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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DRAFT September 21, 2016 Remedy Health Media & NYC Health Business Leaders Announce Winners of First-Ever Boldest Digital Health Influencers Awards [September 21, 2016, New York, NY] Last night Remedy Health Media (Remedy) and New York City Health Business Leaders (NYCHBL) announced the first-ever winners of the Boldest Digital Health Influencers Awards for 2016 at the Live Bold, Live Now NewFront and Awards Night at City Winery in New York. The Boldest Digital Health Influencer Awards were founded to recognize and showcase leaders, innovators, strategists and those who have made a difference in the digital health field across four categories: Agency Guru, Rising Star, Brand Marketer and Patient Advocate. Bunny Ellerin, President of NYCHBL, says of the awards, “We are thrilled to be partnering with Remedy to honor leaders and innovators shaping the future of the digital health industry. We hope to continue recognizing and nurturing this talent through The Boldest Digital Health Influencer Awards for years to come.” This year's winners are: 2016 Agency Guru: Lori Grant, President, Klick Health Lori Grant, President of Klick Health, the world’s largest independent health agency, has over 25 years of industry experience, both on the client and agency sides. Before being appointed President, she was Klick's Senior Vice President of Brand Development and Digital Strategy. Chris Duffey, EVP Global Director of Creative Technology, Sudler WPP Chris is an Award-Winning Creative Director, Noted Speaker, Author and Mobile & Wearable Technologist in the health, wellness and fitness space. For over 20 years Chris has focused on the integration of creative and digital storytelling to generate relevant and memorable user journeys on mobile, wearables, and beyond. 2016 Rising Star: Katie Gallagher, Associate Director, Business Intelligence, Publicis Health Media Katie’s eight years in the pharmaceutical industry have been focused on her love for analytics as a marketer, researcher and consultant for TEVA, Shire and IMS Health. She is currently helping Publicis Health Media grow its Business Intelligence Team which aims to optimize digital marketing utilizing actual patient behaviors. Katie completed her Executive MBA in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing this summer. 2016 Brand Marketer: Maria Hamrin Lanzarone, Latin America Regional Team Lead with Pfizer Innovative Health Maria currently leads the Innovative Health Pain team in Latin America where she has been instrumental in identifying growth opportunities while evolving the adoption of digital as a new promotional approach. Maria is also the creator and lead for BeLive, a wearable designed to empower Lyrica patients to better manage neuropathic pain. Jeremy Shepler, Senior Brand Director, Semaglutide Commercialization and Launch Readiness Novo Nordisk Today, Jeremy heads up the commercialization of Novo Nordisk’s next generation GLP- 1. Prior to that he lead, Patient Centric Marketing, where he was responsible for championing patient centricity throughout NNI, ensuring collective actions and decisions enhancing patient outcomes and driving top/bottom line growth.

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Page 1: Winners The Boldest Digital Health Influencers …...York City Health Business Leaders (NYCHBL) announced the first-ever winners of the Boldest Digital Health Influencers Awards for

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DRAFT September 21, 2016

Remedy Health Media & NYC Health Business Leaders Announce Winners of

First-Ever Boldest Digital Health Influencers Awards [September 21, 2016, New York, NY] Last night Remedy Health Media (Remedy) and New York City Health Business Leaders (NYCHBL) announced the first-ever winners of the Boldest Digital Health Influencers Awards for 2016 at the Live Bold, Live Now NewFront and Awards Night at City Winery in New York. The Boldest Digital Health Influencer Awards were founded to recognize and showcase leaders, innovators, strategists and those who have made a difference in the digital health field across four categories: Agency Guru, Rising Star, Brand Marketer and Patient Advocate. Bunny Ellerin, President of NYCHBL, says of the awards, “We are thrilled to be partnering with Remedy to honor leaders and innovators shaping the future of the digital health industry. We hope to continue recognizing and nurturing this talent through The Boldest Digital Health Influencer Awards for years to come.” This year's winners are: 2016 Agency Guru: Lori Grant, President, Klick Health Lori Grant, President of Klick Health, the world’s largest independent health agency, has over 25 years of industry experience, both on the client and agency sides. Before being appointed President, she was Klick's Senior Vice President of Brand Development and Digital Strategy. Chris Duffey, EVP Global Director of Creative Technology, Sudler WPP Chris is an Award-Winning Creative Director, Noted Speaker, Author and Mobile & Wearable Technologist in the health, wellness and fitness space. For over 20 years Chris has focused on the integration of creative and digital storytelling to generate relevant and memorable user journeys on mobile, wearables, and beyond. 2016 Rising Star: Katie Gallagher, Associate Director, Business Intelligence, Publicis Health Media Katie’s eight years in the pharmaceutical industry have been focused on her love for analytics as a marketer, researcher and consultant for TEVA, Shire and IMS Health. She is currently helping Publicis Health Media grow its Business Intelligence Team which aims to optimize digital marketing utilizing actual patient behaviors. Katie completed her Executive MBA in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing this summer. 2016 Brand Marketer: Maria Hamrin Lanzarone, Latin America Regional Team Lead with Pfizer Innovative Health Maria currently leads the Innovative Health Pain team in Latin America where she has been instrumental in identifying growth opportunities while evolving the adoption of digital as a new promotional approach. Maria is also the creator and lead for BeLive, a wearable designed to empower Lyrica patients to better manage neuropathic pain. Jeremy Shepler, Senior Brand Director, Semaglutide Commercialization and Launch Readiness Novo Nordisk Today, Jeremy heads up the commercialization of Novo Nordisk’s next generation GLP-1. Prior to that he lead, Patient Centric Marketing, where he was responsible for championing patient centricity throughout NNI, ensuring collective actions and decisions enhancing patient outcomes and driving top/bottom line growth.

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2016 Patient Advocate: Quadricos Driskell, Health Policy Manager, National Psoriasis Foundation Quadricos brings the patient voice into policy and research deliberations through services to Congress, FDA, CDC and NIH. He is responsible for federal lobbying efforts, securing medical research funding and legislation for psoriatic and chronic disease patients. He also co-chairs the Coalition for Accessible Treatments (CAT), dedicated to ensuring all Americans have access to critical life-changing and life-saving medications. Pat Quinn, Co-founder, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Just one month after Pat Quinn's 30th birthday, he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or better known as ALS. Shortly after, Pat committed to a mission of spreading awareness for this unknown disease. In July of 2014, the biggest movement in ALS and fundraising history began, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The 2014 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge raised over $220,000,000 globally. The awards were presented on September 20, 2016 at Remedy’s Live Bold, Live Now NewFront celebrating Remedy’s new products and innovations. Winners were chosen based on the impact and contributions they are making in their respective spheres, as well as the number of votes they received during the finalists voting period. Visit the Boldest Digital Health Influencers Winners page for more details.

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Press Contacts:

Caroline Andoscia / [email protected] / 212.475.2122 x.701 Kelly Rada / [email protected] / 212.475.2122 x.702

About Remedy Health Media Remedy Health Media (Remedy), a leading digital health platform that provides content, tools and real stories in an emotionally engaging way to inspire millions of patients and caregivers live healthier and more fulfilled lives. Remedy is improving consumer health engagement and outcomes through the development of authentic communities of health information seekers who can interact and learn from a relatable physician, pharmacist, public health and patient experts. Remedy currently helps over 200 million health consumers annually through various digital, mobile and point of care information products and technologies. To learn more about Remedy, please visit www.RemedyHealthMedia.com. About New York City Health Business Leaders NYC Health Business Leaders is a professional community of 3,000 senior executives who are leading, innovating and driving healthcare forward. We have created a healthcare ecosystem in New York that spans sectors, bringing together the best minds to discuss important issues and spur innovation. We believe that by connecting the right people—leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs and physicians—we can ignite the right conversations that advance all sides of health. For more information visit www.nychbl.com.