MANUFACTURERS
Centrix Pharmaceutical, a privately held developer and marketer of prescription and non-prescription pharmaceutical products, announced the promotion of Angela Holley to director of marketing as result of the company’s product portfolio expansion in the US. Holley joined Centrix in 2006 as a district manager. She is currently in charge of the marketing and training of the company’s product portfolio including, Dicel, Dicel DM and the launch of Covaryx and Reprexain. Holley brings to Centrix more than 15 years of pharmaceutical sales and marketing experience, seven of which have been in the marketing of pharmaceutical products. Prior to joining the company, she served as the director of marketing for Axcan Pharma in North America.
AGENCIES
Palio Communications, an inVentiv Health company has announced the appointments of Jennifer Asselta as junior brand designer, Ellen Cappellino as VP/account services, Amy Floyd as junior art director, Paul Johnson as VP/account services, and Uwe Tigör as SVP/director of medical strategy.
Imc² has added Alan Schulman as SVP, executive creative director to its leadership team. Schulman, who has been one of the industry’s leading creative voices and innovators in evolving from traditional 30 second television spots to new and emerging digital ad units, has been responsible for stewarding digital and emerging creative for brand marketers such as Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola’s Global iMarketing group and Verizon, among others.
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide has announced the promotion of Susan Hirsch and Jeanine O’Kane to head of the U.S. healthcare practice and head of the New York Healthcare Practice, respectively, and the addition of media veteran Chris Loder as SVP.
MEDIA
Quadrant HealthCom has announced that Carol Silverman Saunders has joined The Female Patient as editor. Most recently she was VP, group account supervisor, at Ogilvy Healthworld. Prior to that she was with BioScience Communications for three years, in both editorial and account services capacities.
