MMG Partners with Remedy Health Media to Bolster Clinical Trial Enrollment

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MMG (www.mmgct.com), a global health communications company specializing in clinical trial patient recruitment and retention, has formed an exclusive partnership with Remedy Health Media (www.remedyhealthmedia.com) to deliver unique access to a larger pool of qualified potential clinical trial participants. Remedy Health Media (Remedy) is America's fastest growing health information and technology company, which produces a variety of clinical and wellness resources including Remedy's Healthy Living and Diabetes Focus and maintains publishing partnerships with globally recognized institutions such as Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health.

This partnership offers significant value to MMG's clients by effectively reaching their desired audiences through Remedy's community of more than 150 million health-information-seeking patients and caregivers. Remedy's 28.4 million unique monthly visitors (comScore, September 2012) proactively seek treatment options for therapeutic areas that match MMG's category coverage.

Additional benefits for MMG's clients include:

• Guaranteed increase in already-high number of patient referrals;
• Strengthened patient retention rate through Remedy's HIPAA-compliant, proprietary mobile content and adherence tools; and
• Exclusive media placement capabilities.

"We were drawn to this partnership with Remedy because we want to be able to provide information to patients faster while offering our clients even higher value for their investment," said John Benbrook, CEO of MMG. "We look forward to leveraging MMG's unique presence within Remedy's expansive network of trusted health resources to deliver even greater measurable results."  

Michael Cunnion, CEO of Remedy Health Media, said, "We're thrilled to partner with MMG because this is a perfect opportunity to provide better information, tools and connectivity to patients who are actively seeking clarity in the trial enrollment process."

About Remedy Health Media
Remedy Health Media is a privately held health information and technology company with tools that help millions of patients and caregivers live healthier, more fulfilled lives. Remedy Health Media aims to empower lives with the information and applications needed to efficiently navigate the healthcare landscape, and as a result, to permit better health outcomes through use of our products and services.

About MMG
MMG is the premier global health communications organization specializing in patient recruitment and retention. With experience in more than 70 countries and across a vast range of therapeutic areas, populations, and study types, MMG provides strategies specially crafted for study teams and patient populations while delivering the best return on investment for the sponsor. MMG, a Ketchum company, is a part of Diversified Agency Services, a division of Omnicom Group Inc.

About Diversified Agency Services
Diversified Agency Services (DAS), a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com), manages Omnicom's holdings in a variety of marketing communications disciplines. DAS includes over 200 companies, which operate through a combination of networks and regional organizations, serving international and local clients through more than 700 offices in 71 countries.

About Omnicom Group Inc.
Omnicom Group Inc. (www.omnicomgroup.com) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations, and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

SOURCE MMG