Med Ad News Announces Finalists for the 2019 Manny Awards and Names Calcium’s Steven Michaelson & Judy Capano as Industry Persons of the Year
LIVINGSTON, NJ – (March 25, 2019) – Med Ad News, the leading pharmaceutical business and marketing publication, announces the nominees for the 30th Annual Manny Awards – celebrating the best in pharmaceutical and healthcare advertising – and announces Steven Michaelson and Judy Capano as the Industry Persons of the Year. The Manny Awards annual gala event celebrates creative excellence in healthcare advertising and communications. More than 600 industry peers are expected to join Med Ad News in honoring winners across 30 total award categories, including the year’s Most Creative Agency, Most Admired Agency, Agency of the Year I, II and III, and more. The Manny Awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City.
The Med Ad News “MedAdvocate” jury convened on March 20 for a roundtable discussion of finalist campaigns previously determined via online voting, and included selections from more than 200 eligible voters across healthcare communication agencies. In order to take a deeper dive into the finalist campaigns, a panel of experts dubbed “MedAdvocates” were each assigned specific campaigns and tasked to initiate meaningful dialog amongst the jurors. MedAdvocates were selected based on their creative expertise and widely recognized performance within the industry. Ultimately, the team scored each finalist campaign using a point system that, combined with the popular vote conducted online, arrived at the eventual winners to be crowned on April 18, 2019.
Steven Michaelson and Judy Capano
Med Ad News is excited to recognize as its 2019 Industry Persons of the Year, Steven Michaelson, Founder/CEO of Calcium & Judy Capano, Co-Founder/Managing Partner/COO of Calcium.
Steven Michaelson has spent nearly 35 years in the advertising industry, 25 of them in pharmaceuticals. He was Founder/CEO of Wishbone, a highly successful start-up that thrived for 13 strong years and was awarded Agency of the Year – Category III by Med Ad News in 2009. Wishbone was acquired in January 2010 by Rosetta (and then Publicis). Continuing in that tradition, Steven founded Calcium NYC during 2012, calling upon the original Wishbone leadership team to help guide and run the agency. In 2014, Calcium NYC was combined with Vox Medica and Star Life Sciences to create Calcium, an agency that offers clients Wishbone-like strategic and creative firepower along with robust medical and scientific expertise and leading-edge digital capabilities. Calcium was recognized as Agency of the Year – Category III by Med Ad News during 2018.
Earlier in his career, Steven held creative leadership positions at KPR, FCB, Harrison and Star, and Robert A. Becker. Over the years, he has helped create campaigns for high-profile brands including Zocor, Glucophage, Plavix, EpiPen, OxyContin, Depakote, and Diovan. Steven is a graduate of Pratt Institute. He is Chairperson of the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame.
Judy Capano brings more than 25 years of experience on both the pharma client side and agency side to her position as the strategy lead for Calcium. Judy started her career in Sales, Hospital Sales, Training, and Sales Management for Marion Merrell Dow. Moving to the agency side, Judy became EVP, Director of Client Services at Harrison Star and COO/Strategy Officer for McCann Torre Lazur Worldwide, where she ran the global agency network and was responsible for M&A/start-ups. More recently, Judy was Partner/Chief Strategy Officer at Wishbone. She is a cum laude graduate of Siena College, for which she sits on the board of trustees. Judy is married to Steven Michaelson, and they live in New York City with three children.
Voted by industry peers and the expert panel of MedAdvocates, along with the editors of Med Ad News, the 2019 Manny Awards nominees include:
Agency of the Year – Category I
- Area 23
- Intouch Solutions
- TBWA\WorldHealth
Agency of the Year – Category II
- FCBCure
- Fingerpaint
- precisioneffect
Agency of the Year – Category III
- Dudnyk
- Sound Healthcare Communications
- SPLICE Agency
Heart Award
- Area 23
- CultHealth
- FCB Health New York
Vision Award
- AbelsonTaylor
- Brick City Greenhouse
- CultHealth
Agency on the Rise
- Brick City Greenhouse
- Elevate Healthcare
- minds+assembly
Network of the Year
- FCB Health Network
- McCann Health Network
- Omnicom Health Group
Most Admired Agency
- Area 23
- CDM
- GSW
Diversity & Inclusion Champion
- Concentric Health Experience
- Intouch Group
- McCann Health
Marketer on the Rise
- Amy Williams, Associate Marketing Director, Avanos (Nominated by AbelsonTaylor)
Best Launch Campaign
- CDM NY – Xofluza
- DDB Health – Aimovig
- McCann Health New Jersey – Opsumit (Relaunch)
Most Creative Agency
- Area 23
- FCB Health New York
- GSW
Best Consumer Campaign – Print
- Dudnyk – Protect Your Heart
- GSW – Mostly Good
- Intouch Solutions – A Beautiful Pair
Best Consumer Campaign – TV/Radio
- Area 23 – April Fools
- HealthWork – Vraylar
- Intouch Solutions – A Beautiful Pair
Best Consumer Campaign – Web
- AbelsonTaylor – MACI/It’s Your Move
- GSW – Dyskinesia Is A Jerk
- Intouch Solutions – A Beautiful Pair
Best Experiential Campaign
- FCB Health New York – Parkinson’s House Call
- GSW – The Repatha Escape Room
- NAVICOR – Chemosaurus
Best Interactive Patient Campaign
- AbelsonTaylor – Unfriend Chronic Migraine
- Area 23 – Get Up Alarm Clock
- Area 23 – TXT2HLP
Best Interactive Physician Campaign
- Concentric Health Experience – Lonhala Magnair
- FCBCure – Through Their Eyes
- GSW – The Repatha Escape Room
Best Managed Markets Campaign
- Entrée Health New York – EMD Serono Specialty Digest
- Entrée Health Princeton – Takeda Oncology 1Point
- McCann Health Managed Markets – Genentech Patient Foundation
Best Medical Device Campaign
- Area 23 – No Defense
- Fingerpaint – UltraMIST – “Take Back Your Territory”
- GSW – Hollister VaPro Catheter Print
Best Nonbranded Campaign
- Concentric Health Experience – Leave No Mom Behind
- Fingerpaint – Nature Calls
- Neon – The 48th Hour
Best Patient Engagement Campaign
- Area 23 – TXT2HLP
- CDM – Zac’s Play Day
- Patient Experience Project – UCD in Common
Best Philanthropic Campaign
- Area 23 – The Rape Tax
- Dudnyk – Protect Your Heart
- FCB Health New York – Not Out Of The Water
Best Professional Campaign – Print
- Area 23 – No Defense
- DDB Health – See The Impact
- Navicor – Chemosaurus
Best Professional Campaign – Video
- Area 23 – Heart Stories
- Concentric Health Experience – High-5
- FCB Health New York – Here’s What You Don’t See
Best Professional Campaign – Web
- Fingerpaint – Nature Calls
- Fingerpaint – UltraMIST – “Take Back Your Territory”
- Neon – The 48th Hour
Best Rare Disease Campaign
- Area 23 – No Defense
- Area 23 – The World’s Smallest Booth
- FCB Health New York – See The Connection
Best Self-Promotion Campaign
- AbelsonTaylor – Feel The Data
- GSW – Harris Poll
- TBWA\WorldHealth – Warm Wishes
Best Social Media Campaign
- Area 23 – Get Up Alarm Cock
- Area 23 – The Worst Restaurant In Town
- The Bloc – Memories for Memory Loss
Med Ad News congratulates Industry Persons of the Year Steven Michaelson & Judy Capano and all award nominees.
The 2019 Manny Awards celebration on Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City will begin with a cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m., followed by a sit-down dinner at 7:30 p.m., and will conclude with a post-awards cocktail hour. The awards ceremony will commence at 8:30 p.m. The event is black tie.
2019 event sponsors include: Platinum sponsors Calcium, Dudnyk, Fingerpaint, and TBWA\WorldHealth; Gold sponsors Concentric Health Experience, Evoke, GSW, Intouch Group, and JUICE Pharma Worldwide.
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About the Manny Awards
For 30 years, the Med Ad News Manny Awards have paid tribute to the creative work of agencies serving the healthcare market, their people, and their contributions to the industry. Each year at this gala awards ceremony, Med Ad News and agency professionals come together to celebrate creative excellence in pharmaceutical and medical device advertising and to acknowledge those making significant contributions to healthcare communications. On this special evening, more than 600 industry peers are anticipated to join Med Ad News in honoring winners in a range of award categories.
About Med Ad News
The pharmaceutical industry’s publication of record since 1982, Med Ad News provides broad coverage and incisive analysis of the issues, events, trends, and strategies shaping pharmaceutical business, marketing, and sales. More than 30,000 readers – comprising corporate executives, marketing, sales, and product managers – receive Med Ad News. Med Ad News is a publication of Outcomes LLC. For more info, visit http://www.medadnews.com
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