For Calcium, 2020 has been a good year so far. “It’s been an amazing six months, with over 50 percent growth in revenue,” says Steven Michaelson, Calcium’s founder and CEO. “We have hired over 30 new employees since January 1st, and more to come – including the addition of major talent, Gene Fitzpatrick and June Carnegie, to the executive leadership team.”

New top talent joined the Communications business of Syneos Health: JD Cassidy as president of advertising; Maria Tender as head of strategy; and Ian Dorrian as president of EU Communications.

Recent personnel movement in the healthcare communications industry includes Havas Health & You’s appointment of Icaro Doria as Global Chief Creative Officer.

REALITYRx added life sciences veteran Steve Nothel to the agency’s senior management ranks. Nothel joined REALITYRx as senior VP, business development.

Intouch Group, a full-service global agency network serving the pharmaceutical industry, announced the hire of Susan Perlbachs as chief creative officer. As CCO, Perlbachs is responsible for creative leadership across all Intouch Group affiliates, locations and clients. She is based in Intouch’s New York office.

closerlook inc. expanded the digital-native agency’s data science division and hired Monika Klimek to manage the unit as vice president of data science.

Omnicom Group Inc. announced an executive promotion within the company’s senior management team. Adrian Sapollnik was promoted to Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development.

Med Ad News spoke with Jennifer Brekke, principal and CEO of SCOUT Health, and Michael Treff, president of Code and Theory, about the formation of Code and Theory Health, a new business unit of the two agencies specifically focused on healthcare.

New York-based integrated full-service health and wellness marketing agency Greater Than One (GTO) announced that Hoon Chang joined as Chief Client Officer, a newly created position.

BW Health Group announced the appointment of Will Reese as president of Benchworks, a full-service heallthcare marketing agency that assists brands throughout the commercialization process.