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New York-based specialty healthcare agency GCI Health has appointed Alexandra Peterson senior vice president. She’ll lead the agency’s corporate health communications division.

Peterson joins GCI Health from Makovsky, where she was senior VP and directed that independent agency’s healthcare practice. Prior to that, she was a VP of strategy and engagement at Ruder Finn and a director of business development at Publicis’ MSLGROUP. She began her PR career at Ketchum’s Emanate unit, where she was a senior associate.

Peterson is now responsible for overseeing GCI’s corporate communications client work and will focus on shaping the introduction of its biosimilars offerings, which involves products such as biologic drugs.