Jon Nugent
I've worked with leading reporters and producers in the United States, Europe, and Asia to promote stories important to their readers and viewers. Below are some examples of key media placements.
Big Green Boxes of Cheer Delivered to Patient's at Children's of Alabama
BIRMINGHAM - Northwest Mutual of Alabama and Cheeriodicals recently delivered cheer in the form of 330 big green boxes to Children's patients on Valentine's Day...(more)
Second Annual Twilight Golf Classic Wednesday at Highland Golf Course
BIRMINGHAM - The second annual Twilight Golf Classic benefiting the Foundation Fighting Blindness will be Wednesday at Highland Park Golf Course...(more)
Vaxin Plans to Hire Up To 12 After Landing Anthrax Vaccine Contract
BIRMINGHAM - After cutting its staff down to about five key members at the height of the recession, Birmingham-based Vaxin Inc. will hire...(more)
New Drug to Boost Defence Against Bird Flu Pandemic
A new flu drug that can kill deadly strains of bird flu is promising to transform global preparations for an influenza pandemic. Peramivir, an antiviral agent...(more)
Talk of Bird Flu Pandemic Revives Interest in Passed-Over Drugs
BIRMINGHAM - Three years ago BioCryst Pharmaceuticals gave up on a drug it was developing for influenza. The drug, peramivir, had failed in clinical trials, in part because...(more)
Flu Puts Old Drug Back on Fast Track
The rush to stockpile anti-virals for a potential avian flu pandemic has revived interest in an abandoned drug and sent its company's stock soaring. Peramivir was left to languish in 2002 after...(more)
New Drugs Show Signs of Helping Vision Problem for Ederly
SAN FRANCISCO - Experimental drugs show preliminary signs of improving eyesight in some elderly people who suffer from a disease that causes blindness, scientists said at a conference here today...(more)
