At Sciterion, we love sharing our thoughts, expressing viewpoints or talking about real life hacks for work or for home that make life easier.

29 June 2023

Creating Dialogue: Empowering men to discuss male infertility

Author: Jamie Austin, Medical Writer While many people assume that infertility primarily affects women, an estimated 50% of infertility cases are caused by male factors1. Unfortunately, societal misconceptions and stigmatisation have led to a lack of open and honest conversations on this topic. This stigma […]
12 June 2023

A day in the life of…a Senior Account Manager

By Danielle Homewood I really enjoy working in healthcare communications because of the fast-paced and varied projects. Being part of the client service team, a large part of my role involves building relationships with clients and being their day-to-day point of contact to drive a […]
21 March 2023

A day in the life of a Medical Manager

INTRODUCTION Medical teams are an integral part of medical communications (med comms) agencies, bridging the gap between the healthcare and pharma industries. Most crucially, medical teams ensure that the patient perspective is always front and centre, with improved health outcomes being our ultimate goal. While […]
23 February 2023

Rare diseases – not as rare as you think

There are more than 7000 rare diseases affecting an estimated 3.5 million people in the UK1. To put that into context, this means 1 in 17 people are affected at some point in their lives. So next time you are on a bus, train or […]
14 February 2023

Visual Experience in Medical Education – an evolving creative approach

Authors: Matt Kay, Visual Experience Director and Henry Madsen, Visual Experience Lead   ‘… instead of a PDF we’d love to have some AR, VR and MR.And when you are finished can you pop it into the Metaverse for us?’ Can the visual experience process […]
14 November 2022

Precision versus personalised medicine – is there a difference?

By Mark Smith, Senior Medical Manager and Hamed Khan, Associate Medical Manager In recent years, we have witnessed the emergence of therapies with more precise pharmacological targets. Taking an example from oncology, traditional chemotherapy relies on the principle of cytotoxicity. By prevention of cell proliferation […]
29 June 2023

Creating Dialogue: Empowering men to discuss male infertility

Author: Jamie Austin, Medical Writer While many people assume that infertility primarily affects women, an estimated 50% of infertility cases are caused by male factors1. Unfortunately, societal misconceptions and stigmatisation have led to a lack of open and honest conversations on this topic. This stigma […]
14 February 2023

Visual Experience in Medical Education – an evolving creative approach

Authors: Matt Kay, Visual Experience Director and Henry Madsen, Visual Experience Lead   ‘… instead of a PDF we’d love to have some AR, VR and MR.And when you are finished can you pop it into the Metaverse for us?’ Can the visual experience process […]
14 November 2022

Precision versus personalised medicine – is there a difference?

By Mark Smith, Senior Medical Manager and Hamed Khan, Associate Medical Manager In recent years, we have witnessed the emergence of therapies with more precise pharmacological targets. Taking an example from oncology, traditional chemotherapy relies on the principle of cytotoxicity. By prevention of cell proliferation […]
25 July 2022

Championing medical education with Sciterion

Medical education is much more than relaying scientific data, it is about truly engaging with healthcare professionals so that information resonates with them as human beings. That is why scientific storytelling is at the heart of everything we do, allowing us to bring data to […]
22 June 2022

#MedicalCommunications – where science meets creativity

What draws someone to a career in Medical Communications? And once they’re part of our team, what gets them out of bed in the morning? We asked a some of our newest team members why med comms, why Sciterion, and what wisdom they would pass […]
6 June 2022

The pivotal role of medcomms during COVID-19

By Hannah Noel COVID-19 looks set to stay, albeit as it moves towards a more endemic disease – an attenuated version of the public health emergency of 2020–21. Why has medcomms played such a pivotal role during this uncertain period and what impact does it […]
23 February 2022

Welcome to the era of the orphan drug

Authors: Mark Smith, Senior Medical Manager and Duncan Brearley, Associate Medical Writer As we approach Rare Diseases Day on 28th February 2022, we wanted to look back at how the rare disease landscape has evolved over the last two decades. At the time of writing, […]
1 May 2021

Deafness: Turning a ‘disability’ into an ‘ability’ in the workplace

When our Diversity and Inclusion Ambassadors asked me to write a blog for Deaf Awareness Week, my first thought was ‘Wow! This is the first time, ever, anyone has asked me to write about deafness but, where should I start?’ There is so much I want […]
1 February 2021

Rare diseases and connecting the three Ps: patients, physicians and pharma