Havas Health Network

What Havas Health Network does

Havas Health Network, operating commercially as Havas Health & You (HH&Y), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vivendi via Havas Group and functions as the world's largest global health and wellness communications network. Founded in 1993 and headquartered at 200 Madison Avenue, New York, it operates 90+ offices across 60+ countries with 6,500+ employees serving 200+ health and wellness clients that include major pharmaceutical, biotech, consumer health, and healthcare provider organizations such as Sanofi, Novartis, Pfizer, Merck KGaA, Teva, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York Presbyterian, and Florida Blue Cross Blue Shield.

The network operates a platform-plus-modules architecture uniting core agency brands (Havas Life, Health4Brands/H4B, Havas Lynx Group, Havas Life PR, Havas Health Plus) with specialized sub-brands including Havas Health CX (customer experience), Havas Voice (AI-enabled patient engagement via Atlas Health), Havas Tonic (consumer health), Havas Mango (wellness experiences), and management consultancy Gate One. Technical differentiators include the proprietary Atlas Health NLP/conversational analysis platform, the X Index customer experience barometer, a patent-pending flu prediction algorithm, the Meaningful Brands study of 350,000 consumers, and the Behind the Mask longitudinal research program. The portfolio covers advertising, medical communications, digital marketing, patient engagement, customer experience transformation, and proprietary research.

HH&Y generates revenue as a B2B professional services firm on quote-based agency retainers and project fees, with a sales-led go-to-market delivered through dedicated enterprise account teams across the global office network. Under the leadership of Global CEO Donna Murphy (also CEO of Havas Creative Network), the business has achieved double-digit organic growth for ten consecutive years, expanded aggressively across APAC at 20%+ annually, and grown through targeted acquisitions including Raison de Santé (2022) and Bastion Brands (2022). Parent ownership by Vivendi provides capital backing without independent equity market exposure.

Name

Havas Health Network

Legal name

Havas Health Inc.

Website

https://havashealthandyou.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Havas Health Network (operating as Havas Health & You) is the world's largest global health and wellness communications network, employing 6,500+ people across 60+ countries to deliver advertising, medical communications, digital marketing, patient engagement, and customer experience services to 200+ pharmaceutical, biotech, consumer health, and healthcare provider clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Communications Services

NAICS

Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Patient Feedback, Surveys, Reputation & Experience Measurement (VoC) (HLACAEAH)

Keywords

• Healthcare communications
• Pharmaceutical marketing
• Medical communications
• Patient engagement
• Health and wellness advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Communications Services: Full-service healthcare communications agency providing advertising, medical communications, digital marketing, content creation, and strategic consulting to pharmaceutical, biotech, and health and wellness companies

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Havas Health Network is a global health and wellness communications agency providing advertising, medical communications, digital marketing, patient engagement, and customer experience solutions to pharmaceutical, biotech, and health and wellness companies. The network unites multiple specialized agency brands under the Havas Health & You (HH&Y) umbrella, including Havas Life, H4B, Havas Lynx Group, Havas Health CX, Havas Voice, and Havas Tonic, delivering end-to-end health communications across 60+ countries with 6,500+ employees.

Product overview

Havas Health Network operates as the world's largest global health and wellness communications network, structured as a platform-plus-modules architecture under the unified Havas Health & You (HH&Y) umbrella. The core network unites multiple agency brands including Havas Life, Health4Brands (H4B), Havas Lynx Group, Havas Life PR, and Havas Health Plus, with specialized sub-brands such as Havas Health CX (customer experience), Havas Voice (AI-powered patient engagement via Atlas Health), Havas Tonic (consumer health), and Havas Mango (wellness). The portfolio includes acquired agencies (Raison de Santé, Bastion Brands, Gate One consultancy) and proprietary research offerings (Behind the Mask longitudinal study, Prosumer Reports, Meaningful Brands study of 350,000 consumers, X Index customer experience barometer). Additional offerings encompass Red Havas (Merged Media), the Fellowship and Generation H internship programs, and Havas All In DEI&B initiative spanning 60+ countries with 6,500+ employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Havas Voice: Patient engagement consultancy powered by Atlas Health that leverages AI-enabled conversational analysis to identify influential and engaged patients in real time, helping brands form relationships with leading individuals and track their proximity to relevant health conversations.
• BrightInsight Partnership
• Ostro Partnership

Products and services

• Havas Health & You (HH&Y) Flagship global health and wellness communications network uniting Havas Life, Health4Brands (H4B), Lynx, Havas Life PR and Havas Health Plus. Spans over 60+ countries with 6,500+ employees providing health and wellness communications, brand strategy, and patient engagement services.
• Havas Life Core life sciences and pharmaceutical communications brand within the Havas Health Network, providing global brand strategy and advertising for pharmaceutical clients.
• Health4Brands (H4B)
• Havas Lynx Group
• Havas Health CX Customer experience network tackling health customer experience under three focused brackets: transformation, delivery, and engagement. Taps into 18 major Havas Villages worldwide with key hubs in London, Paris, New York, and Mumbai.
• Havas Voice Patient engagement consultancy powered by Atlas Health that leverages AI-enabled conversational analysis to identify influential patients and help brands form authentic relationships with patient communities.
• Havas Mango Miami-based wellness collective that reimagines wellness and builds experiences helping people live their best lives. Focuses on fostering creativity in changing environments with customizable and immersive platforms and just-in-time content production.
• Havas Tonic
• Havas Life PR
• Havas Health Plus
• Red Havas
• Gate One Management consultancy acquired by Havas Group in 2019, expanded to U.S. in 2022. Offers transformation leadership, marketing transformation, customer experience, operating model and change management services.
• Raison de Santé Paris-based medical education specialist acquired by Havas Group in January 2022 to reinforce HH&Y France's global medical education offering. Founded in 2008.
• Bastion Brands Australia's leading independent health communications agency acquired by Havas Group in November 2022 to expand presence in APAC region, integrating into Havas Health & You.
• Havas PR
• Havas Edge Health Media Health Media services at Havas Edge providing AI-driven media and analytics solutions for healthcare clients. Pam Caputo leads the practice as Executive Vice President, Health Media.
• Behind the Mask Research

Quantifiable outcome

• Double-digit organic growth for 10 consecutive years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BrightInsightcoreTechnology or Integration · 26 February 2026Strategic global partnership to provide digital health solutions for biopharma, focusing on improving patient adherence to therapies. BrightInsight's platform operates in over 60 countries and aims to reduce therapy discontinuation and enhance patient support programs with regulatory-compliant digital infrastructure.
• OstrocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2025Joint initiative to set Guinness World Record for AI health literacy education. The partnership created an online course covering AI fundamentals, ethics, and compliance with over 500 professionals completing it in 24 hours.
• Trinity Life SciencesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 January 2023Strategic partnership announced to provide integrated solutions for healthcare communications clients.
• Bastion BrandscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 November 2022Acquisition of Australia's leading independent health communications agency to expand presence in APAC region. Bastion Brands integrates into Havas Health & You, supporting clients across Australia and Southeast Asia.
• Raison de SantécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 January 2022Acquisition of Paris-based medical education specialist to reinforce global medical education offering within Havas Health & You. Founded in 2008, the agency supports numerous health companies in France.
• EvermedminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2021Partnership to expand content expertise for Havas Health & You, enhancing video and streaming content capabilities.
• Atlas HealthcoreTechnology or IntegrationPowered by Atlas Health - proprietary AI-enabled patient engagement platform that identifies influential patients through conversational analysis to help brands form relationships and track proximity to relevant health conversations.
• Havas VoicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPatient engagement consultancy leveraging Atlas Health platform for patient-centric health brand engagement through authentic patient voices.
• Gate OneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean management consultancy acquired by Havas Group in 2019, expanding to U.S. with management consultancy expertise across marketing services spectrum.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Fishawack Health: Specialist medical communications and consulting group serving global pharma, with comparable medical affairs, scientific communications, and brand strategy offerings to Havas Life and Havas Lynx, though smaller in scale.
• Indegene: India-headquartered digital-first commercial partner to pharma with strong analytics, omnichannel engagement, and AI-driven patient/physician engagement offerings; competes with Havas Voice/Havas CX in the digital activation layer.
• Real Chemistry: Independent health communications and data science agency with AI-driven patient and influencer intelligence capabilities, directly comparable to Havas Voice/Atlas Health in conversational analysis and patient-centric marketing.

Direct peers

• Publicis Health: Publicis Groupe's dedicated health communications network, offering comparable creative, medical, and digital health services to pharmaceutical and consumer health clients with overlapping global footprint and client roster.
• Omnicom Health Group: DAS Group of Companies subsidiary and one of the world's largest healthcare-focused agency networks, directly competing with Havas Health Network across advertising, medical education, market access, and consulting services for global pharma brands.
• IPG Health: Interpublic Group's healthcare marketing collective (including McCann Health, FCB Health, and others), operating as a near-direct competitor with global scale, deep pharma client relationships, and similar medical communications + patient engagement offerings.
• WPP Health (VMLY&R Health, Wunderman Thompson Health, Ogilvy Health): Largest direct competitor operating a global healthcare communications network within WPP plc, offering advertising, medical communications, and patient engagement services to pharma and biotech clients across similar therapeutic areas and geographies.

Broad incumbents

• Syneos Health Communications: Clinical-to-commercial biopharma solutions provider with a communications arm; broader than Havas Health Network in that it spans clinical research and commercial services but directly competes on the commercial/marketing communications side with pharma clients.
• Deloitte Digital (Health & Life Sciences): Big Four consultancy's digital and creative practice competing for large pharma digital transformation and customer experience mandates, overlapping with Havas Health Network on enterprise CX and omnichannel programs.
• Accenture Song (Life Sciences): Global consultancy-owned creative and digital services arm with a dedicated life sciences practice offering CX, digital transformation, and data-driven marketing that competes with Havas Health CX and Havas Voice for biopharma digital mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HavasHealthYou
• Facebookfacebook.com/HavasHealthYou
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/havashealthandyou

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments2 records

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