A year ago it was clear that Juice Pharma Worldwide was plotting a push to the next level. Revenue spiked 12.9%, pushing it just below the $50 million milestone; the agency’s client base doubled, from 18 AOR assignments to 35; and headcount grew by 20% to 180. “It was a banner year, our best ever,”…
As silo walls continue to come down within the industry, so too have they been toppled inside agencies. For communications networks like inVentiv Health PR Group, the changing nature of the business presents new and exciting opportunities to collaborate and to play in spaces beyond the realm of conventional PR — which is why we’re…
A modest 5% growth in revenue to $90.4 million, while commendable, is not the part of the agency’s 2015 story that most encourages Merkle Health EVP and GM Owen McCorry. Rather, the transformation he observes in the way companies are thinking and structuring themselves does. “We’re starting to see real shifts in how clients are…
Beyond the Havas health juggernaut, a trio of health-focused agencies within Havas Worldwide provides significant expertise in DTC, OTC, and HCP, employing a staff of around 200. In 2015, its combined revenues were up slightly against the year-ago period, to $69.5 million. Havas Worldwide San Francisco posted impressive growth of 27% in 2015, to $14…
To maintain your status as one of the largest and most established agency players in the game, you need to behave as if you’re anything but. You have to think quickly and decisively, plan intelligently, move nimbly, execute creatively — and collaborate effectively. You need a sense for when change is required, and when it…
Talking to Havas Lynx is always a trip. Under the stewardship of president Larry Mickelberg and chief creative officer Erik Mednis, it has gained a reputation for pushing the boundaries of innovation. This time around, they have tales to share of their adventures in connected health, personalized medicine, cognitive computing, and music therapy. First things…
To hear the enthusiasm and pride with which Havas Life New York’s leaders discuss the past year and a bit, you’d assume the agency had smashed all known growth records in 2015, which it didn’t. In fact, both revenue, $30 million, and headcount, 125, remained the same. So what’s all the fuss about? Since they…
When MM&M checked in with Pacific Communications a year ago, its parent company, Allergan, had just been acquired by Actavis, which soon after reverted back to the Allergan name. What effect did this change of ownership have on the agency? “It really has been business as usual,” says president Craig Sullivan. Although, in truth, it…
Discovery USA overcame one or two budgetary challenges to finish the year with a flourish, beefing up its strategic expertise to better help clients navigate the increasingly complex healthcare landscape. “2015 was a little tough out of the gate, with regard to cuts by some of our clients,” admits Don Young, group MD. “But we…