International healthcare and communications group Huntsworth announced the acquisition of U.S.-based medical analytics consultancy MedEvoke.

Med Ad News caught up with Fingerpaint Partner Bill McEllen; Colleen Carter, head of corporate marketing and business development at Fingerpaint; and Splice Co-Founder Paul Hagopian. The West Coast healthcare advertising agency Splice was acquired and will be fully integrated within the full-service health and wellness marketing firm Fingerpaint under the name Fingerpaint Bay Area. They talk about the acquisition and what it means to new employees and current clients.

Fingerpaint, a full-service health and wellness marketing firm with a global team of more than 580 people, acquired Splice, a healthcare communications business based in Emeryville, California.

Omnicom Health Group acquired Archbow Consulting and launched Omni Health, a unique extension of OHG’s marketing operating system Omni.

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.

Fishawack Health, a leading global commercialization partner for the life sciences industry, announced the acquisition of StoneArch, a Minneapolis-based healthcare marketing agency renowned for strategic, creative and storytelling capabilities.

Fishawack Health announced the acquisition of The Hive Health Group, a London and New York-based healthcare marketing and scientific communications agency.

Digital-first creative agency Code and Theory has established Code and Theory Health – a new business unit dedicated to servicing brands and organizations within the healthcare industry – and added Scout Health, a 100-person agency focused on rare diseases, orphan drugs and specialty pharmaceuticals.

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Global healthcare communications agency Fishawack Health acquired Skysis, a U.S.-based boutique consulting firm providing integrated market access and commercial strategy solutions.

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.