ProCom Invests in Additional Talent


PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - July 23, 2009) - ProCom, a CommonHealth medical-education unit, today announced two new hires.

CommonHealth (www.commonhealth.com) is the world's leading healthcare-communications network and a WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY) (www.wpp.com) company.

New Hires

Nikhil Patel, PharmD, joins ProCom as a senior medical director. As such, he will provide scientific, clinical and therapeutic expertise to brand teams, and build relationships with academic opinion leaders and clinical and research executives in the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, Mr. Patel will plan and manage scientific presentations and publications, while aiding in the development of education programs. Most recently, Mr. Patel was employed as vice president, medical director, at Bimark Medical Communications, a medical educational and marketing group in Hackensack.

Entering ProCom as an editor/writer with an MAED in adult distance learning, Karen Sullivan will be writing copy for her designated accounts and ensuring grammatical accuracy and coherence for her projects. Immediately prior to joining ProCom, Ms. Sullivan was a freelance editor for BioLumina, a scientific consulting marketing group located in New York City.

CommonHealth comprises ProCom, Altum, Carbon, CommonHealth London, CommonHealth Paris, Conectics, Earthborn, EvoLogue, Ferguson, HLS, MBS/Vox, Qi, Solara and Valos. The organization also maintains numerous partnerships both within and outside of the WPP network of companies.