Advanced Health Media Acquires Advogent

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Health Media, LLC (AHM), the leading U.S. provider of pharmaceutical sales, marketing and compliance technology and services, announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Advogent Group, Inc. (Advogent), a Piscataway, NJ-based provider of marketing services for the pharmaceutical industry. Integration of the companies will begin immediately and headquarters will remain at AHM's Bridgewater, N.J. office. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The addition of Advogent's services and customers expands AHM's market presence and leadership and provides a foundation for ongoing business growth, while offering pharmaceutical industry customers the broadest possible suite of marketing and relationship management services that comply with all federal and state regulations. "This acquisition solidifies AHM's market leadership position in speaker bureau management and marketing communications," said Kevin McMurtry, Founder and CEO of Advanced Health Media. "The combined business will be one of the largest marketing services and technology suppliers in the pharmaceutical industry. Our scale and breadth of services will be a competitive advantage for AHM and its customers."

"We are excited about the integration of these two organizations," said Jeff Brady, President of AHM.  "AHM and Advogent have each established proven track records for exceptional service to their customers.  Our expanded organization has the scale and experience needed to provide our clients the highest levels of service in an increasingly complex promotional environment."  

About Advanced Health Media, LLC

Advanced Health Media (AHM) is the leading U.S. provider of speaker-led meeting logistics, state and federal regulatory compliance technology, thought leader development and medical communications. AHM offers a fully integrated suite of hosted technology solutions and sales support services designed to address the diverse operational and compliance management needs of its clients, including corporate speaker bureau and event management solutions, sales force automation technology, customer relationship management and compliance tracking and reporting systems.  AHM also provides full-service medical communications, including strategic communication strategy, publication planning, scientific meetings and key opinion leader advocacy development. AHM provides services to more than 50 companies in the pharmaceutical sector.

Headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ, with offices in Union and Somerville, NJ, Chesapeake, VA, and Chicago, IL, AHM is the parent company of AHM Solutions, Centeon Solutions, Embryon, LLC, Cogenix, LLC, ProMedix, LLC, InsiteResearch, LLC and Ephikacy, LLC. For more information, please visit the AHM Web site at www.ahmdirect.com.

About Advogent Group, Inc.

Advogent Group, Inc. creates, delivers, and manages compliant communications and strategic solutions and services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. The company offers strategic publication services; and healthcare communications, including advocacy development and management, message delivery and management, and content creation. It also provides event management and logistics, and compliant data systems. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey. Advogent Group, Inc. is a former subsidiary of Cardinal Health, Inc.

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