Euro RSCG Life Named 2010 Network of the Year by Medical Marketing & Media

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marketing & Media has chosen Euro RSCG Life as its Network of the Year for 2010, a reflection of the network's accomplishments in 2009 as well as its long history of achievement grounded in values.

Euro RSCG Life has worked hard to create a highly entrepreneurial, collaborative environment that lets staff members express themselves and fosters innovation and ideation. The agency has led the industry with its "digital at the core" model. In 2009, Euro RSCG Worldwide won the biggest digital pitch of the year, beating out Digitas to take the global digital business for IBM. Euro was also named digital agency of record and/or social media agency of record for such multinational companies as Ikea, method, P&G, sanofi-aventis, Shire Pharmaceuticals and Sprint.

"This award is a great endorsement of all that Euro RSCG Life has been working for and the company values and entrepreneurial culture that have been fostered under the leadership of worldwide managing partners Donna Murphy and Doug Burcin," said David Jones, global CEO of Havas Worldwide and Euro RSCG Worldwide. "The health-care network is an important and extremely successful part of the larger group. I'm very proud of them and pleased that their success has been recognized by the broader industry."

Among Euro RSCG Life's 2009 achievements are: establishing a new digital health-care company within the network; seeing double-digit organic growth within the agency (144 new hires between Sept. 30, 2008, and Nov. 11, 2009); and adopting an Agency of the Future unification model, a strategic compass that goes beyond traditional promotion vehicles and spans brand messaging, offerings and communications channels with the brand strategy intact.

For more information on Euro RSCG Life, the Medical Marketing & Media Network of the Year for 2010, please visit www.lifestory2010.com.

About Euro RSCG Life

Euro RSCG Life aligns the company's 60 health-focused agencies into a network with more than 2,000 employees, offering advertising, public relations, event promotion, medical education, digital marketing, direct-to-patient and consulting services. Its client roster includes Biogen Idec, Novartis, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis, Shire, EMD Serono, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck. For more information, visit Euro RSCG Life's Web site at www.eurorscglife.com.

About Euro RSCG Worldwide

Euro RSCG Worldwide, the parent company of Euro RSCG Life, is a leading integrated marketing communications agency and was the first agency to be named Global Agency of the Year by both Advertising Age and Campaign in the same year. Euro RSCG is made up of 233 offices in 75 countries and provides advertising, marketing, corporate communications and interactive solutions to clients including Air France, BNP Paribas, Charles Schwab, Citigroup, Danone Group, Heineken USA, IBM, Jaguar, Kraft Foods, Lacoste, L'Oreal, Merck, PSA Peugeot and sanofi-aventis. Euro RSCG Worldwide is the largest unit of Havas, a world leader in communications (Euronext: HAV.PA) (Paris: HAV.PA).

    Contact:
    Lisa Vanella
    Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
    212-367-6817
    [email protected]

SOURCE Euro RSCG Life