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The healthcare and medical sectors of the PR industry are not only in a state of constant transformation, they are also experiencing steady growth—with the promise of more to come. The October issue of O’Dwyer’s will take a close look at the issues facing communicators who work with clients in these sectors.
Tim Bird has transitioned out of his chairman role at M Booth Health, three years following its acquisition by UK’s Next Fifteen Communications.
Brunswick Group has hired Tanisha Carino, who has more than 20 years of healthcare and life sciences experience, as a partner in its Washington office.
Moderna has awarded its global corporate PR duties to DXTRA Health, a collective of more than 1,500 staffers housed within Interpublic shops.
Heike Galbraith, who was GCI Health’s European policy & PA head, has joined Dentons Global Advisors.
Scientists and the professionals who communicate on their behalf play a vital role in restoring an unforeseen casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic: the truth.
Clyde Group hires LaShon Beamon as a SVP in its healthcare practice... NBCUniversal promotes Joe Benarroch to EVP of communications for advertising and partnerships... Bospar hires its 100th fulltime staffer—Chani Garb, who joins the company as VP of marketing... Powell Tate, Weber Shandwick’s DC-based public affairs unit, hires Teressa Wykpisz-Lee as SVP, public affairs.
COVID's impact has compelled us to look beyond traditional recruitment approaches, enabling the industry to expand the clinical trial ecosystem, and create more effective and inclusive clinical trials moving forward. In recognition of Clinical Trials Day, we explore the impact and key learnings from COVID on study recruitment activities.
Keagan Lenihan, who served as chief of staff and associate commissioner for external affairs & strategic initiatives at the Food and Drug Administration, is now at Philip Morris International.
Healthcare PR enjoyed robust growth in 2021 as the 80 firms ranked by O’Dwyer’s posted a 46.6 percent gain in total revenue to $1.3B, counseling clients on how to deal with the global COVID-19 crisis.
M Booth Health has named Peter Matheson Gay, who was chief creative officer at DXTRA’s Health Integrated Solutions, its chief impact officer.
Finn Partners has named Fern Lazar global practice leader of its health unit to succeed Kristie Kuhl, who will take over Zeno Group’s health and wellness practice at the end of March.
APCO Worldwide has hired BCW, Ogilvy alum Mathew Shearman as North America healthcare practice lead.
Affect Strategies SVP Jen Dobrzelecki is joining GCI Group's Goodfuse unit as president.
Stacey Bernstein, executive VP & global director of digital health at Weber Shandwick, has joined M Booth Health as CEO.
The health metaverse, digital therapeutics and connective content are just a few of the developments that will impact healthcare communications in 2022.
Finn Partners is acquiring Medika.Life, an opinion and news platform that reaches more than 100K decision-makers and influencers in the healthcare community each month.
Finn Partners is acquiring Pharmacy Podcast Network, which reaches more than 100K monthly listeners in the pharmacy sector, on Dec. 1.
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