Finalists for Holmes Report healthcare agency of the year announced

Industry publication The Holmes Report has announced its final shortlist for its 2015 Global Healthcare Agency of the Year award.

After sorting through more than 400 submissions, a judging panel selected GCI Health, InVentiv Health, Pegasus, TogoRun and Virgo Health as its nominees. The overall winner will be announced on October 28th.

GCI Health has tripled in size over the past five years and achieved a 35 percent growth rate in 2014, while InVentiv Health is the largest global healthcare specialist agency and ranks among the top 25 PR firms in the world.

Pegasus is the only independent agency in the shortlist, having won new contracts with GlaxoSmithKline, Biogen and Holland and Barrett last year. TogoRun, meanwhile, was nominated after seeing its fees increase by 32 percent last year.

Finally, Virgo Health was recognised for the continued growth it has experienced since its acquisition by Golin in 2012, having retained 97 percent of its clients last year and winning new briefs with Abbott, Meda, Shionogi and Roche.