MCCANN-ERICKSON HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED

Name

MCCANN-ERICKSON HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED

Legal name

Olixir

Website

https://mccannhealthlondon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Short description

MCCANN-ERICKSON HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED operates as Olixir, a healthcare marketing and communications network serving pharmaceutical and healthcare clients. The firm maintains hubs across the UK, USA, Spain, and Germany within the broader McCann Health and Omnicom-affiliated network ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Core offering

Olixir is a global healthcare marketing and communications network that provides advertising, brand strategy, and digital campaign services to pharmaceutical and healthcare clients. The offering is delivered through hubs in the USA, UK, Spain, and Germany and combines the heritage of FCB Health, McCann Health, and DDB Health under the Omnicom Health Group umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Olixir healthcare marketing and communications network Global healthcare marketing and communications service offering delivered through hubs in the USA, UK, Spain, and Germany for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FCB HealthcoreOthersFCB Health is a parent organization that contributed to the formation of Olixir, representing one of the founding healthcare networks that merged to create the combined entity.
• McCann HealthcoreOthersMcCann Health is a parent organization that contributed to the formation of Olixir, representing one of the founding healthcare networks that merged to create the combined entity.
• DDB HealthcoreOthersDDB Health is a parent organization that contributed to the formation of Olixir, representing one of the founding healthcare networks that merged to create the combined entity.
• Omnicom Health GroupcoreOthersOmnicom Health Group is the parent holding company that encompasses Olixir and its predecessor networks, representing the largest healthcare communications network globally. The contact email [email protected] indicates direct affiliation.

Broad incumbents

• Publicis Health: Publicis Health is the healthcare arm of Publicis Groupe and a top-five global healthcare communications network. It competes with Olixir for global pharma AOR mandates and offers comparable medical communications, advertising, and consulting services.
• Havas Health & You: Havas Health & You is the global health and wellness network of Havas Creative Group, offering healthcare communications, medical education, and DTC services. It is a broad incumbent competitor to Olixir in the global pharma agency market.
• IPG Health: IPG Health is the parent holding company of FCB Health and one of the largest global healthcare communications networks. Olixir references IPG Health contact emails, suggesting operational linkage; IPG Health is a broader incumbent offering full-service healthcare marketing across multiple specialty agencies.
• Omnicom Health Group: Omnicom Health Group is the parent holding company of McCann Health and DDB Health, and Olixir's general contact email is hosted on omnicomhealthgroup.com. It is the world's largest healthcare communications network by revenue, a broad incumbent against which Olixir's unified offering competes.
• WPP Health (VMLY&R Health / Wunderman Thompson Health): WPP operates multiple global healthcare creative and communications agencies (e.g., VMLY&R Health, Wunderman Thompson Health). It is a broad incumbent and one of the 'big six' holding-company healthcare networks competing for the same pharma AOR clients as Olixir.

Direct peers

• DDB Health: DDB Health is the third founding network of Olixir, part of Omnicom Health Group. It is a healthcare creative communications agency competing in the same client base as Olixir's other constituent networks.
• McCann Health: McCann Health is a direct parent of Olixir and one of its three founding networks. It is a global healthcare communications agency offering medical communications, DTC/DTP advertising, and consulting — directly overlapping with Olixir's service lines.
• Syneos Health Communications: Syneos Health Communications is the advertising, branding, and communications arm of Syneos Health, providing medical communications, DTC/DTP advertising, and health economics/value communications. It is a direct peer offering comparable healthcare marketing services to pharma clients.
• FCB Health: FCB Health is one of the three founding networks of Olixir (IPG Health parent). It provides healthcare advertising, medical education, and DTC/DTP communications — directly comparable services to Olixir.
• Evoke (formerly ghg | WPP): Evoke is a global health and wellness communications agency, formerly known as ghg (Grey Healthcare Group) under WPP. It provides medical communications, DTC advertising, and public relations for pharma clients — directly comparable to Olixir's offering.

Market position

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mccann-health-london

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Investors

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M&A

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