Columbus, Ohio, August 23, 2017 – GSW, an INC Research/inVentiv Health company and industry leader in healthcare advertising, has named Sonja Foster-Storch as President. Foster-Storch will report to Lisa Stockman, President of inVentiv Health Communications.

“We’re thrilled to have Sonja join GSW,” said Stockman. “Her down-to-earth and adventuresome personality brings a unique blend of positive energy and strategic savvy to GSW. Sonja’s commitment to empowering her teams and nurturing client relationships is right in line with GSW’s ‘Speak People’ philosophy, which continues to change the conversation in healthcare by humanizing health communications.”

As President, Foster-Storch will lead GSW’s North American operations in New York City; Toronto; Columbus, Ohio; Montreal; and Newtown, Pennsylvania. She will provide strategic direction to help teams create brand experiences that drive results for GSW’s domestic and global healthcare clients. She brings deep knowledge of healthcare advertising, medical communications, and sales experience to the role.

Foster-Storch joins GSW most recently from McCann Echo where, as President, she led the agency to “2017 Agency of the Year” recognition from Med Ad News for the first time in the agency’s history. Her experience runs deep in the HCP, consumer, and patient audiences, spanning the areas of anti-infectives, cardiovascular, CNS, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, immunology, pain, and weight loss. In 1997, she headed up the blockbuster launch of Lipitor, where working on her first of many co-promotions taught her vital lessons in true leadership, trusted partnership, authenticity, and the priceless value of maintaining one’s sense of humor.

 

About GSW

GSW is a full-service healthcare communications agency that goes beyond advertising to create personalized brand experiences that involve, inspire, educate, and activate people through ongoing brand journeys. Building partnerships with pharmaceutical, biotech, and health-and-wellness clients in 18 major markets around the world, GSW creates marketing solutions through a comprehensive and wide array of services.

Integration with public relations and medical communications agencies at inVentiv Health drives complete communications solutions that build corporate and brand value, and deliver on the bottom line.

 

About INC Research/inVentiv Health

INC Research/inVentiv Health (Nasdaq:INCR) is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization. Our company, including a Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Commercial Organization (CCO), is purpose-built to address new market realities where clinical and commercial share expertise, data and insights to accelerate biopharmaceutical performance. With more than 22,000 employees and the ability to support customers in more than 110 countries, our global scale and deep therapeutic alignment enables INC Research/inVentiv Health to help customers successfully navigate an increasingly complex environment. For more information, visit incresearch.com or inventivhealth.com.

 

 

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