Bioscience & Biomedical
Hicks Partners provides value-added services to high growth, entrepreneurial bioscience companies in the areas of business development and incentives, public relations and government affairs.
Our professionals have decades of experience in supporting technology and bioscience companies. We have extensive knowledge to help clients win state and local financial support, impact regulations, develop valuable strategic partnerships and raise the profile of their company, products and services.
Our focus areas include emerging medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, bioinformatics, health care servicing companies and other life science technologies.
We know government. We know media. We know corporate leaders. In short, we know how to help bioscience companies succeed.
Business Development and Incentives:
- Ohio Third Frontier Project support
- Ohio Bioscience and Bio-products fund support
- Grant research, writing, planning and management
- State and local business incentives, tax credits, grants analysis, negotiation and administration
- Strategic partner and collaborator development
- Private equity fundraising and deal sourcing
Government Relations:
- Bipartisan government relations at local, state and federal levels
- Introductions to key decision makers
- Executive, legislative and regulatory advocacy
- Policy analysis and review
- Creation of marketing tools for government audiences
- Proposal and presentation planning
- Strategic analysis
- Issue management and monitoring
- Coalition building and grassroots support
- Political environment analysis
Public Relations:
- Media relations
- Advertising and marketing
- Brand positioning and products launch
- Corporate identity design and development
- Market and perception research
- Spokesperson services
- Media training, planning, targeting and strategy development
- Press releases, media kits, print and electronic communications