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Pharma start-ups in the media: communicating the industry’s future
A recent research conducted by PwC and CB Insights found that venture capitalists invested $10.6 billion into healthcare start-ups in the first half of 2018, with $5.3 billion spent in 216 healthcare deals in the second quarter of the year – a 21% increase from the...
Big Pharma vs Big Tech: Healthcare Innovation Trends in the Media
“Part of our competitors are not only the Novartis of the world and the other pharmas, but really the Amazons and Googles,” Yitzhak Peterburg, the former CEO of pharmaceutical giant Teva, said a year ago, adding that the global healthcare sector is facing a “huge...
US-China Trade War 2: Thought Leaders on the Battleground
As with the Brexit quandary, the economic turbulence surrounding the US-China trade skirmish presents an opportunity for many corporates to boost their brand presence in the media by establishing themselves as thought leaders. When reporting on the trade tensions...
US-China Trade War: Corporate Communications in the Battlefields
As the two largest national economies embroil in a trade showdown, it is individual companies which are in the centre of extensive reportages and economic commentary: the dispute is not just between the two countries, but also between corporations and policy makers,...
Brexit in the Media 3: Life Science PR in Unhealthy Climate
Alongside finance and law, the industry which occupies a central place in the heated Brexit debates is the life sciences. From the infamous campaign bus which hit the road with Vote Leave’s empty promise about £350 million a week for the National Health Service to the...
Brexit in the Media 2: Expert Opinion on Legal PR
Having examined the way banks promote themselves in the Brexit media coverage, we will now turn to an industry which works hand in glove with financial giants – law. UK’s affluent legal market is fueled by London’s role as a global financial hub, and bankers form the...
Brexit in the Media: How Banks Gain Shares in the Brexit Coverage
In the frenetic reports about everything Brexit-related, one industry palpably dominates the headlines: banking. This is because the UK’s economy is more reliant on the service sector than any of its G7 counterparts – services secure around 80% of the country’s GDP –...
Crisis PR After a Hack: Case Studies
As the business world implements new technologies at an overwhelmingly accelerating pace and companies fiercely play “who’s more digital”, cybersecurity risks increase by the day. The US government has estimated that more than 4000 ransomware attacks have occurred...
Banks Go Digital: Media Insights for the UK Market [Infographic]
Commetric has utilised its patented software tools and exerienced analysts to determine which trends dominate the media coverage of UK’s financial services sector and which banks and fintech start-ups gained the largest share of voice. The infographic below presents...