PM Society
Patrick Kearns is currently the Vice President of Business Development at Syneos Health Communications, a role held since November 2019, where Patrick focuses on integrated biopharmaceutical solutions. Previously, Patrick has held various leadership positions, including Senior Director of Strategic Accounts at WebMD and Business Manager at M3 (EU) Ltd, developing relationships within key pharmaceutical accounts and advancing digital marketing strategies. Additionally, Patrick is a member of the PM Society's Industry-Agency Relationships Interest Group and serves as a committee member, promoting best practices in healthcare communications. Online marketing expertise was further showcased during tenures at emap and Doctors.net.uk, and early career experience includes advertising sales at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Patrick holds a CIM Diploma in Marketing from Oxford College of Marketing and a BSc (Hons) in Applied Biology from the University of Leeds.
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PM Society
The PM Society was established over 40 years ago as a not-for-profit organisation to serve the needs of the pharmaceutical industry and its service agencies. It currently has over 230 UK companies as members, including pharma and biotech companies on the industry side and PR, Advertising, Medical Communications, Digital and many other kinds of service company on the agency side. It is run by a voluntary Executive Committee, and supported by a small office staff. The Executive steers the direction of the Society in conjunction with the wider Committee of industry professionals, and works hard to forge close working relationships with other industry and NHS groups, including the ABPI, HCA and TOPRA, for the benefit of its membership. The Society has Interest Groups aligned to the current challenges and issues facing today’s marketers - Market Access, Digital, Patient Engagement, Industry Agency Relations, Sustainability, and Diversity - these are run by experts in the field, and run alongside the two highly regarded Award schemes – the PM Society Awards and the Digital Awards. The PM Society’s flexible modular training programme is developed by the industry for the industry and addresses the specific training needs for pharmaceutical marketing and associated life sciences disciplines. Courses run throughout the year and are tailored for those new to marketing, anyone needing a refresher and advanced modules for the more experienced marketer. If you would like any further information on the PM Society, please contact us on 01403 264898.