Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Magazine Wins Gold ASBPE Awards

Aug. 18, 2011 - PRLog -- Itasca, IL  - Putman Media's Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Magazine has won one gold 2011 National award and two gold Midwest/South regional awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).

These prestigious annual awards recognize the best in B2B magazine editorial, design and Web and digital content development strategy and implementation.

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (PharmaManufacturing.com) received the national award this year for its innovative use of social media, with a platform that includes five e-newsletters, presence on Youtube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as two blogs: On Pharma, which focuses on scaleup and manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical Quality by Design (PharmaQbD.com), which looks at drug development.  

"This award reflects the tireless efforts of senior digital editor Michele Vaccarello Wagner, who has focused on SEO, improved design and implementation strategies designed to bring the magazine and brand to a young, Web-savvy audience," said Editor in Chief Agnes Shanley.

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing's publisher, Tonia Becker, praised the publication's editorial team: Shanley, senior editor Paul Thomas, and Vaccarello Wagner for their dedication to the publication's mission: to be a catalyst for improvement in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing and quality. "Their work reflects a passionate desire to improve public health and to serve professionals in the industry with best practices and practical content in varied delivery formats," she said.

In addition to the national award, Shanley won the regional Midwest-South gold award for her monthly editor's column, while Thomas won the regional Midwest-South gold award for best monthly staff-written column.

For more information, visit http://www.asbpe.org/contest/contest.htm.

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing is published by Putman Media, which publishes B2B magazines covering a number of industries  This year, the company won 12 ASBPE national gold awards and ASBPE regional gold awards for its titles, which include Food Processing, Chemical Processing, Control, Control Design, and Plant Services, as well as The Journal.