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PM360 Announces Winners of 2018 Pharma Choice Awards
The Only Healthcare Creative Awards Voted on by the Industry
NEW YORK, NY, January 17, 2019: PM360, a leading health-marketing industry trade magazine, announced the winners of their annual Pharma Choice Awards, which recognize the best healthcare creative campaigns and initiatives in 14 categories: Animal Health, App, Consumer Website, DTC/DTP, Multichannel, Philanthropic, Professional Campaign, Professional Website, Sales Aid, Self-promotion, Social Media, Unbranded, Variety, and Video. The 42 winners are featured in the January 2018 issue of PM360. And can be viewed online at www.pm360online.com/2018-pm360-pharma-choice-award-winners.
These 10th annual awards are the only in the industry that allow everyone who works in the industry to have a say in who wins. All submissions for the awards are placed online where everyone can vote for their favorites based on content, format, imagination, influence on the industry, and overall quality. More than 7,000 votes total were cast to decide this year’s winners.
“For 10 years now, our Pharma Choice Awards have given all of the marketers in this industry a chance to recognize what they consider to be the best work being done by their colleagues,” said Anna Stashower, CEO/Publisher, PM360. “We are thrilled to not only recognize the great work the industry is doing, but to also provide this opportunity to allow the people who create that very work a voice in deciding who is worthy of being honored.”
A Gold, Silver, and Bronze award is given to the top three vote-getters in each of the 14 distinct categories. Additionally, the overall top three vote-getters receive special recognition by appearing on the cover of the January 2019 issue. This year the top honors went to Elevate Healthcare and DePuy Synthes for their “A World of Plating Solutions” Professional Campaign winner, Concentric Health Experience and Sage Therapeutics for their Silence Sucks DTC/DTP campaign, and AbelsonTaylor and Avanos for their “COOLIEF* Commercial” in the Video category.
This year’s PM360 Pharma Choice winners are:
Animal Health
gold: “Mirataz® (mirtazapine transdermal ointment) ‘Fred’ Launch Campaign” for KindredBio. Agency: SCOUT Marketing
Animal Health
silver: “The Cat Rap” for Best Friends Animal Society. Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, New York
Animal Health
bronze: “Mobility Makes Life Remarkable” for American Regent Animal Health. Agency: Stephens & Associates
App
gold: “Making Virtual a Reality” for Regeneron. Agency: Intouch Solutions
App
silver: “HealthVoyager” for Boston Children’s Hospital. Agency: Klick Health
App
bronze: “MNG Health Media Hub” from MNG Health
Consumer Website
gold: “Asthma Insider” for Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron. Agency: MicroMass Communications, Inc.
Consumer Website
silver: “COOLIEF* Website” for Avanos. Agency: AbelsonTaylor
Consumer Website
bronze: “It’s Time To Fight Back” for Bristol-Myers Squibb. Agency: Calcium
DTC/DTP
gold: “Silence Sucks” for Sage Therapeutics. Agency: Concentric Health Experience
DTC/DTP
silver: “PROMACTA Pediatric Starter Kit” for Novartis. Agency: The Bloc
DTC/DTP
bronze: “ZEJULA My Way Patient Support Program” for Tesaro. Agency: MicroMass Communications, Inc.
Multichannel
gold: “A Beautiful Pair” for Regeneron. Agency: Intouch Solutions
Multichannel
silver: “Disease Awareness Campaign” for Sage. Agency: ICON plc
Multichannel
bronze: “Complete Patient Approach” for Novartis. Agencies: DiD and Propeller Communications
Philanthropic
gold: “East Africa Dairy Development Project” for Heifer International. Agency: AbelsonTaylor
Philanthropic
silver: “Threads of Hope” for JDRF/Indiana. Agency: Avant Healthcare
Philanthropic
bronze: “Mere Mortals” for Coverage Coalition. Agency: Entrée Health
Professional Campaign
gold: “A World of Plating Solutions” for DePuy Synthes. Agency: Elevate Healthcare
Professional Campaign
silver: “High-5” for Mist Pharmaceuticals. Agency: Concentric Health Experience
Professional Campaign
bronze: “The Re-think MBC Kisqali HCP Campaign” for Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Agency: Biolumina
Professional Website
gold: “Help put colorectal cancer behind us” for Genentech. Agency: Calcium
Professional Website
silver: “INBRACE Support Program” for Neurocrine. Agency: ICON plc
Professional Website
bronze: “Critical Mission” for Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals. Agency: RevHealth
Sales Aid
gold: “TREMFYA Mixed-Media VR Episodes – LIVE IN MY SKIN” for Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Agencies: Confideo Labs and Xavier Creative House
Sales Aid
silver: “VIBATIV Core Visual Aid” for Theravance Biopharma. Agency: Evoke
Sales Aid
bronze: “Complete Patient Approach” for Novartis. Agencies: DiD and Propeller Communications
Self-promotion
gold: “The Unifying Effect” from Dudnyk
Self-promotion
silver: “The Right Medical Specialist Will See Your Brand Now” from Skipta
Self-promotion
bronze: “Where it All Comes Together” from Excitant Healthcare Advertising
Social Media
gold: “MACI Social Media Campaign” for Vericel. Agency: AbelsonTaylor
Social Media
silver: “My ITP Life” for Novartis. Agency: The Bloc
Social Media
bronze: “Voices of MPN Ask an MPN Expert Facebook Live” for Incyte. Agency: Cadient, a Cognizant Company
Unbranded
gold: “The Wrestler” for Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Agency: Klick Health
Unbranded
silver: “Silence Sucks” for Sage Therapeutics. Agency: Concentric Health Experience
Unbranded
bronze: “Celgene ‘Chemosaurus’” for Celgene Corporation. Agency: NAVICOR
Variety (Interactive Tool and Podcast Series)
gold: “ALSPathways Interactive Tool and Podcast Series” for Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America. Agency: HCB Health
Variety (Integrated Campaign)
silver: “Hearing Voices of Support” for SARDAA – Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America. Agency: The Bloc
Variety (Interactive Conference Experience)
bronze: “Merck Pneumococcal Past, Present, and Future Augmented Reality Conference Experience” for Merck. Agency: JUICE Pharma Worldwide
Video
gold: “COOLIEF* Commercial” for Avanos. Agency: AbelsonTaylor
Video
silver: “A Beautiful Pair” for Regeneron. Agency: Intouch Solutions
Video
bronze: “Having the Talk” for AMAG Women’s Health Team. Agency: Avant Healthcare
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