April 2020Global Health & Pharma (GHP), a global information-sharing community, has presented McDAY, a CG Life agency, with a 2020 Biotechnology Award. McDAY earned honors as the Best Pharmaceutical Communications & PR Agency in the Mid-Atlantic USA region. Learn More
Best Pharmaceutical Communications & PR Agency – Mid-Atlantic USA
By: Global Health & Pharma News
Imagination is driven by information. That is one of the core beliefs behind the team at McDay, as it seeks to understand core technical information and transform it memorably, allowing its client’s clients to truly connect with the message. Every industry need communications and PR [ Click Title for Full Article ]
CG Life acquires scientific, technical marketing agency McDay
By: Alison Kanski
CG Life has acquired technical marketing and scientific communications agency McDay.
Acquisition talks began about a year ago, said CG Life founding partner Murad Sabzali and McDay president Susan Stipa. Together, the two agencies combine their expertise in and passion for scientific communication.
CG LIFE ACQUIRES PHILADELPHIA-BASED STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY MCDAY
Agency’s 2nd Acquisition in 2020 Adds Pharma Expertise, East Coast Presence
PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, DENVER & SAN DIEGO—April 1, 2020—CG Life, an integrated marketing and communications agency focused on life science and healthcare, has acquired McDAY, a strategic marketing communications agency located in Philadelphia. CG Life made this acquisition following a standing, [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDay Recognized — Again
Philadelphia, PA, June 3, 2019 McDay announced today that they have been recognized as one of the Top PR Firms in Philadelphia. Expertise is a firm that rates many types of businesses, and for PR, use the following criteria in evaluating PR firms: Reputation, Credibility, Availability, Professionalism and Experience. McDay was chosen out of [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDay Attending BIO 2019
May 2019 – Philadelphia, PA.
McDay has announced its intention to attend the BIO Convention in Philadelphia June 3-6th. The team is fresh off last month’s attendance at Interphex in NYC, where meetings with editors and clients helped strengthen their unique position as one of the only strategic marketing communications firms [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY welcomes Belchim Crop Protection to their portfolio
Philadelphia, PA, July 19, 2018 — McDAY, Philadelphia-based Technical Public Relations and Advertising Agency, has announced last month a new and exciting addition to its chemical and biologics client portfolio: Belchim Crop Protection USA (Belchim). Belchim is the largest independent global producer of agrochemical and biological products.
Belchim Crop Protection USA recently opened a U.S. [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Susan Stipa at McDAY Honored as Technology PR Concept
PHILADELPHIA – PA – July 2018 The first ever Irish Echo Big Impact Awards ceremony was held last month in a setting designed to inspire – the historic Union League of Philadelphia. The entire McDAY team – individuals from as far away as San Diego, CA and Cape May, NJ – held the largest table [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDay President Selected as 2018 Irish Echo Small Business 50 Honoree
McDay President Susan Stipa Selected as
2018 Irish Echo Small Business 50 Honoree
Philadelphia, PA – April 30, 2018– McDAY, a strategic marketing communications firm based in Center City, Philadelphia, today announced that its president, Susan Stipa, has been named to Irish Echo’s 2018 Small Business 50 list. The Irish Small Business 50 recognizes entrepreneurs [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY President Among Thrive Global’s 99 “Limit Breaking” Female Founders
Our president, Susan Stipa, is humbled to be listed among Thrive Global‘s inspiring group of women business leaders. Each woman represents an incredibly wide, and wise, variety of dreams, stories, and successes.
For McDAY, our 2017 #OnTheNiceList holiday campaign was not a marketing gimmick. Our company firmly believes that kindness will not only pay off in [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY President Honored as a Top Woman in Public Relations
On November 30, 2017, PR News announced their Top Women in PR for 2017, and McDAY’s president, Susan Stipa, was selected as one of the honorees. Nominees were judged on their bold accomplishments and advancements in public relations, including managing crises, developing brand messages, protecting and building brand reputations and creating content for digital platforms.
The Maximizer, The Futurist, and The Discoverer at PepTalk 2017
McDAY, a PDE member company specializing in technical PR and marketing for life sciences and the chemical industry, recently attended PepTalk, Protein Science Week in San Diego to help launch a new chromatography column for Gore’s PharmBIO division. Gore is the same company that keeps us warm and dry w/ GoreTex(R), and their PharmBio division [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY President Named to PDE Board of Directors
November 10, 2016 – McDAY’s president, Susan Stipa, has been elected to The PDE: Philadelphia Trade Association’s Board of Directors.
“I am happy to be able to join some of the leading professionals in the Philadelphia region’s pharmaceutical industry, and appreciate the tradition of an organization that is the oldest pharma trade association in the [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Six Steps to Getting Your Scientific Clients Published
A Perfect Subject for Halloween: Technical Ghostwriting
You work in public relations? We live in your world.
With one exception. Brain cells are on 1000% full illumination when our scientist and engineering clients talk to us – and our own brain cells often quiver in fear, admiration and simple astonishment at the incredible brainpower on [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Client reaches milestone in agreement with biotechnology company
We are thrilled to announce that our client, iBio, a leading provider of plant-based biotechnology for developing and manufacturing biological products, was successful in its application of its proprietary technologies and achieved the first milestone in its commercial development agreement with AzarGen Biotechnologies of South Africa.
“We focus on addressing the consequences of preterm birth with a [ Click Title for Full Article ]
McDAY proud member of The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)
August 10, 2016, Philadelphia, PA. – Susan Stipa, president of McDAY, announced that the company has become a member of PDA. The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is the leading global facilitator of science, technology, and regulatory information. The PDA creates awareness and understanding of important issues facing the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical community and delivers education [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Brainstorming: When It Rains, It Pours Ideas
Quick tips for more successful brainstorming sessions.
We are continually challenging our clients to brainstorm with us for article topics. Finding a good topic for an article can be the most difficult part of the writing process. So how do you find not just a good, but a great topic?
The way to get good [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Why him and not me?
Been wondering why your colleagues are being asked to speak at so many industry events? What about your old engineering classmate who is appearing in all the pharmaceutical technical publications you read?
You never even knew he could write!
His clients are really noticing. He is making a personal name for himself as a Subject Matter Expert, and [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Former President of McDAY to receive local award
February 15, 2016 – The McDAY staff would like to congratulate Bill & Natalie McLaughlin on receiving The 2016 Taoiseach, or “Chieftain,” Award from the Irish American Business Chamber’s (“IABCN”) Ambassador’s Awards.
Natalie McLaughlin is the former president of McDAY and she and Bill McLaughlin continue to advise and assist our McDAY team on a regular and [ Click Title for Full Article ]
Bad Habits Hit Home
Bad habits do hit home, literally.
I recently came across a list on Business Insider’s site discussing 12 bad habits that keep us from being productive and I was struck by how close to home it hit for me. And I say this literally, because I am one of the lucky, in a growing trend, that has the [ Click Title for Full Article ]