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And the madness begins once again …

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

It's that time of the year once more, in which healthcare advertising agencies e-mail us in a panicked rush pleading for just a few more days to turn in their Manny Awards entries and their April issue materials, or just let us know that they've loaded everything to our FTP ...

The road to the Mannys

Monday, April 25th, 2011

In a few days, I'll be standing on the stage in a ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in New York City, for the 22nd annual Manny Awards.* I've got my dress, the script is prepared, and the night promises to be another special one. This will be my 11th ...

Cost can be high for regulatory noncompliance

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Tonight, following the 21st Annual Manny Awards honoring outstanding acheivements in healthcare advertising, our April issue will be unveiled along with all the winners. Meanwhile, our May issue, including one of our regular features on promotional medical education, is in full production. For last year’s promotional medical education feature, I had ...

Manny Awards 2009 photo album

Monday, May 4th, 2009

On April 22, we at Med Ad News were proud to host the 20th Annual Manny Awards celebration honoring the best in healthcare advertising. The gala event was held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers. Thirteen awards were bestowed throughout the evening to agencies achieving excellence in a ...

Manny voting coming soon!

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

The Manny Awards are getting closer and closer. In about a week, we will be opening up online voting to the participating healthcare advertising agencies. On Friday and throughout the weekend, our team was busy uploading the hundreds of creative samples submitted for consideration. This year, rather than judging a ...

More treats for the office …

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

The deadline was last Monday for the creative submissions for the Manny Awards, but everyone needed an extension, it seems. For Sudler & Hennessey, the presentation mattered: Their movie-themed entry came with appropriate movie-themed treats. They've been placed in the kitchen and shared with everyone who works here.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, Part 2 …

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Yesterday we here at Med Ad News got a little surprise from Palio: Yes, it's a cake made in the shape of the agency's logo (which itself is a representation of the piazza in Siena where the Palio horse race occurs each year). Thankfully, the agency's entries for the Manny Awards ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year …

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

This morning, a pile of FedEx envelopes and packages of all sizes began appearing. Today is the deadline for the creative submissions for the Manny Awards and the April agency issue. I'll be spending today sorting through them, pulling the files into folders for the editors, art director, and Web ...

The April issue countdown begins

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Med Ad News kicked off preparations for this year’s April issue with a meeting of healthcare advertising executives in New York City. Dubbed The Agency Issue, our April magazine features profiles of any agency with at least 75% of its business in the healthcare field. The list seems to grow ...