Emily Poe, executive VP for healthcare at Cohn & Wolfe, has returned to W20 Group as global practice leader for healthcare communications.
Poe, a veteran healthcare communicator, spent five years at W20 before departing in 2013 as a group director for C&W.
W20 notes her client experience spans healthcare blue chips like Pfizer, Merck, Bayer and Boston Scientific. COO Jennifer Gottlieb said Poe has experience in healthcare's "biggest launches and toughest issues."
She previously held VP roles with Vox Medica, Cohn & Wolfe and Noonan/Russo Communications after starting out in the publishing realm.

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