RAS founder Sheila Kemp dies aged 85
UK— Sheila Spittle (née Kemp), founder of Research and Auditing Services, died in hospital on Boxing Day at the age of 85.
UK— Sheila Spittle (née Kemp), founder of Research and Auditing Services, died in hospital on Boxing Day at the age of 85.
UK— Incite has appointed Ipsos’s European head of healthcare, Sarah Phillips, to lead its healthcare practice.
US— Healthcare consulting firm InVentiv has agreed to buy some of the research products of SDI – which regulators said had to be sold for competition reasons following the acquisition of SDI by IMS Health.
EUROPE— Industry bodies Esomar and Efamro have raised concerns about possible new European data protection rules, which they say could create obstacles for researchers.
UK— Sky’s marketing strategy director Danny Russell is leaving the company as it restructures its sales and marketing teams, with Lucien Bowater taking on the new role of strategy and insight director.
BRUSSELS— Trade bodies Efamro and Esomar have written to the European Commission calling for rules that would ban companies from selling and fundraising under the guise of research.