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TVF wins another award! Apr 2009

TVF Communications has been awarded a Gold prize at the prestigious WorldMediaFestival awards. This is the sixth time in 5 years that an entry from TVF has been commended by the WorldMediaFestival judges. The winning entry, a DVD entitled ‘A Pathway Through MS’, was commissioned by Biogen Idec, the leading neurology, oncology and immunology specialists, and produced by TVF Communications.

‘A Pathway Through MS’ was created to inform and reassure patients who have just been diagnosed with MS, a long-term and potentially frightening condition. It provides patients with information on the disease, as well as all the available drug therapies so that they can make an informed choice of treatment. Specially created 3D animations also enliven the scientific content regarding the different treatment options available.

Kathryn Bennett, MD of TVF Communications, praised her team for their “hard work and diligence to produce this very important programme.”

In 2008, TVF took another Gold award for the programme ‘Is It Epilepsy’, a 20-minute DVD resource for people with suspected epilepsy presented by BBC journalist Rajesh Mirchandani.

TVF shortlisted for Medical Education Consultancy of the Year at Communiqué Awards Jun 2008
		The Communique Awards are the largest and most prestigious of the industry awards for medical education and PR in the UK. TVF Communications is a finalist in the category -Communiqué Medical Education Consultancy of the Year. This achievement represents the success of the agency in 2007, both in terms of activities for key clients as well as how the company has grown and developed its people and its business model. In addition to a written entry, key clients were asked to score the agency and provide feedback and testimonials. "This is a great achievement for us", said Rachel Farrow, MD - "Our profile has grown over the last 10 years and the team really deserves this accolade. We are very much looking forward to the award ceremony in July, and hope to come away with a win in this category. Whatever happens though, this is already a big deal for the agency and highlights our high quality work in medical education and our success and growth over a decade."

TVF Takes Gold at World Media Festival Apr 2008
		A TVF programme called ‘Is it Epilepsy?’ has taken Gold in the Medical PR section of the 2008 World Media Festival. ‘Is it Epilepsy’ is a multilingual DVD resource for use by people with suspected epilepsy. The 20-minute programme demonstrates and explains the diagnostic tests for suspected cases of epilepsy and is presented by BBC journalist Rajesh Mirchandani. It provides much-needed reassurance to the thousands of people who undergo MRI scans, EEG tests and other investigations during their search for a diagnosis, particularly those for whom English is a second language. The DVD was provided as a service to epilepsy under an unrestricted grant from Pfizer, who market the drug Lyrica. Rachel Farrow, Managing Director at TVF Communications is delighted with the award: ‘TVF has won a number of awards for work in the field of epilepsy, and this latest win confirms our strength in this area.” This win comes as the latest of a string of successes for TVF at the WMF, having won two Golds in 2007 and numerous other awards in previous years. The World Media Festival is an annual global event with an award ceremony hosted in Hamburg. The Festival celebrates and rewards the best in communication and PR across a range of industries and sectors, with a particular focus on tailoring messages to the audience and the use of innovation and creative formats.

PM Society Advertising Award for TVF Jan 2008
		TVF had a very successful day at the 2008 PM Society Advertising Awards, held on 25th of January at Grosvenor House in London. In the Digital Media category, Osteoporosis Refresh (for Roche Products Ltd), a CD-ROM-based tool for the management of osteoporosis, was awarded second place ‘Highly Commended’. Rachel Farrow, MD of TVF Communications, is very pleased with this outcome: “I am delighted that our high quality digital media work has been recognised in this new category at the PM Awards. The Refresh project is an innovative and successful communications solution of which the agency is very proud.” TVF also sponsored the Patient Information Campaign Award, which was won by Bray Leino. The PM Society Advertising Awards are an annual event in which healthcare advertising, creative and communications agencies can submit entries into a range of categories. These are then judged by panels of experts and presented during the ceremony.

PM Society Advertising Awards Nov 2007
		Osteoporosis Refresh was nominated for an award in the Digital Media category by the PM Society earlier this month. The program, developed by Roche Products Ltd, provides representatives with a novel way to communicate hot topics and specific information in the management of osteoporosis and its treatment. A combination of traditional slides, video, animation and the program’s ability to be updated with new presentations, additional modules and fresh information via the internet brings case studies to life and ensures there is always something new to present and discuss. The winner within this category will be announced at the PM Society Advertising Awards dinner on 25th January 2008. TVF is also pleased to be sponsoring the Patient Information Campaign Award.

PM Society Awards Dec 2006
		Judges for the PM Society Awards shortlisted TVF for the Geoff Brook Award in Innovation this month. The nomination recognises TVF's e-delegateTM tool, a web-based registration service that allows delegates to register their attendance for meetings online. The tool, which can be supplied as a complete service, or licensed as an add-on to an existing website, aims to maximise attendance at pharmaceutical company events by making the registration process quick and easy for the delegate. An innovative back-end function allows sales and marketing teams to access real-time information about which customers in their territories access the website and register for the meetings. A database of sales team names and territory responsibilities can be preloaded onto the site, and each representative given a log-in and password so that they can view how registration progresses overall, as well as a detailed breakdown for individual customers registered their territory. To ensure representatives focus their efforts on the right customers, a database of segmented target HCPs can also be uploaded. TVF will be attending the awards ceremony on the 26th January where the winners in each category will be announced.

Success for TVF at the 2006 Communiqué Awards Jun 2006
		TVF scooped a finalist award at this year’s Communiqué Awards for Best Professional Campaign. The TVF client services team hosted a table at the event, which was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel and attracted over a thousand industry and agency professionals. The judges recognised the value of TVF’s customer development campaign for Glivec, a Novartis oncology product. The campaign aimed to drive best-practice Glivec treatment in CML specialist nurses, through a series of workshop meetings and clinic tools. It was the first attempt by Glivec to target this customer group, and the programme had excellent results in terms of numbers of nurses reached, meetings attended, use of materials, and customer feedback.

Success for TVF at World Media Festival May 2006
		TVF have had another successful year at the World Media Festival event in Hamburg, winning 3 awards in total. The DVD ‘My Dad has Epilepsy’ produced for Pfizer for the drug Lyrica won a grand award and a gold award in the learning programs section of the children's category. The DVD ‘ADHD and the school day’ produced for UCB Pharma for the drug Equasym won a gold award in the Medicine section of the public relations category.