Med Ad News Magazine Announces Nominees for the 23rd Annual Manny Awards as well as Advertising Person of the Year
HAMILTON, N.J., March 27, 2012 - Today, Med Ad News announces the nominees for the 23rd Annual Manny Awards and the Industry Person of the Year. The awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at the Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York, N.Y. The Manny Awards is an annual gala event celebrating creative excellence in healthcare advertising and communications. More than 600 industry peers are expected to join Med Ad News in honoring winners in eight creative award categories, in addition to naming the year’s Most Creative Agency, Most Admired Agency, and Agency of the Year.
The Manny Awards also continues its new tradition of honoring agencies for their exceptional philanthropic efforts. The Heart Award was created by the Med Ad News editorial staff to recognize agencies’ social responsibility and commitment to philanthropic and social causes.
Med Ad News is pleased to announce Susan Miller Viray, Founding Partner of The CementBloc, as the Industry Person of the Year.
Voted by industry peers and the editors of Med Ad News, this year’s Manny Award nominees are:
Agency of the Year Category I:
• AbelsonTaylor
• CAHG
• ICC Lowe
Agency of the Year Category II:
• CementBloc
• Intouch Solutions
• Palio
Agency of the Year Category III:
• Area 23
• echo Torre Lazur
• Giant Creative/Strategy
Best Brand Team:
• AbelsonTaylor: Incivek
• CAHG: Edarbi
• Roska Healthcare Advertising: Yervoy
Most Admired Agency:
• AbelsonTaylor
• CDM New York
• GSW Worldwide
Most Creative Agency:
• AbelsonTaylor
• CDM Princeton
• Draftfcb Healthcare
Best Professional Advertising Campaign:
• CementBloc: Gralise Pain Doll
• Dudnyk: Cinryze
• Sudler & Hennessey: Remicade – The Beast
Best Consumer Advertising Campaign:
• Digitas Health: Me and My Depression
• Draftfcb Healthcare: Spiriva Elephant
• Strikeforce Communications: ParaGard
Best Medical Device Campaign:
• Dudnyk: Cavitron
• H4B Chelsea: Air Optix
• LehmanMillet: Dune
Best Philanthropic Campaign:
• CDM New York: AHA
• CDM Princeton: Gilead
• Flashpoint Medica: Introducing the Future Famers Award
Best Self-Promotion Campaign:
• Blue Diesel
• Draftfcb Healthcare
• echo Torre Lazur
Best Nonbranded Campaign:
• Digitas Health: Own It
• Draftfcb Healthcare: Dupuytren's Contracture Talking
Hands
• Harrison and Star: Erivedge
Best Interactive Patient Campaign:
• CementBloc: Celgene’s Pledge to Fight Forward
• Digitas Health: FluMist
• Draftfcb Healthcare: Plan B One-Step's Get a Real Plan
Best Interactive Physician Campaign:
• CAHG: Moxeza
• echo Torre Lazur: Aciphex
• H4B Chelsea: Eisai
Heart Award:
• CDM New York
• ICC Lowe
• Regan Campbell Ward
Med Ad News congratulates Industry Person of the Year Susan Miller
Viray and all award nominees.
The 23rd Annual Manny Awards celebration on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York, N.Y., will begin with a cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m. and continue with a sit-down dinner at 7:30 p.m. The awards ceremony will commence at 8:30 p.m. The event is black tie.
For reservations, contact:
Visit www.mannyawards.com or Francine Stone at
Francine.Stone@ubm.com
For sponsorship opportunities, contact:
Daniel Becker at (973) 808-1191 or Daniel.Becker@ubm.com
Press inquiries, contact:
Joanna Siddiqui at (973) 808-8847 or Joanna.Siddiqui@ubm.com
About the Manny Awards
For more than 20 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 for more
than 29 years, Med Ad News provides broad coverage and incisive
analysis of the issues, events, trends, and strategies shaping
pharmaceutical business, marketing, and sales. More than 16,500
readers – comprising corporate executives, marketing, sales,
and product managers – receive Med Ad News 12 times per year.
Med Ad News is a publication of UBM Canon.
About UBM Canon
As the largest B-to-B media company with an exclusive focus on the
advanced manufacturing sector, UBM Canon blends the reach and power
of events, print and digital publications, and database products.
Known for its global approach, UBM Canon is the leading producer of
trade events, publications, and electronic media for the
world’s $3 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing
industry.
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Contact:
Joanna Siddiqui
Marketing Manager
UBM Canon – Med Ad News
Tel: 973-808-8847
joanna.siddiqui@ubm.com
Posted: March 2012
