Eighty PR agencies handling healthcare accounts in 2010 reported revenue for the O'Dwyer's rankings, led by strong performances from firms like GYMR (up 33% to $6.8), Cooney/Waters Group (up nearly 15% to $14.1M), Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock (up 44% to $3.3M), and Revive PR, which rocketed from No. 39 last year to No. 15, up 342% to $3.75M.
Top 15 are listed below. Click for full healthcare rankings.
| Healthcare Public Relations Firms & Agencies | |
| | 2010 Net Fees | | 1. | Edelman, New York [listing] | $113,202,498 | | 2. | Ruder Finn, New York [listing] | 38,000,000 | | 3. | WCG, San Francisco | 35,700,000 | | 4. | APCO Worldwide, Wash., D.C. [listing] | 22,680,000 | | 5. | Cooney/Waters Group, New York [listing] | 14,088,673 | | 6. | Schwartz Communications, Waltham, MA [listing] | 10,336,424 | | 7. | GYMR, Wash., D.C. [listing] | 6,758,162 | | 8. | Waggener Edstrom, Bellevue, WA | 6,714,600 | | 9. | Spectrum, Wash., D.C. [listing] | 5,390,000 | | 10. | Makovsky & Co., New York [listing] | 4,400,000 | | 11. | Capstrat, Raleigh | 4,000,000 | | 12. | Communications Strategies, Madison, NJ [listing] |
3,948,888 | | 13. | Hager Sharp, Wash., D.C. [listing] | 3,927,332 | | 14 | MCS Healthcare PR, Bedminster, NJ [listing] | 3,874,213 | | 15. | Revive Public Relations, Santa Barbara, CA [listing] | 3,750,000 | | | |
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