Ogilvy Health

Name

Ogilvy Health

Legal name

Ogilvy Health

Website

https://ogilvyhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Marketing and Advertising Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare/Pharma Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAJ)

Keywords

• Healthcare advertising
• Pharmaceutical marketing
• Medical education services
• Market access strategy
• Brand development healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising and Marketing Services: Ogilvy Health generates revenue through agency fees for brand development, promotion, data and strategy, experience and innovation, PR, social and influence, medical education, and market access services to pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ogilvy Health is a full-service healthcare marketing and communications agency that provides integrated advertising, public relations, medical education, and market access services to pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and consumer health companies. Its offering is organized around six disciplines — Brand Development and Promotion, Data/Intelligence/Strategy, Experience and Innovation, PR/Social/Influence, Medical Education, and Market Access and Payer — delivered through a global network of more than 120 offices in nearly 90 countries.

Product overview

Ogilvy Health is a healthcare marketing agency that offers a comprehensive suite of integrated services rather than a standalone software product. Its portfolio spans six interconnected disciplines: Brand Development and Promotion, Data Intelligence and Strategy, Experience and Innovation, PR Social and Influence, Medical Education, and Market Access and Payer. The agency operates across more than 120 offices in nearly 90 countries, leveraging Borderless Creativity to deliver culturally resonant, celebrity-driven campaigns that achieve both creative recognition and measurable health behavior change for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brand Development and Promotion Strategic and creative services for building and promoting healthcare and pharmaceutical brands, targeted at enterprise pharma, biotech, medical device, and consumer health clients.
• Data, Intelligence, and Strategy Analytical and strategic services leveraging data to inform healthcare marketing decisions for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients.
• Experience and Innovation Customer experience design and innovative solution development for healthcare audiences, including digital, out-of-home, and experiential activations.
• PR, Social & Influence Public relations, social media strategy, and influencer partnership management for health brands, including health influencer engagement programs.
• Medical Education Educational content and programs for healthcare professionals and patients, delivered as part of the agency's pharma communications portfolio.
• Market Access and Payer Services to help pharmaceutical products achieve market access and payer coverage, including payer strategy and value communications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Grand Prix and Gold Lion wins at Cannes Lions 2026 for pharmaceutical campaigns
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• SanoficoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Sanofi participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command platform, with 75 senior brand and commercial leaders from Sanofi and other major pharmaceutical companies collectively managing over $40 billion in annual brand spend.
• MerckcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Merck participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command platform as one of 75 senior industry operators.
• Bristol Myers SquibbcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Bristol Myers Squibb participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command platform as one of 75 senior industry operators.
• Eli LillycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Eli Lilly participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command platform as one of 75 senior industry operators.
• Omnicom Health GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Omnicom Health Group participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command AI-powered platform for pharmaceutical brand teams.
• Havas MediacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Havas Media participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command AI-powered platform for pharmaceutical brand teams.
• Real ChemistrycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Real Chemistry participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command platform as one of 75 senior industry operators.
• EVERSANAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026EVERSANA participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command platform as one of 75 senior industry operators.
• Klick HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Klick Health participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command platform as one of 75 senior industry operators.
• Avalere HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Avalere Health participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command AI-powered platform and is among five organizations set to beta test the platform in June 2026.
• Deerfield GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Deerfield Group participated in the co-creation of Doceree's Daily Command AI-powered platform and is among five organizations set to beta test the platform in June 2026.
• Digitas Health/Publicis Health MediacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 April 2026Cross-agency collaboration on AbbVie's 'PSO Done' psoriasis awareness campaign. Ogilvy Health worked alongside Digitas Health/Publicis Health Media and Spark Foundry to promote AbbVie's Skyrizi drug.
• Spark FoundrycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 April 2026Cross-agency collaboration on AbbVie's 'PSO Done' psoriasis awareness campaign alongside Digitas Health/Publicis Health Media and Ogilvy Health.
• Azurity PharmaceuticalsflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 November 2025Azurity Pharmaceuticals named Ogilvy Health as its agency of record for PR and marketing. The partnership focuses on strategic brand repositioning, enhancing external visibility, and developing a new website with dynamic content to support Azurity's global expansion serving patients in over 50 countries.
• DocereecoreTechnology or IntegrationOgilvy Health participated as one of 75 senior industry operators in co-building Doceree's Daily Command AI-powered operating system for healthcare marketing. The platform targets a market representing over $30 billion in annual global software-and-services spend. Daily Command integrates market-research portals, HCP targeting tools, media-planning platforms, CRM, and measurement dashboards into a single platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Avalere Health: Avalere Health (formed via merger of Fishawack Health and Avalere) provides healthcare strategy, communications, and consulting to pharma; it competes directly with Ogilvy Health on medical affairs, PR, and strategic brand work and is a beta tester of the Doceree Daily Command platform.
• McCann Health: McCann Health is the healthcare arm of McCann Worldgroup (IPG Mediabrands) and a long-standing direct competitor to Ogilvy Health on global pharma creative and medical education mandates for the same multinational clients.
• IPG Health: IPG Health is a global network of healthcare-focused agencies (including McCann Health, FCB Health) offering identical integrated pharma advertising, medical education, and market access services to the same blue-chip pharma client base as Ogilvy Health. Direct head-to-head on most major pharma AOR pitches.
• Omnicom Health Group: Omnicom Health Group is a parallel holding-company structure of health agencies offering comparable advertising, PR, and consulting services to pharma clients. Participates alongside Ogilvy Health in Doceree's Daily Command platform and is one of the top three holding-company competitors in healthcare.
• Klick Health: Klick Health is the largest independent digital-first health agency and a frequent Cannes Lions winner; it serves the same enterprise pharma clients as Ogilvy Health and is rapidly siphoning share from holding-company networks with integrated creative, media, and tech capabilities.
• EVERSANA: EVERSANA is a healthcare commercial services provider spanning market access, patient services, and medical communications; it competes with Ogilvy Health's market access and medical education offerings and co-built the Doceree Daily Command platform.
• Publicis Health: Publicis Health houses Digitas Health, Saatchi & Saatchi Health, and Publicis Health Media; it competes directly with Ogilvy Health on pharma creative, digital, and media mandates and even collaborates with Ogilvy on joint pitches (e.g., AbbVie PSO Done). Closely matched global footprint and service mix.
• Havas Health & You: Havas Health & You is Havas' global health and wellness network offering integrated advertising, communications, and consulting to pharma and consumer health clients. Operates as a direct competitor on multinational pharma AOR mandates alongside Ogilvy Health.
• Real Chemistry: Real Chemistry is a health-marketing and communications firm combining advertising, data, and analytics for pharma clients; it competes with Ogilvy Health on data-driven pharma campaigns and is a co-builder on Doceree's Daily Command platform.

Others

• VML Health: VML Health is a sibling WPP agency operating within the same parent network as Ogilvy Health; it offers overlapping healthcare communications capabilities and is more a complementor/alternative internal competitor than an external rival.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/ogilvy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/163162
• Instagraminstagram.com/ogilvyhealth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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