Ogilvy Health announced that health industry leader Kim Johnson was appointed Global Chief Executive Officer.

PRECISIONeffect announced the promotion of two long-term employees who have made significant and strategic contributions to client work from the healthcare advertising agency’s London office: Simon Wilson and Elizabeth Spencer.

TBWA mourns the passing of Jeffrey Williamson, a writer and creative director at TBWA\Chiat\Day New York and the TBWA\Health Collective. Williamson was tragically struck by a truck while riding his bike near Central Park on Tuesday, June 29th.

Interpublic Group announced today that FCB Health and McCann Health will be re-aligned under a new global network, to be called IPG Health, and a unified senior management team. In this new operating model, the distinct agency brands remain active and will continue to go to market independently, but will benefit from additional specialty services, knowledge-sharing, proactive career management, and coordinated collaboration.

One week after launching a dedicated CRISPR program, Qiagen partnered with San Diego-based Verogen to provide next-generation sequencing human identification workflows to laboratories in order to support forensic efforts from justice departments across the globe.

Doceree Inc., the first global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic marketing, announced the company entered a strategic partnership with Ogilvy Health to enhance the Point of Care campaign offerings available to Ogilvy Health’s clients and partners to advance audience targeting, measurement and reporting capabilities for their marketing initiatives.

Amanda Powers-Han, Greater Than One

Do you still have your Marketing 101 textbook? If it devotes a chapter to the “Four Ps of Marketing,” it’s time to throw it out. There is a whole new P-centric marketing mix that is poised to shake up the marketing landscape. 

Peregrine Market Access, a leading consultant agency for the life sciences industry, announced that it is covering full healthcare expenses for employees and their families as part of an enhancement to its employee healthcare benefit package.

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity announced that FCB won the coveted Network of the Year title, a first in the network’s 148-year history.