Havas Health & You: Global Healthcare Communications Network Profile

Havas Health & You is the healthcare and wellness communications network of Havas — the French advertising and communications group owned by the Bolloré Group. Operating across more than 30 offices globally, the network covers pharmaceutical marketing, medical communications, healthcare PR, patient engagement, digital health, and medical education.

The network was unified under the Havas Health & You brand in 2019, consolidating previously disparate healthcare agency brands within the Havas structure. CEO Donna Murphy leads the network globally.

Formation & History

Havas built its healthcare communications capabilities through acquisitions across the 2000s and 2010s, assembling specialist agencies in medical communications, health advertising, and patient advocacy. The 2019 unification under Havas Health & You created a single brand identity for a previously fragmented set of healthcare-focused agencies — designed to enable integrated campaigns across medical communications, consumer health, and professional HCP marketing simultaneously.

Services

Havas Health & You works across pharmaceutical marketing (from clinical trial communications through commercialization), medical communications and education, healthcare professional (HCP) engagement, patient advocacy and support, digital health strategy, health PR, and data-driven communications. The network serves clients across pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and consumer health categories.

Havas Structure

Havas Health & You sits alongside Havas Creative Group and Havas Media Group as one of the three main divisions of Havas. Havas Red — the PR and communications network — integrates with Havas Health & You on campaigns requiring earned media, influencer, and communications capabilities alongside medical and commercial marketing programs.

Havas became an independent publicly traded company in December 2024 following its spin-off from Vivendi, listing on Euronext Amsterdam. The Bolloré Group holds a controlling stake.

Why It Matters

Havas Health & You occupies a significant position in healthcare communications as one of the larger holding company-backed health networks — competing with Real Chemistry, Inizio Evoke, and the healthcare practices of Edelman and Finn Partners. As pharmaceutical marketing increasingly involves AI-driven patient targeting, digital engagement, and omnichannel medical education, networks with integrated capabilities across HCP, patient, and payer communications will define the competitive landscape.

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