Blog Archive

COVID-19 has had a fundamental effect on every aspect of society, including clinical trials. The search for an effective vaccine ...
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Clinical trials are the engine room that powers our ability to deliver new treatment options to patients. The rigorous testing ...
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Brighton, United Kingdom – January 22, 2020 – AXON Communications is pleased to announce the relocation of its Brighton team ...
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Can you imagine a world without being connected? The era of technology has swept through society and influenced almost every ...
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Earlier this summer, AXON was named as one of UK’s ‘Best Workplaces for Women in 2019’ (Medium Category). The accolade ...
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By working together collaboratively, patients, patient advocacy groups and the pharmaceutical industry have the ability to have a significant impact ...
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As a healthcare consulting firm, we recognize the importance of reducing stress to maintain emotional, mental, and physical well-being. At ...
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While the PR industry overall is predominantly female, women are “persistently under represented at senior management levels” (PRCA ‘Diversity and ...
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MedTech, New York’s trade association for the bio/med industry, held its third MedTechIDEAS Summit – Ensuring Patient Access in a ...
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AXON Communications medical writer James McCary sheds some light on the wonderful world of Medical Communications and why it’s an ...
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 Ralph Sutton, AXON International Managing Partner, sits down with Daniella McCrorie, AXON Clinical Trial Services Vice President to discuss ...
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Team building and organized fun. Four words that strike fear into many seasoned office workers – often for very good ...
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A National and Global Problem Maternal mortality rates are rising in the US, despite global rates showing a downward trend.1 ...
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Earlier this year, Kate Krivy, Account Director at AXON Clinical Trial Services in Toronto, received the Luc Beauregard Award, dedicated to the memory ...
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In 2018, AXON pledged making the wellbeing of our staff a key priority. Although we have had long-standing activities in ...
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By Michelle Wolfson, MSc Conferences serve as a platform for our clients to share news updates and promote education on ...
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By Nat Turner & Sheniz Farah Today marks the 12th International Rare Disease Day. This year’s theme is ‘show your ...
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We’re proud to announce winners of the Firm’s 2018 Achievement Awards. Every year, we celebrate the outstanding achievements of employees ...
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By: Samantha Miernicki, PharmD During the first week of December, I had the opportunity to represent AXON Communications and Long ...
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By Jennifer M. Barrett, MSc November is National Diabetes Month. This disease is agnostic to age, race, and religion. While ...
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This November, AXON London marks its 15-year anniversary. From being an agency of one, to becoming an integral part of ...
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The opioid epidemic has touched nearly every life across the United States. According to the CDC, over 630,000 people died ...
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By Nadia Sajous As Open Access week (October 22 – 28, 2018) is celebrated around the world, we felt it ...
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On September 21st, AXON’s John Facciponte, PhD, had the opportunity to attend the 9th Icahn School of Medicine at Mount ...
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By Samantha Miernicki, PharmD I am excited to join the AXON family as a yearlong fellow in a newly-established collaboration ...
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By Pete Rizzuto Email and text etiquette is an important topic relating to personal and professional communications across our industry ...
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By Brad Langhoff No workday is like any other for me due to AXON’s unique position in this healthcare communications ...
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By John Facciponte, PhD Understanding the regulatory process for approval of drugs and biologics, how insulins have been regulated and ...
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In terms of technical innovation, society’s driving force has always been to increase efficiency.   We aim to cut out ...
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Since our start at AXON NY in March 2017 as Editorial Assistant and Account Executive, respectively, every day has been ...
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One size doesn’t fit all – we understand a different approach is needed. Our poem is dedicated to the people living with ...
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During crises one of the audiences that organizations can overlook are their own employees. It is vital for organizations to ...
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With the exciting arrival of Jeffrey Freedman who was recently appointed Vice President, Integrated Communications – Healthcare of AXON US, ...
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I previously wrote an article entitled “To CRM or not to CRM – that is the question”. In the article ...
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Everywhere I look, I see a mustache. It’s November and so I immediately think of prostate cancer, men’s health, and ...
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It has always been important for communications teams to show the impact of their activities, but as external economic factors ...
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With the recent release of Twitter’s new paid promotion policy for pharma, I got to thinking about clinical research awareness ...
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Hot off the press! After much debate and controversy over the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ (ICMJE) proposal for ...
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As a junior, one of my roles was to cut out the newspaper clippings, paste them onto a piece of ...
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Crises happen. That seems like a perfectly legitimate bumper sticker for any public relations practitioner to place on their vehicle ...
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What is women’s leadership? As I am honored this week at the 2017 MM&M Awards in the "Women to Watch" ...
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Our Toronto office staff recently indicated that wellness support in the workplace was needed. In response to this feedback, our ...
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At AXON we are proud of our in-house medical writing expertise. Stemming from a variety of different backgrounds – from ...
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When socially responsible activities are aligned with an employee’s self-interest and an organization’s core values, principles of ethical conduct, social ...
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I recently watched a popular TV science program which talked about how five times the Earth has experienced times when ...
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Raise your hand if you use a mobile health app. Is yours up? Mine is! According to a recent survey1, ...
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While there is no doubt there is much more be done to bring hope and long-term recovery to the many ...
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The term “authentic” communications has been a buzzword. Being authentic starts with having real values. It does not matter what ...
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I spend a lot of time reading, thinking about and discussing how best to ensure a future pipeline of talent ...
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As I’m the HR Director at AXON UK, you’re probably reading this and thinking ‘well, you would say that wouldn’t ...
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In recent months, as part of our recruitment drive to expand the London office, I have spent a great deal ...
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A good relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare professionals (HCPs) is vital to continually drive improvement in patient treatment ...
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Since Friday, the UK, and indeed the world, has been absorbing what the decision of the UK to leave the ...
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London-based healthcare communications agency asks the pharmaceutical industry: ‘Do you speak patient?’  LONDON, UK, April 6, 2016 – AXON Communications, ...
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   Last Friday, the AXON Toronto team got all dressed up for the office’s annual holiday party, and with a ...
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Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have disrupted the healthcare system, but widespread, palpable change in process and patient care has not ...
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Last month, Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr., M.SC., Managing Partner, AXON Communications, moderated an esteemed panel at MedTech’s annual conference, “ ...
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If you had to guess, what would you say is the hairiest month of the year? If you guessed November, ...
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Earlier this year we published an article entitled “Face Value?” 1 regarding the merits of both face-to-face investigator meetings versus ...
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Should we get a dog? It’s a question that is raised in households around the world, and recently a popular ...
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At some point, everyone has encountered an uncomfortable situation driven by emotions, whether he or she has been directly involved ...
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Video games used to be a superficial entertainment outlet where the typical goals of these games were to shoot the ...
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Early on Thursday morning I opened my front door to get the paper (a ritual I still enjoy in a ...
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Advances in modern medicine and adopting a healthy lifestyle have offered us the hope of not only living a long ...
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In recent news, we see further advances in identifying ways to capture the patient voice; in this instance, we see ...
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When it comes to pharmaceutical companies promoting their products, off-label discussions may now be on the table. In a court ...
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Every year, our AXON US office welcomes several interns, and the success of its program can not only be attributed ...
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We are pleased to announce that SUNOVION’s recent peer to peer education efforts in the Long-Term Care (LTC) industry has ...
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I have looked out my AXON office window at 310 Front Street in Toronto hundreds of times over the past ...
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After 12 very happy and successful years in Richmond, on the outskirts of London, AXON has moved to a more ...
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Welcome to the new and updated AXON website. Some time ago, our senior team embarked on a process to look ...
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Podcasts, the digital audio content that listeners subscribe to and download, are experiencing a huge surge in popularity as of ...
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When most people hear the word “spring”, they think “warmer weather”, “flowers”, and “baseball.” But for those suffering from allergies, ...
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Since the sequencing of the genome a decade ago, there has been much talk of “personalized or precision medicine”. But ...
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Man against bug? The headline may conjure an image of an armed battle scene of soldiers against alien insect-like invaders ...
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A medical record allows health care providers to document medical history and identify patterns that may help determine appropriate treatment ...
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It’s been almost a decade since I last visited my birthplace and motherland, South Korea. While many things remained familiar, ...
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Rinsing, flushing and tossing have become common methods for the disposal of pharmaceutical medications such as pain relievers with the ...
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As health communicators and representatives of drug manufacturers, we often distribute medical information regarding approved drugs in scientific and medical ...
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Traditionally, healthcare systems have dominated as supply-driven enterprises; the supply–or fee-for-service payment structure–has often resulted in fragmented care delivery. The ...
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In an earlier blog, I reviewed the positive aspects of extending the trend of crowdsourcing to clinical trials; these included ...
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As a pharmacy student, I believe there is no better way to help the underprivileged population than to educate them ...
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“Medical writing… the activity of producing scientific documentation by a specialised writer” -   Wikipedia Medical writing: it does what ...
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Several interesting articles have surfaced in the New York Times on the topic of equal sex representation in clinical research, ...
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The explosion of online communities and crowdsourcing has shifted discrete internal corporate functions externally to an anonymous network of motivated ...
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If you’re not familiar with the effects of a sedentary lifestyle—such as sitting in your car during long commutes, at ...
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I took a holistic health coaching program last year, and one of the instructors urged us to go out into ...
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On March 25th, 2014, the Androgen Study Group sent a retraction letter to the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the ...
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Towards the end of last year, a few of the AXON London team decided to take a break from their ...
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On Saturday March 29 at 8:30 p.m. local time (wherever you were), over 7,000 cities around the world came together ...
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When we decided to give back to our community to celebrate AXON UK’s 10th anniversary with our ‘AXON Giving 10’ ...
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As communicators, we are challenged not only with crafting the “right” message, but also choosing the appropriate medium to make ...
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Do you remember a time in your life when you were the new kid on the block? For a time ...
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Having a personal interest in the benefits of meditation, and having attended AXON’s mindfulness training course, my colleague Shanida and ...
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Tabula Rasa: a blank slate. This is how many people view the month of January: a New Year and opportunity ...
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How does one define the concept of “big data?” What is its overall benefit in healthcare? I hoped to discover ...
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December 6, 2013 OTTAWA – Health Minister Rona Ambrose today tabled legislation in Parliament that gives the federal government more ...
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Not so long ago Hilary Clinton famously said that we now have a historic opportunity to “usher in an AIDS-free ...
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Ensuring data excellence in a clinical trial is vital to its success. Many trials face a variety of obstacles such ...
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I’m feeling generous. Let’s start with the good. Last month I spent 3 hours standing outside my local Tesco supermarket ...
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On August 1, 2013 the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (also known as the Sunshine Act) was put into effect.  This ...
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Over the past 10 years a lot has changed. The world was introduced to the iPhone and YouTube, scientists mapped ...
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“Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play.” -Plato Managing a successful clinical trial depends on ...
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Moving to a new city with a thriving culinary scene is both a blessing and a curse: for a self-proclaimed ...
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What do you do when you are one of the most innovative companies in the world and have previously made ...
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The most crucial thing you can do to live to be 100 is choose the right friends. This is Dan ...
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To be quite honest, I’ve never thought of myself as a ‘creative’ person. You’ll hear people say they think of ...
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Following the announcement of the PR Week 2013 Top 150 Consultancy League Table, where AXON jumped up the ranks to ...
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I finally did it. I have been growing my hair for about two and a half years and thought I’d ...
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Over the past few years it seems that talk about counterfeit drugs has gone from a whisper to a routine ...
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We’ve all been encouraged to do some out-of-the-box thinking in our day. It’s 2013 and the need to be forward ...
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Earlier this month, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) called off approximately 40 ongoing clinical trials in India.1 So ...
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As the old saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words” – so what might this mean for a ...
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While brainstorming ideas on how to celebrate the ten year anniversary of AXON London this October, a number of ideas ...
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The AXON US healthcare practice team, aptly named "AXON vs. Cancer", raised close to $7,000 again this year while participating ...
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"I don't ask why patients lie, I just assume they all do." Anyone who is familiar with the show House ...
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The One Thing You Must Do In Every Job Interview is pretty simple, according to author Dave Kerpen. In this ...
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Leading independent network expands in the UK and Europe Montreal, Canada – July 4, 2013 – NATIONAL Public Relations, one ...
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In the year of AXON London’s 10th anniversary, an early birthday present arrived with the release of the PR Week ...
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Much has been written in the industry and lay media alike that collaboration between pharmaceutical companies and patient groups enables ...
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About two years ago, I decided to take up a new sport. Who knows why I did – mid-life crisis, ...
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Prior to becoming a part of the team at the AXON office in the UK, I worked for a healthcare ...
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While I understand the literal meaning of making a New Year’s resolution (ie, starting a new year off right), I ...
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Arthritis is the inflammation of one or more joints. Unfortunately, there are many misconceptions that persist around arthritis, with the ...
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After nine years working in AXON’s Toronto office, my husband Mike and I decided we wanted to make a life ...
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Did you know that most oatmeal found in stores contains wheat? Or that most soy sauces contain wheat? Having started ...
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Ever heard the phrase “it’s not what she said, it’s how she said it” or been given the advice to ...
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In 2011 and 2012 nearly 2% of American children were diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, a 72% increase from previous ...
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My colleague Emma and I decided to fundraise in aid of Brain Cancer Awareness Month. The decision was easy: Emma’s ...
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March is Hemophilia Awareness Month,  put in place to raise awareness and education about bleeding disorders with a larger audience.1 ...
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Dan Brennan, Partner in AXON’s Calgary operation, has been named to the Board of Directors of BioAlberta. BioAlberta is the central ...
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Mario Nacinovich, Managing Partner of AXON US, has joined the Board of Directors of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation ...
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Suffering from any illness is upsetting and when you make the effort to lead a healthy lifestyle and you still ...
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A few days back when skiing at the top of the French Alps I felt amazed by the clarity of ...
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While the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) may have been around for some 17 years, it hasn’t stopped ...
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Health literacy is the ability to read, process and understand healthcare information to make appropriate health decisions.1 Clear communication is ...
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It seems that everywhere you turn on Valentine’s Day there are hearts: chocolate hearts, candy cinnamon hearts, heart-shaped love notes ...
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The management of clinical research has changed substantially since the launch of electronic systems such as patient diaries, data capture ...
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AXON presentation training. Three hours. Compulsory 5-minute presentation. ‘Dread’ doesn’t cover my feelings. Hearing past presentation topics helped i.e. anything ...
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Glaucoma is an eye disease in which excessive building pressure within the eye leads to irreversible damage to the optic ...
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As we find ourselves emerging from this festive period, ‘New Year’s resolutions’ is the phrase everyone is talking about. From ...
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Having survived two consecutive visits of family over the Christmas holidays, I am somewhat relieved to return to my normal ...
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Well if you’re reading this then the answer is yes. Well done on surviving yet another apocalypse, bad luck to ...
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! As we begin to look back at 2012 at what worked, what ...
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The other night I watched a popular TV science program, Science Club, which talked about how five times the Earth ...
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Since joining AXON 18 months ago, I have been contemplating the question of whether public relations (PR) is an art ...
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Social media is a key resource for personal and professional networking. Brands and organizations, however, can gain even greater value ...
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Gentlemen walking around pretending to be Johnny Depp look-a-likes, but in reality you see Cinco de Mayo with a hint ...
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Knowing your audience and meeting their needs is essential to developing a successful communications program. This is especially true when ...
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Diabetes − you’ve probably heard the term many times throughout your life. Perhaps you know somebody who has it, or ...
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In 2010, nearly 1.5 million people globally were told in multiple languages “you have breast cancer.” Breast cancer is the ...
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Following our previous blog on obesity, and in support of World Obesity Awareness Week (October 15−19), we put the spotlight ...
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“I don’t want to feel alone…” Despite the billions of people that inhabit our world, often those diagnosed with a ...
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This week (October 15−19) is World Obesity Awareness Week. Obesity is a global health problem that has been steadily increasing ...
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‘Trusted Advisor’ was not an unfamiliar term to me as a Senior Program Manager at AXON; I have always aspired ...
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Haven’t heard of Pinterest yet?  Well it’s about time you did. Launched in 2010, Pinterest became the fastest-growing website ever, ...
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September is Sickle Cell awareness month, an annual event held to help promote education and awareness surrounding the disease. Approximately ...
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For years the Paralympics has played a minor role in the public consciousness. Traditionally it has been seen as a ...
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A study at a speed dating event in Edinburgh, Scotland, demonstrated that within the first 30 seconds, a third of ...
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Three years ago, as Twitter started to become part of the pop culture lexicon, I came across a blog post ...
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As you may have experienced for yourself, some physicians can be quick to prescribe antibiotics to their patients for a ...
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Mapping of the human genome is becoming faster, easier and cheaper due to rapidly evolving technology. When I graduated from ...
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AXON is proud to announce that the Toronto office’s Chuck Johnston and Shawn Patterson Baker are both moving up and will ...
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In a 40-plus-year life I have attended a seemingly endless number of training and education activities, many of which (at ...
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It’s amazing the impact that 140 characters can have on a person and across populations. Without doubt London 2012 will ...
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Whether at home or on the road, where do you go for information? The internet, of course! According to a ...
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Fresh out of university, and catapulted into working life, I found myself in France with agency colleagues, filming a physician ...
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“What should be the goal of public relations programs?” Many communications specialists would say something along the lines of “shaping ...
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Collaboration is one of AXON’s seven core values – so much so that the entire US team joined forces and formed ...
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“Dress to impress” is my mother’s mantra, and she is right. First impressions count. Except now, with the increasing role ...
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Technology has revolutionised how we access information, particularly health-related information. We’ve moved from an era of having information pushed to ...
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It is well known that patient recruitment is the largest factor in increasing clinical trial costs, accounting for almost one ...
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Pioneer blogger Justin Hall “created” blogging back in 1994, but it wasn’t until 2004 that the blog gained popularity as ...
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