According to agency leaders, 2014 was the year LehmanMillet truly became one. “The lines between East and West blurred as we focused on delivering the combined expertise and talent of the full LehmanMillet team for the benefit of our clients,” executives say. “The results were stellar work for clients and even greater collaboration among our teams.”

Executives say the united force strengthened new business efforts and led the agency to begin partnerships with an impressive set of companies. “In particular, we looked to our backyards­ – the biotech behemoth that is Cambridge and the stretch of coast from San Diego to San Francisco where medical innovation is flourishing,” executives say.

As the global healthcare environment continues to evolve, agency executives say LLNS has rapidly advanced in tandem, delivering more of the leading-edge ideas and services that clients require in order to thrive and take advantage of new opportunities. By always keeping client needs front and center – and making innovation an operating principle, rather than just a slogan – LLNS achieved another strong year in 2014, delivering steady growth and building out its skill and resource base for the future.

According to its leaders, 2014 was a year of growth and breakthrough campaigns at Maricich Healthcare Communications. “The agency continued its upward trend in billings, created impactful and iconic healthcare movements, and did very well with its share of national awards,” executives say.

According to executives, McCann Echo has always marched to the beat of its own drum – inventing opportunities to nurture creativity and dreaming up ways to be more caring, all while relying on their collaborative spirit to get there – because to the people at this agency, there is no other way.

“In 2014, McCann Health successfully developed new ways of working, integrating for clients in a new world of more extensive stakeholder overlap and tailoring our offering to the new life sciences market needs,” says John Cahill, McCann Health global CEO. “At the same time, McCann Health continues to be the most creatively awarded professional and consumer health communications network – by far – worldwide.”

For McCann Managed Markets, 2014 was the tipping point when it went far beyond expectations and forged forward into a new frontier of sustainable growth, executives say. This was a year when the agency’s rapid progress precipitated the spinoff of an expansion agency – McCann TL Managed Markets – as well as the addition of many new team members, a West Coast presence, new clients on the roster, and exponential organic growth with existing clients.

With an executive leadership change and move to the McCann Worldgroup headquarters coming at the end of 2013, McCann RCW had all of 2014 to revitalize itself as an agency and establish itself in the home of McCann. In the words of Chief Creative Officer Dan Hassan, “While we were always part of McCann, being in this building, the birthplace of so many famous brands, has served to remind us that our product is inspiration and creativity, not sales.”

For McCann Torre Lazur (MTL), 2014 was a year defined by “doing what we do best,” says Bill McEllen, president of MTL. “The primary focus of the agency has been, and always will be, the growth of our clients’ business, both domestically and across the globe.” This dedication is evidenced by the fact that in 2014, MTL launched 20 percent of all the brands approved by FDA the previous year..

One hundred and twenty five new colleagues, award-winning digital strategy and social media capabilities, and a new address in a converted South End (Boston) piano factory are all part of the biggest events of 2014 for McK|CP.

This past year has been perhaps the most exciting in the 20-plus year history of MDC, executives say. According to MDC leaders, it was during this time that the agency began a major repositioning and rebranding effort reflecting its total commitment and expanded capabilities in the area of programmatic marketing and media.