AXON Communications

AXON Communications works only in healthcare, helping pharmaceutical and life-science clients explain science to doctors, patients and health systems. Started in Toronto in 2002, London followed in 2003, then New York in 2010 and Copenhagen in 2012, and now runs teams across three regions.

Services

• Medical communications: scientific content and medical affairs advice built on clinical and real-world evidence.
• Public relations: healthcare PR and channel planning to reach the right audiences at the right time.
• Clinical trial support: communication work that helps clinical studies get delivered.
• Advocacy: programmes that engage patients and the groups that represent them, including work on health literacy.
• Insights and strategy: stakeholder research used to find opportunities and ground creative ideas in evidence.
• Marketing: brand and campaign work across the life of a healthcare product.

Who it works with

Its clients are healthcare and life-science companies, reached through offices in North America and Europe; it reports working with more than 100 clients. The firm describes itself as combining the scale of a large agency with the attention of a small one.

Key facts

• Based in: Toronto, London, New York and Copenhagen
• Founded: 2002, in Toronto
• Team: more than 1,000 people
• Clients: over 100
• Offices: a newer London office at Riverside House