News Archive
2012:
April
- EPG exhibited at ECCMID 2012 (the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) in London, showcasing the infectious diseases section of EPG to participating healthcare professionals.
- EPG exhibited at Health Network Communications Mobile Pharma World conference in Amsterdam in preparation for launching EPG web apps based on the 51 disease topic areas within www.epgonline.org (the professional channel for HCPs).
March
- An e-Detail for atopic dermatitis has been launched within the dermatology disease topic homepage. This resource provides information on use of Protopic® as a proactive long-term treatment option for atopic dermatitis and its use in prolonging flare-free intervals. An online meeting zone is also available. Click here to view the e-Detail. Protopic® prescribing information is available here.
- The Anti-infectives Knowledge Network (AIKN), an interactive conference platform containing resources from the latest anti-infectives congresses, was launched within the infectious diseases homepage of EPG Online.
- EPG exhibited at Eyeforpharma's eMarketing Summit in Barcelona.
January
- The first eCME activity was published on EPG Online. This interactive webcast focuses on the subject of diabetes and is entitled SGLT-2 Inhibitors: Assessing the Evidence and the Potential Impact on Future Clinical Practice. It is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. View the press release here.
- A NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer) microsite has been launched to host webcasts of AstraZeneca satellite symposia on the subject of EGFR mutation testing and treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Webcasts filmed at satellite symposia during the 7th Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology Congress (APIAP 2011), the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC 2011), the 23rd European Congress of Pathology of the European Society of Pathology (ECP 2011) and the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress (ECCO-ESMO 2011) are now available on www.epgonline.org.
- On 30th - 31st January EPG hosted its first live webcast. This live stream came from an event entitled Individual approaches to managing invasive candidiasis: from guidelines to practice being held at the Institut Pasteur, Paris.
2011:
December
- EPG Health Media launches the new, extensively redesigned version of www.epgonline.org. This disease and medicines knowledge base for doctors now contains new content element such as multi-media, social media, apps, news, eCME and conference calendars, all within 50 disease topic homepages. View the press release here.
- A new COPD Knowledge Centre, developed in collaboration with Novartis Pharma AG, is launched on www.epgonline.org. This new resource has been designed to provide respiratory specialists, general practitioners and other healthcare professionals with current and accurate information on all aspects of treating patients with COPD. This Knowledge Centre can be accessed via the Respiratory Disease Topic Homepage. View the press release here.
- The launch of a new interactive webcast detailing three key presentations from the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2011 satellite symposium was announced. The EULAR webcast is comprised of three key opinion leaders; Michael Doherty MA MD FRCP FHEA, Marc C. Hochberg MD MPH and Francis Berenbaum MD PhD, discussing the current treatments available for the management of osteoarthritis. View the press release here.
- EPG Health media exhibited at Eyeforpharma's Mobile Strategies for Pharma in London
- Expert review by Chris Cooper (Managing Director, EPG Health Media) featured in December issue of PME (Pharmaceutical Marketing Europe) magazine. View the article - Mass of data online impedes HCP access
- EPG launches a new Type 2 Diabetes Knowledge Centre. Developed using an educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca, this resource is designed to provide endocrinologists, diabetologists, general practitioners and other healthcare professionals with current and accurate information on all aspects of diagnosing and treating patient with diabetes.
November
- EPG Health media exhibited at Eyeforpharma's Pharma Marketing & MDDExec Marketing & Brand Excellence Europe 2011 in Berlin
October
- EPG Health Media launches a new market research report on ‘The online behaviour and preferences of EU HCPs’. Download the report here for free.
- EPG Health Media exhibits and demonstrates the new, more user-friendly version of www.epgonline.org at Health 2.0 Europe in Berlin, Germany.
- EPG Health media exhibited at HCA 2011 conference in London
September
- EPG Health Media exhibits at Digi-Pharm Europe 2011 on 27th-30th September 2011 at the Millennium Gloucester, London.
- EPG Health media exhibited at 3rd Annual DigiPharm Europe 2011 event in London
- EPG Health media sponsored a Media Place (Health4media) networking evening for journalists and PR in London
June
- EPG Health media sponsored a PharmaTimes Agency round table meeting in London regarding pharma digital marketing
April
- EPG launches Pfizer sponsored Post MI Knowledge Centre on www.epgonline.org, the medical education website for Healthcare Professionals in Europe. View press release here.
March
- EPG Health Media exhibits at Eyeforpharma’s 6th Annual Pharma eMarketing Europe 2011 Conference, Munich and Chris Cooper joins speaker panel discussing Understanding Online Physician Engagement
- EPG Health Media exhibits at ExL’s 3rd Annual Digital Pharma Europe at the Boehringer Ingelheim Headquarters and Chris Cooper (Managing Director) presents session on Social Media in Healthcare: The 3 Stakeholder Groups. View Powerpoint Presentation.
February
- EPG Launch latest research on The Pharma-Agency Relationship: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges. Download the report for free.
January
- Chris Cooper (Managing Director) presents Social Media in Healthcare: The 3 Stakeholder Groups at the SMi Social Media in the Pharmaceutical Industry conference and receives a speaker score of 4.5/5 from the audience! View Powerpoint Presentation.
2010:
November
- EPG Health Media release report: Study highlights lack of digital marketing effectiveness within Pharma. View full details of the report and download.
October
- EPG Health Media releases report: Smartphone use and Healthcare: How do smartphones impact healthcare professionals and influence the way they practice? View full details of the report and download.
September
- EPG Health Media today announced the launch of a new interactive Men’s Health knowledge centre supported by Bayer Schering Pharma, Germany. The resource is hosted on www.epgonline.org , an international medical education resource for Healthcare Professionals (HCPs). View press release here.
July
- Atopic Dermatitis Knowledge Centre is launched on EPG website for doctors EPG Health Media, specialists in e-communication solutions and digital publishing for the health sector, today announced the launch of a new interactive Atopic Dermatitis knowledge centre. The new resource is hosted on www.epgonline.org an online medical education resource for Healthcare Professionals (HCPs).
2009:
November
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) Knowledge Centre is launched on EPG website for doctors The Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) Knowledge Centre on the EPG Online website aims to provide healthcare professionals with the latest, most up-to-date information regarding the disease and its management. Information includes classification of STS, clinical presentation, diagnosis and appropriate management options.
- Italian drug data goes live on the EPG Online The EPG Online drug data enables the user to browse the index of medicines for prescription & label information, side effects, dosage, drug interactions, adverse reactions, this function has now become available in Italian.
- Low Testosterone Project (Sponsored by Bayer Schering) goes live on EPG Patient Direct. You can also keep up to date with any information regarding Low Testosterone by following us on Twitter.
- EPG Health Media exhibited at the Eyeforpharma Pharma Marketing Summit 2009 Held on 22 - 23 October 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Well done to Eyeforpharma for organising another great event, and congratulations to Mark Van Hattum from Novartis, who won the EPG prize draw for a Nintendo Wii with games selection.
October
- EPG Health Jobs goes live on website for doctors. ‘EPG Health jobs’ has been developed to present the latest medical healthcare jobs within the UK, Europe and internationally. The online recruitment section enables employers and agencies to reach their target market of HCPs and provides candidates the opportunity to search a database of jobs using a combination of various criteria, including medical specialty, location, salary, hours and keywords.
- Portuguese drug data goes live on EPG Online. The EPG Online drug data enables the user to browse the index of medicines for prescription & label information, side effects, dosage, drug interactions, adverse reactions. this function has now become available in Portuguese.
September
- EPG Online gain confirmation of a new Parkinson’s partner in Solvay A diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) can be difficult as, in common with other central nervous system degenerative disorders, PD begins insidiously.
- The newswomen's Health banner, funded by Bayer Schering soon to be added to EPG Online.
August
- New to EPG Online are Eisai who will be supporting an Epilepsy resource.
- EPG Online welcome the new face in Bristol Myers Squibb with an Immunotherapy affiliate search.
- EPG Online secure a Neuropathic Pain project with Astellas and following the launch of the NPC resource with Actelion, they have now renewed for another year.
June
- EPG Online are pleased to announce the new Cholesterol knowledge centre in partnership with Pfizer. Diagnosing and managing coronary heart disease (CHD) can be challenging. In most patients, it takes years or even decades before the underlying coronary pathology leads to clinical manifestations.
- New Cystic Fibrosis knowledge centre The launch of the cystic fibrosis knowledge centre is to coincide with the 32nd European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, which takes place this year 10th-13th June in Brest, France.On this project EPG Online partner with Novartis Pharma AG to add to the existing knowledge centre library on EPG Online.
- EPG Health Media is pleased to join 'Twitter'.
April
- Eyeforpharma’s'4th Annual eMarketing Summit' EPG Health Media attend in Munich on the 27th-28th. Congratulations to Eyeforpharma on a successful event and to Mark Petersen from Boehringer Ingelheim, who won the EPG prize draw for a brand new Netbook laptop.
- A new partnership has been established between EPG Online and Pfizer with relation to the new Cholesterol knowledge centre. This new partnership will extend the EPG Online knowledge centre library and is due to be launched on the 4th May.
- EPG Health Media are pleased to announce the new partnership between Novartis (Rasilez) and EPG Online to bring the new Hypertension knowledge centre to EPG Online.
March
- Contraception Knowledge Centre launched on EPG website for doctors. The launch of the contraception knowledge centre in the UK coincided with the Family Planning Association (FPA) Contraception Awareness Week, which takes place each year during the week of St. Valentine’s Day.
January
- Interim results from the MIRACEL study now reported in the Renal Anaemia disease knowledge centre at EPG Online. MIRACEL is the first real-life study to investigate switching the treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients on dialysis from commonly used shorter-acting erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) directly to the once monthly administration of the drug Mircera®, using pre-filled syringes.
2008:
- Thrombosis press release
- Renal Anaemia press release
- Asthma press release
- Insomnia press release
- Non- Small cell lung cancer press release
- Partnership formed between EPG Online and Astellas Pharma to bring the new Prostate Cancer Knowledge Centre to EPG Online.
- Bayer Schering agree to renew Men’s Health and expand content to include Erectile Dysfunction.
- EPG Health Media are excited to announce the new mobile device edition to its EPG Online website. Bringing all the latest medical news and drug data straight to your mobile
- The Asthma Knowledge Centre contained within the EPG Online Disease Knowledge Library will continue to be sponsored by Nycomed during 2009
- EPG Online launches interactive ‘Thrombosis Knowledge Centre’ for physicians
- EPG Online is pleased to announce the partnership with Novartis in the new Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
- Novartis and EPG Online are pleased to announce the new Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST) Knowledge Centre
- Interim results from the MIRACEL study now reported in the Renal Anaemia disease knowledge centre at EPG Online
- Launch of new interactive Asthma resource for physicians and other healthcare professionals
- Launch of new interactive Insomnia resource for physicians
- Launch of new interactive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer resource for physicians