McCann Health expanded its executive team with three significant appointments. Marcus Sigurdsson was named to the new position of global chief digital officer. Linda Szyper was appointed to the new position of global chief operating officer. June Laffey was named to the new position of executive VP, chief creative officer, McCann Health New York.
Publicis Health promoted Alexandra von Plato to the role of CEO and Michael du Toit was named chief growth officer.
Jennifer Gottlieb was appointed president of W2O Group, a network of complementary analytics and insights-driven, digital marketing communications firms. In this newly created role, Gottlieb has responsibility for three operating companies – W2O wcg, W2O twist, and W2O pure. Gottlieb continues to report to founder and CEO Jim Weiss, who retains responsibility for overall firm strategy and operations globally as well as business development, innovation, and marketing.
Diane Iler-Smith returned to Biolumina as senior VP, executive creative director. Iler-Smith has more than 20 years of strategic and creative leadership experience in healthcare communications, including extensive global and US branding and launch expertise. She leads all creative assignments at the agency.
Intouch Solutions continues to elevate employees across the agency.
I recently read an article about how awards do not really matter in the advertising industry. The author basically said the only thing advertising is supposed to do is sell stuff. I agree, but not completely. Awards do matter.
So what is leadership? I believe leadership consists of three components: commitment, integrity, and respect.
The U.S. regulatory landscape will continue to evolve in 2018, potentially adding complexity and compliance challenges to the life sciences industry. Recent changes are being driven by nationwide concerns with prescription drug abuse, which is prompting many states to enforce new mandates and programs regarding drug practices.
Two thirds, or 67 percent, of respondents have encountered lower turnover from direct hire sales reps as opposed to CSO reps, according to a recent survey of executives by Best Practices LLC.
As the landscape for pharmaceutical marketing continues to evolve, multi-channel marketers have been investigating opportunities to advertise their products and services, and provide clinical decision support information within electronic health records (EHRs). For the first time, healthcare marketers can impact provider-patient interactions by delivering messages directly at the point of care. EHRs have over 90 percent adoption with healthcare professionals (HCPs) in the U.S., while certain practice specialties reach nearly ubiquitous (99 percent) adoption, thereby creating an exceptional opportunity not to be missed!
