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With the festive season approaching, our teams have taken a moment to celebrate another great year, holding Christmas and end-of-year parties across our network of offices, from Beijing to Auckland and everywhere in between. Fun is one of our core values, and this is one of the best times to relax and share stories over food and drinks, gifts, costumes, and plenty of Christmas cheer!    #Christmas #parties #teambuilding Emma Smith, Kelly Johnston, Yan Li, Serena Cui, Kim Spear, Sarada Chellam, Elizabeth Chu, Francesca Boase, Camille Middleditch, Bahjat Homsi

We’re very proud of the two high-profile awards we received recently for our brand marketing and public relations work in China, being listed in the Top 15 PR Service Firms of 2024 by PR media company 17PR and winning the 2024 Golden Flag Award for Digital Marketing Campaign – Gold. 17PR recognised us for our international service excellence as well as our blend of government affairs and brand communication, while the Golden Flag award was for an innovative 3D IP design and communication digital marketing project in partnership with Aginode. These awards recognise the team's hard work but also affirm our ongoing pursuit of innovation and high-quality services. We adhere to a client-centric service philosophy, drawing on international perspective and cross-industry expertise to help clients thrive across challenging global markets. #Awards #17PR #GoldenFlagAwards #China Emma Smith, Kelly Johnston, Yan Li, Serena Cui, Rong Li, Monica Xu, Xue GU, @Yuhan Wang, @Olivia Song, @Vanessa Xu, @Yanan Yang, @Sibyl Gao

Our team was out in force today at Asia’s largest insurance conference, Insurtech Insights Asia 2024, where decision-makers from across the industry gathered to discuss emerging trends. Our CEO Emma Smith was on stage, as part of a panel of experts discussing how brand and marketing can unlock growth in the insurance sector, moderated by Georgina de Rocquigny. Effectively leveraging customer insights, brand marketing, and communications will be essential for insurance companies to build the trust and enhanced customer experiences necessary to be successful in the future. As insurance sector experts, we work with our clients to help them navigate the opportunities and challenges technology and automation are bringing to the sector. #Insurtech #Asia #HongKong #communications Emma Smith, Kelly Johnston, Francesca Boase, Céline Sciortino, Stuart Woollford, @Sara Lamsam, Georgina de Rocquigny, Sandpiper

𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 – 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗦 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 A remarkable new case of long HIV remission has been reported at the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024) now being held in Munich, Germany, marking only the 7th patient ever to be cured (or potentially cured) of HIV. The case raises optimism for an eventual cure, but at the moment HIV remains a critical global health issue. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 630,000 people died from HIV‑related causes in 2023. HIV treatment involves the use of combined antiretroviral therapy (ART). Currently, more than 30 antiretroviral drugs are available, including several fixed-dose combinations, which contain two or more medications from one or more drug classes in a single tablet. These drugs have made HIV infection a manageable chronic health condition, enabling people living with HIV to lead long and healthy lives. WHO, UNAIDS, and the Global Fund are working together to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, aligning their strategies with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.3. Key to achieving this goal is not only medical advancements, but also ensuring access to testing, treatment, and prevention for everyone, while also eliminating stigma and discrimination. 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: Sandpiper’s multi-award-winning health practice combines expertise in public policy, patient advocacy, and consumer health communications. We work with a range of healthcare clients across APAC, including major pharmaceutical groups, health insurers, health services groups, health analytics, and telemedicine start-ups. #WorldAIDSDay2024 #HIV #remission #SDGs

COP29 Azerbaijan came to a close last week, having brought to light a number of new dynamics in the world of ESG and sustainability. In our latest Sandpiper Insights article, Joan Ng looks back on the key trends apparent at COP29 and how businesses can communicate their ESG strategy effectively in the new environment. Read our Insights article here: https://lnkd.in/gTm965-n #COP29 #ESG #sustainability #strategy #communications 

We’re thrilled that four out of the six finalists for the prestigious 2024 PRCA Future Leaders Award are from Sandpiper! Congratulations to Annie Wang, Yuqiao Shi, Jingyi Lee, and Kamaldeen Batcha, representing our teams in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The PRCA Future Leaders Award celebrates the future leaders of our industry. We are proud to have so many talented and inspiring young people at Sandpiper. Thank you for helping to drive the future of our industry and for being such great role models. #PRCA #FutureLeaderAward #finalists #youngtalent

Earlier this month, our team was at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024 listening to talks, meeting clients, and picking up on the latest tech trends. In our new Insights article, we offer some key communications takeaways for companies based on the top discussion topics at Asia's largest fintech event. Read our Insights article here: https://lnkd.in/g3xVzuaJ #SingaporeFintechFestival2024 #tech #AI #ESG #communications Laveen Prakasan, Elizabeth Egginton, Cadence Hong, Kamaldeen Batcha, Jingyi Lee

𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 In recent years, consumer sleep-tracking technology such as smart watches and phone applications has boomed in popularity worldwide. This has opened the door for a “big data” approach to studying sleep and transforming our understanding of how sleep impacts our health. Armed with millions of hours of sleep data gathered from consumer technology, researchers can study and test the variables affecting sleep quality, and how sleep affects mental and physical health. Traditionally, sleep apnoea – a disorder that can lead to heart problems and depression – is diagnosed through a night of sleep in a laboratory, making the process inconvenient, expensive, and, until now, under-diagnosed. While developers of consumer sleep-tracking technology say their devices are not intended to replace professional sleep clinics, devices such as Samsung and Apple's smart watches are blurring the line, having received approval to detect sleep apnoea from the US Food and Drug Administration. Researchers have also highlighted that sleep data consistently tracked on consumer devices each night provides a more comprehensive dataset than single-night diagnostic studies. At Sandpiper Health, we are always excited to hear of developments in the healthcare space and we look forward to seeing how this technology changes the approach to sleep health. 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: Sandpiper’s multi-award-winning health practice combines expertise in public policy, patient advocacy, and consumer health communications. We work with a range of healthcare clients across APAC, including major pharmaceutical groups, health insurers, health services groups, health analytics, and telemedicine start-ups. #sleeptracking #wearables #bigdata #sleepapnoea

Our Sandpiper Health team recently held a communications training session for patient groups in Singapore, in partnership with the Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI), to share valuable knowledge about how patient organisations can effectively connect with their audiences and engage with the media.   We hosted ten participants from six patient organisations across a wide range of disease areas, covering topics such as the Singapore media landscape and its ways of working, how to develop and deliver key messages, and how to craft compelling content on social media.   It was a great pleasure meeting everyone, and thank you to all our attendees for a lively, engaging discussion!   #PatientAdvocacy #PatientEngagement #SAPI #Singapore Weeling Quek, Christina Teo, Xu Meng, Adelene Tan, Sarada Chellam, Beatrice Hua, Petrina Loh, Jia Rong Chew

Following last week's US presidential election, businesses across APAC are wondering how the new Trump administration could impact commerce in the region. In our latest Insights article, we gauge the extent to which political developments could affect business, and offer some key takeaways. Read our Insights article here: https://lnkd.in/gQMdTtNJ #USAelection #WhiteHouse #APAC #trade #business Serena Cui, Yan Li, Alexander Anderson, Jiahe You