Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide Nominated for Four DTC Awards


PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - March 10, 2011) - Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide (www.ogilvychww.com), representing the largest assembly of creative talent in the world of healthcare communications, today announced it has been named in four categories in the 2011 DTC Advertising Awards.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide is a part of the Ogilvy & Mather network (www.ogilvy.com) and a WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY) (www.wpp.com) company.

The DTC National Advertising Awards, sponsored by DTC Perspectives magazine, honor excellence in best practices, knowledge and insight for pharmaceutical marketers who are leading, creating and implementing direct-to-consumer communications. Winners will be announced on April 7 at the DTC National Advertising Awards Dinner.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide earned two finalist distinctions in the "Best Branded Television Campaign" category, for an asthma/COPD medication and an adjustable gastric banding system. The organization was also nominated for creative developed for an ADHD management prescription in the "Best Branded Print Campaign" category, and in the "Best CRM/Direct Mail Campaign" category for a leading women's healthcare brand.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, with 65 offices across 36 countries, provides marketing services including advertising and promotion, brand identity and development, global integration, direct-to-consumer, direct-to-patient, relationship marketing, interactive services, managed care marketing, medical education, media planning and buying, scientific communications and publications, clinical trial recruitment, market research and analytics, strategic consulting, and public affairs and relations. The organization also houses and maintains individual Ogilvy CommonHealth and Ogilvy Healthworld brand identities within the marketplace.

Contact Information:

400 Interspace Parkway
Parsippany, N.J. 07054
973.352.1000 tel
973.352.1500 fax
www.ogilvychww.com

Contact:

Beth Paulino
Kerianne Slattery
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide
973.352.1000 tel