Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide Wins Four Finalist Certificates at the Global Awards

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - Dec 10, 2012) - Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide (www.ogilvychww.com), the health behavior experts of Ogilvy & Mather (www.ogilvy.com), today announced four of the network's 2012 Global Awards entries were awarded finalist certificates on Thursday night at the two international gala presentations held concurrently at the Helen Mills Event Space & Theater in New York City and at the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia. 

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY) (www.wpp.com). The organization houses and maintains individual Ogilvy CommonHealth and Ogilvy Healthworld brand identities within the marketplace.

The Ogilvy Healthworld office located in Brazil took home two winning certificates in the "Communication to the Consumer -- Print Media/Outdoor," and "Communication to the Consumer -- Social Commitment/Outdoor" categories for work created for a Parkinson's disease awareness campaign and for a hair-loss lotion campaign, respectively. The network's Parsippany-based group was awarded a finalist certificate for the development of a leading oral contraceptive's website in the "Communication to the Healthcare Professional -- Video, Audio, Interactive Media/Online Media" category. Ogilvy Healthworld in Sydney, Australia, also won a certificate for a mixed media osteoporosis campaign in the "Communication to the Healthcare Professional -- Promotional Marketing Integrated Campaign" category.

Now in its 18^th year, the Global Awards are an international competition dedicated to honoring excellence in healthcare communications. The Global Awards receives entries from healthcare corporations, hospitals, advertising agencies, production companies, and design studios that produce communications for medical, pharmaceutical, and healthcare related products and services. The Global Awards Advisory Board and Grand Jury are comprised of a panel of prominent international industry experts, representing the top creative minds in the field of healthcare advertising.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide is committed to creativity and effectiveness in healthcare communications, everywhere. With 63 offices across 33 countries, the group provides marketing services including brand identity and development, clinical trial recruitment, digital/interactive services, direct-to-consumer, direct-to-patient, global integration, managed care marketing, market research and analytics, media planning and buying, medical advertising and promotion, medical education, public affairs and relations, relationship marketing, and strategic consulting. The network also offers scientific communications and publications services through a wholly owned separate legal entity.