McKinsey & Company, a consulting firm that covers multiple industries including healthcare and life sciences, is under fire for allegedly allowing its employees to work simultaneously for big pharma companies and serve as consultants for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Omnicom Health Group, the largest healthcare marketing and communications group in the world and part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), announced the acquisition of Archbow Consulting.

Leading life science commercialization partner Fishawack Health acquired PRMA Consulting, a premier global market access and health economics outcomes research (HEOR) consultancy with offices across Europe, Asia, and the United States.

W2O, a leading independent provider of analytics-driven, technology-enabled marketing and communications solutions to the healthcare sector, announced the acquisition of Discern Health.

Global healthcare communications agency Fishawack Health acquired Skysis, a boutique consulting firm providing integrated market access and commercial strategy solutions based in the United States.