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Danforth Advisors has acquired New York’s Argot Partners strategic communications shop, which is focused on the life sciences sector.
Since its launch in 2011, Waltham-MA-based Danforth has provided C-level advisory, risk management, human resources and finance & accounting services to more than 1,000 life sciences clients.
The Argot deal enables it to provide a full scope of IR and corporate communications services to help clients articulate their sciences and value to stakeholders.
Argot works in the therapeutics, bio-economy, diagnostics and med-tech sectors.
It has handled product approvals,commercial launches, M&As, IPOs, data partnerships, events, ESG communications and executive visibility projects.
Argot founders Andrea Rabney and David Pitts will continue to lead the firm.


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