNER: Global Youth Mobilization: Establishing Youth-Led Solutions to Pandemic Recovery
by MHP Mischief for Global Youth Mobilization
12. EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA RELATIONS
Sponsored by JPA Health
WINNER: Putting IVI on the Media Map
by Mearns & Pike for IVI London
13. EXCELLENCE IN ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA/DIGITAL CHANNELS – UNDER £50,000
Sponsored by M&F Health
WINNER: A Race Against Time – Rocket-Fuelling the Recruitment into a Vital COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Study
by Stirred for Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU)
14. EXCELLENCE IN ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA/DIGITAL CHANNELS – OVER £51,000
Sponsored by Anthem
WINNER: ‘Can We Rebuild Cartilage?’ Knee Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial Recruitment Campaign
by Langland for Novartis Clinical Trials
15a. EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS – INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
Sponsored by dna
WINNER: The World of Knowledge Race
by Makara Health and Actando for Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company
15b. EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS – EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
Sponsored by dna
WINNER: Designing the Future of R&D: Unveiling The Discovery Centre
by Arc Bio Communications for AstraZeneca
16. EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATION THROUGH CREATIVE EXECUTION
Sponsored by Page & Page
WINNER: The Big Sneezeby Real Chemistry for AstraZeneca
17. EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL AFFAIRS – TRANSFORMATION
Sponsored by Healthcare Consultancy Group
WINNER: LaunchPad - Designed with You, for You
by IQVIA Medical and Patient Communications for BMS
18a. INNOVATION IN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS
Sponsored by Arc Bio Communications
WINNER: Being Bella: An Innovative Approach to Clinical Trial Investigator Engagement
by Langland for Roche
18b. INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS
Sponsored by Arc Bio Communications
WINNER: Taking the Road Less Travelled – How to Innovate with Patients Not for Them
by Boehringer Ingelheim UK Ltd
19. CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Ashfield MedComms
WINNER: Family Matters. The Extraordinary Impact of Huntington’s Disease
by M&F Health for Huntington’s Disease Alliance UK & Ireland
20. AGILITY AND FLEXIBILITY AWARD
Sponsored by McCann Health, CMC Affinity
WINNER: Accelerated Virtual Consensus Programme: Multiple Sclerosis and the COVID-19 Vaccination
by Bedrock Healthcare Communications for Merck KGaA
21. EARLY CAREER ACHIEVER IN HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS
Sponsored by Virgo Health
WINNER: Cynthia Umukoro
Syneos Health
22. HEALTHCARE COMMUNIQUÉTOR
Sponsored by Lumanity
WINNER: Rob Dawson (posthumous)
23. HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS ADVOCATE
Sponsored by Arc Bio Communications
WINNER: Dame Deborah James
24. IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Mind + Matter
WINNER: Novo Nordisk UK Corporate Affairs Team
25. LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR ACTION ON WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Sponsored by Edelman
WINNER: We are Progress - Ketchum’s Journey to Become a Greater Force for Good Through Our Advocacy for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
by Ketchum
26. COMMUNIQUÉ SMALL CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by 67Health
WINNER: WA Communications
27. COMMUNIQUÉ PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Aurora
WINNER:Incisive Health, an Ashfield Health Company part of UDG Healthcare
28. COMMUNIQUÉ MEDICAL AFFAIRS AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Within3
WINNER: Nucleus Global
29. THE 90TEN AWARD FOR COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by 90TEN
WINNER: Incisive Health, an Ashfield Health Company part of UDG Healthcare