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Novo Nordisk appoints McCann to handle ‘Diabetes’ campaign
 

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(28 August 2007 6:00 pm)

 

MUMBAI: Novo Nordisk India has appointed McCann Healthcare as its communication agency for its Insulin portfolio.

Five agencies were invited for the pitch in July and after two rounds, McCann Healthcare got the nod.

Novo Nordisk India marketing director Vinay Ransiwal says, "Defeating diabetes is our passion and our business. With approximately 41 million people with diabetes, India has the dubious distinction of being the diabetes capital of the world and is one of the focus markets for Novo Nordisk worldwide."

‘Changing diabetes’, a Novo Nordisk initiative, will involve improving awareness levels in context to Insulin usage and will take a concerted effort from various stakeholders of whom the communication partner will play a big role. The right communication partner should thus have a right mix of consumer understanding and effective communication delivery.

"With this in mind we asked five prime agencies to pitch for the account. Mccann Healthcare, right from the first presentation impressed with the clear and quick understanding of the issues, the use of systematic approach to arrive at insights and finally demonstrating the ability to link them into an easily implementable action plan," says Ransiwal.

The firm's Group Product Manager Dr. Kapil Raina says, "Through the strategically inclined outlook brought forth by Milan Agnihotri, the strategy planning head, it was evident from the first pitch that McCann Healthcare had the necessary outlook that was required to impact the category. Backed by a strong creative representation a 'nail in the coffin' of diabetes has been put."

McCann Healthcare associate VP, strategic planning director Milan Agnihotri opined, “The importance of early insulin initiation in diabetes management is greatly under-recognised and further complicated by the various myths associated with it. We need to tackle the inertia and drive positive health seeking behaviour in this category”

 
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