Shire, a leading global biotechnology company focused on serving people with rare diseases, has appointed First Partners as its public relations consultant for India. First Partners’ PR mandate includes supporting corporate and brand communication initiatives across all Shire offerings in India.

Shire is a leading global biotechnology company focused on serving people affected by rare diseases and highly specialized conditions. Shire strives to develop best-in-class therapies across a core of rare disease areas including hematology, immunology, genetic diseases, neuroscience, and internal medicine with growing therapeutic areas in ophthalmic and oncology. The company reaches patients in more than 100 countries and feels a strong sense of urgency to address unmet medical needs and to improve people’s lives with medicines that have a meaningful impact on patients.