Amy Groves Promoted To Vice President, Group Supervisor, At Integrity Division Of HealthSTAR Advertising

WOODBRIDGE, N.J., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrity Healthcare Communications, a division of HealthSTAR Advertising, has named Amy M. Groves vice president, account group supervisor.

Groves, who joined the company a year ago as senior account supervisor, will manage the agency's account services teams for products in the areas of oncology, hematology, hepatology, kidney disease, depression, women's health and life sciences. She reports to Bob Karczewski, executive vice president and general manager.

"Amy's expertise in both the national and international arenas will help strengthen the agency, bringing smart strategy, fresh creative thinking and a personalized approach to our growing number of accounts," said Karczewski, pointing out that Groves, 29, has eight years of experience in pharmaceutical marketing and medical education.

Before joining HealthSTAR, Groves was senior account supervisor at Adair-Greene Healthcare Communications in Atlanta, where she oversaw the agency's account teams in the areas of central nervous system (CNS), oncology, ophthalmology and gastroenterology from 2001-2003.

Previously, she worked on medical education programs in the infectious disease category for Glaxo Wellcome, Gilead, Roche and Pharmacia at MediTech Media, USA, an international healthcare company with ten offices worldwide.

A member of the Georgia Biomedical Partnership, Groves is chairperson of the marketing committee of the Georgia Life Sciences Summit 2003. She is a magna cum laude graduate of The University of Georgia, in Athens, and holds a BS in biology.

Integrity Healthcare Communications is part of HealthSTAR Advertising Inc., one of the fastest growing agencies in the healthcare field. HealthSTAR Advertising posted $22.4 million in revenues and $147.8 million in capitalized billings, all within its first year. Its current roster of clients includes Alpharma, Barr Laboratories, Berlex Laboratories, Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Novartis and Somerset Pharmaceuticals, among others.

The agency is located at 100 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 102, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. Telephone: 732-726-0251; fax: 732-726-0951; email: info@healthstarcom.com; website: http://www.healthstarcom.com/ .

About the HealthSTAR Network

HealthSTAR Advertising is part of HealthSTAR Communications, one of the largest marketing networks in the world. Headed by Jerry Brager, chairman and CEO, HealthSTAR represents 16 separate companies with a combined total of 95 clients, 500 employees and more than 200 brands.

Current clients include, among others, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp., Biogen, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim Corp., Eli Lilly & Co., GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co., Inc, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Pfizer Inc., Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Sankyo Pharma, Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc. and Wyeth.

HealthSTAR is privately held and based in Woodbridge, New Jersey.

HealthSTAR Advertising Inc.

CONTACT: Julie Laitin of Julie A. Laitin Enterprises, +1-212-286-2424,jlaitin@julielaitin.com, for HealthSTAR Advertising Inc.

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