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Clients at the end of 2008 include:<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/index.cfm/pcms/site.ourclients.register_home APPC register] to November 2008</ref><br>
 
Clients at the end of 2008 include:<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/index.cfm/pcms/site.ourclients.register_home APPC register] to November 2008</ref><br>
  
[[Bayer Schering Pharma]] | [[IDIS]] | [[Alexion Biopharmaceuticals]] | [[Medical Defence Union]] | [[Astellas]] | [[UKCTA]]  
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[[Bayer]] [[Schering]] Pharma | [[IDIS]] | [[Alexion Biopharmaceuticals]] | [[Medical Defence Union]] | [[Astellas]] | [[UKCTA]]
 
 
  
 
==Contacts==
 
==Contacts==

Revision as of 17:36, 9 January 2009

Advocate is a lobbying consultancy specialising in healthcare, which was formed in September 2007. According to its website, recent lobbying successes have included "helping a major pharmaceutical client secure an ongoing Ministerial commitment to fund an expensive therapy area, and assisting a leading professional body to amend government legislation during its passage through the Houses of Parliament."[1]

People

Jamie Holyer, Managing Director and founder. Former Labour Party press officer, Holyer was an account director with lobbying agency Political Intelligence and a senior consultant with Fleishman-Hillard (formerly GPC International. He then went back to Labour to work on the party's third successive General Election victory in 2005.[2]

Clients

Clients at the end of 2008 include:[3]

Bayer Schering Pharma | IDIS | Alexion Biopharmaceuticals | Medical Defence Union | Astellas | UKCTA

Contacts

One Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1h 9BT
http://www.advocate-consulting.co.uk

Resources

Notes

  1. Advocate website, accessed Jan 2009]
  2. Public affairs agency Advocate launched Pharma Focus, Sept 2007
  3. APPC register to November 2008