August 2018 Focus: Pharma Innovators, Top 200 Medicines, First Year After Launch, AR/VR and more!

Huntsworth Plc., the parent company of the Evoke Group of health and wellness marketing companies, made a major move by acquiring Giant Creative Strategy, the largest healthcare agency on the West Coast. In addition, Marci Piasecki – an industry veteran with more than 30 years of healthcare advertising experience – joined Evoke Health as a member of the agency’s executive leadership team.

Kansas City-based Intouch Solutions reorganized its offerings into Intouch Group.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide brought on board industry-renowned creative lead Samantha Dolin as chief creative officer, North America, overseeing the agency’s New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Canadian-based offices. The WPP Health & Wellness company additionally promoted Paula Huntzinger to chief talent officer of Ogilvy CommonHealth, US.

William T. Major joined Greater Than One’s senior leadership team as director of operational excellence.

Razorfish Health announced that John Reid became senior VP, executive creative director.

BBK Worldwide repositioned itself as “The Patient Experience Company” and unveiled a new brand platform.

Precision Medicine Group Inc. acquired ETHOS Health Communications, a Pennsylvania-based agency that specializes in the interpretation and communication of innovative medical science.

For the second year, FCB Health Network brought together a stellar group of experts to showcase the latest offerings in virtual and augmented reality, social media, technology, hardware, artificial intelligence, cloud computing services, data visualization, design, and more for its Next: Innovation Week series.

Astellas Americas has a new VP in its Medical Affairs Oncology therapeutic area, and a new VP and an executive director of promotions in its corporate communications organization.