NEWTOWN, Pa., March 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Med Ad
News announces the nominees for the 22nd Annual Manny Awards
and the Advertising Person of the Year. The awards ceremony will be
held on Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the Sheraton New York Hotel
and Towers 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.

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The Manny Awards also continues its new tradition of honoring
agencies for their exceptional forward thinking and philanthropic
efforts. The Vision Award recognizes exceptional ideas and
initiatives that have the power to transform the way that
healthcare communications agencies do business. 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 Matt Giegerich,
Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, as the
Advertising Person of the Year. The honor recognizes Mr.
Giegerich’s leadership in identifying and realizing the potential
and opportunities of merging CommonHealth with Ogilvy’s global
healthcare business. Known for his stature, importance, leadership,
and dedication to healthcare, Mr. Giegerich was nominated for this
honor by a broad cross section of industry professionals from WPP,
from the client base, from his peers and colleagues, and even from
the competition.

Voted by industry peers and the editors of Med Ad News,
this year’s Manny Award nominees include:

Advertising Agency of the Year Category

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