AI Issue 4 2017

8 Acquisition International - April 2017 Simpson Healthcare Executives is a global leader in biopharmaceutical consulting dedicated to driving therapeutic innovations forward. We caught up with Danielle Gallagher to learn more about the firm and discover the secrets behind its phenomenal success. ince its inception in 1998 Simpson Healthcare has been dedicated to expanding medical conversations and proliferating scientific information worldwide. Danielle discusses how far the firm has come over the years and how it has worked to change the medical industry for the better. “During the past 20 years, Simpson Healthcare have had the opportunity to work with great clients, and experience much internal growth and success. We have embraced our strengths, but also found many opportunities to learn and grow both as individuals and as an organization, while developing deep and enduring relationships with clients. Our commitment to a supportive, collaborative environment encourages continuous learning and innovation that facilitates the creation and implementation of scientific communications platforms that support our clients’ breakthrough therapeutic brands throughout their entire brand lifecycles. “Fundamentally, we believe in our work and the global reach we can have for our industry partners, as we engage scientific, healthcare, and biopharmaceutical teams and leaders globally in meaningful and often disruptive scientific conversations. We support our clients in their scientific communications through marketing and interactive communications channels that are specifically tailored to achieve each of our clients’ strategic goals. Our clients include “Big Pharma,” as well as small pharmaceuticals and biotechnology companies, some of which have a very small and targeted portfolio. We have significant experience with blockbuster brands, but we also have a passion for rare disease. Many of our clients have niche products for devastating rare diseases, many that affect primarily children. It is a privilege to be able work with these companies, where the medical need is so great, and we are very proud of the service we have provided to these revered clients.” Founded by Kelly Simpson-Angelini, CEO, Simpson Healthcare has become a global leader Company: Simpson Healthcare Executives, LLC Contact: Danielle Gallagher Email: dgallagher@ simpsonhealthcare.com Web: www.simpsonhealthcare.com Address: 230 Shore Road, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 06371, USA Phone: 1-860-598-9824 Best Scientific Communications Agency - Connecticut S BE170071 in biopharmaceutical consulting thanks to her hard work and determination to succeed. During the past 19 years, her transformational leadership has driven many breakthrough brands forward for our major pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. She began her scientific career at Pfizer as a Research Scientist for several years before moving into the fields of sales, marketing, and scientific communications over the next 10 years . It was during this time that she realized her passion and vision for scientific communications and she went on to start her own scientific communications agency, Simpson Healthcare Executives. Danielle is proud of her leader and keen to showcase the achievements she and the firm have made over the years. “In 2016, our founder was designated as a Women of Innovation Honoree by the CT Technology Council for her entrepreneurial vision and leadership. In addition to her role at Simpson Healthcare Executives, she is also Chairperson of the national non-profit organization, ‘Can Do Multiple Sclerosis.’ Her passion for greatness in healthcare and her desire to be the change that she wants to see in the world carries into every aspect of her as a person as she activates leadership teams, brings people together, and drives healthcare forward. She is committed to Simpson Healthcare Executives’ purpose to develop the scientific stories of therapeutic brands, in collaboration with our clients, and to sharing those stories with key influencers and stakeholders in the industry using a broad array of communciations platforms and channels.” As CEO, Kelly has an active role as founder of her organization in mentoring and coaching women, both internally and externally, in their careers and lives. She values the importance of developing and discovering their strengths and understanding what drives them forward in life. As the most senior leader in our organization, she really takes the time to get to know her people. She is a role “If we take care of our employees, they will take care of their clients.” model for all women who come to know her and believes that there is nothing that we cannot create, discover, learn, and build together. Her passion for empowering women to reach for their dreams and achieve them is inspiring and contagious. Kelly’s commitment to the career development of women has engaged and challenged many talented women to become better people every day and to never stop making a difference in the world, and healthcare, that they were born to make. She has built an inclusive, diverse culture at Simpson Healthcare that is supportive of women, where we can collaborate with each other, pursue our dreams, achieve work-life balance, and accomplish goals with all resources necessary for success. As such, the senior leadership team of Simpson Healthcare has been designed as a dynamic, transformational leadership team of senior members who are highly collaborative, engaging, and serve as some of the most elite business and scientific mentors in the development of the people within our diverse, scientific agency. This leadership believes in building a culture of learning, innovation, and science that is centered around employee and client happiness. “At Simpson Healthcare, our leadership team is a highly approachable, strategically-minded, self- aware group of people who believe in the philosophy that “if we take care of our employees, they will take care of their clients.” The leadership team lives by the values that they have created as we experience growth as an organization. Our values have become solidified in our corporate foundation and reside in every employee. It is inspiring to employees to have this support from leadership as they challenge each person to become better, to research, design, and create to make brands come alive. Our leaders invest in management of people, they are always offering feedback to employees and challenging them to be better. They are some of the brightest individuals in their field and some of the most open-minded, objective, and reflective team members who really value their role as a mentor and coach, as they drive learning, science, and innovation within our organization. “In order to build a successful learning culture, it is important for leadership to reinforce our cultural beliefs and dynamics to ensure that our practices of independent and collaborative thinking are systemic